06.29.11
Posted in St Louis escorts at 11:12 pm by stlouisgirl
The people protesting the statue were up in arms against a civic honour being given to 84 year old Berry who has a wrap sheet for robbery as a teenager and a wee bit of tax evasion in 1979. Most of all, they’re not too keen on him receiving the honour for his 1962 conviction for violating the Mann Act.
The infamous use of the law against Berry, which forbids “transporting a woman across state lines for immoral behavior,” had existed to protect women from indentured slavery and prostitution. In Berry’s case officials used it to prosecute him after the serial skirt chaser was alleged to have had sex with an underage Native American girl het met after a show in Texas in 1959 and later brought to work in his St Louis nightclub. After she was fired and later arrested on prostitution charges, police used the Mann Act to prosecute Berry.
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Posted in St Louis escorts at 3:36 pm by stlouisgirl
In poverty-stricken areas the brokenness is raw and very real. St. Charles County consistently is ranked as a safe and pleasant place to live, and I have been blessed to grow up in such an area. However, I think being raised in such an area can create a buffer to the effects of poverty in metropolitan areas. Which, in turn, can make ignoring poverty much easier.
I have worked with a charitable organization called Restore St. Louis in University City. Different teams of volunteers were sent to different locations to in some way improve “broken boulevards” in the area. It could be cleaning, mowing the lawn, weeding around someone’s house, gathering food for a food pantry, tutoring children, fighting prostitution, etc. It is a large group of people trying to improve a city that is beloved but broken in many areas.
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06.28.11
Posted in St Louis escorts at 4:48 pm by stlouisgirl
Because of Berry’s past convictions, however, protesters like Glickert believe that the statue should not be placed on public property. Supporters like Edwards believe that Berry is St Louis’s “most famous musical native son, who through his music changed race relations and culture around the world.”
Berry had been convicted of armed robbery as a teenager and of tax evasion in 1979. In 1959 after playing in Texas, Berry and his band went to Juarez, Mexico, where he met 14-year-old Janice Escalanti. Berry brought Escalanti to work at a hat check girl at his St. Louis nightclub, Berry’s Club Bandstand. When Escalanti was arrested for prostitution, Berry was also charged with transporting a minor across state lines for prostitution. He served three years in prison and penned songs like “No Particular Place to Go.”
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Posted in St Louis adult entertainment at 3:37 pm by adultstlouis
Others in the audience supported the statue, including Edwards, who praised Berry as St. Louis‘s “most famous musical native son, who through his music changed race relations and culture around the world.”
No formal vote was taken, but a majority of the members spoke in favor of the installation. Mayor Shelley Welsch said it would be an “appropriate, positive” addition to the strip.
Glickert and her supporters opposed the statue because of Berry’s 1962 conviction for violating the Mann Act, accused of transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes.
“This man is a felon and not a friend of women. It is a misuse of tax dollars to honor him on public property,” Glickert said.
At a show in Texas in 1959, Berry met a young Native American woman who came to work at his St. Louis club, was fired and then arrested on a prostitution charge.
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… I don’t think there will be any really upkeep or maintenance to worry about,” he said. “It’s not going to add to the city’s insurance premium.”
As for residents who take issue with Berry’s criminal record. Edwards said that’s in the past.
Edwards note that in 2000, Berry received a Kennedy Center Honor, considered by most to be the highest honor an artist can receive in America.
“They knew about his past a half-century ago when America and its court system were vastly different from today,” he said. “Let us choose to honor a great artists,” said Edwards.
Berry has done stints in prison for robbery and prostitution violations. And in the 1980s, he settled a civil suit brought by women who accused him of videotaping them in the bathroom of his Wentzville restaurant.
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Posted in St Louis adult entertainment at 4:48 am by adultstlouis
Berry’s early career has been credited with shaping the music of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. He was recognized by the U.S. government with the Kennedy Center Award in 2000 and is a charter member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
No formal vote was taken, but a majority of the members spoke in favor of the installation. Mayor Shelley Welsch said it would be an “appropriate, positive” addition to the strip.
Glickert and her supporters opposed the statue because of Berry’s 1962 conviction for violating the Mann Act, accused of transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes.
“This man is a felon and not a friend of women. It is a misuse of tax dollars to honor him on public property,” Glickert said.
At a show in Texas in 1959, Berry met a young Native American woman who came to work at his St. Louis club, was fired and then arrested on a prostitution charge.
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Posted in St Louis adult entertainment at 4:48 am by adultstlouis
A group of activists attempted to halt the planned installation of the memorial outside the Blueberry Hill venue in St. Louis, Missouri next month, forcing local authorities to consider scrapping the idea.
A meeting was held in the town on Monday, and, despite having more than 100 signatures on a petition against the move, officials at the University City Council rejected the pleas and approved the tribute.
The installation, which will stand eight-feet tall and depicts a young Berry playing his guitar, will be installed later this month and will be officially opened on July 29.
The initial outcry from residents stemmed from the Johnny B. Goode singer’s time behind bars for his 1962 conviction for illegally transporting a teenage native American prostitute across state lines so she could work at his nightclub, Berry’s Bandstand.
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Posted in St Louis adult entertainment at 4:48 am by adultstlouis
A group of activists attempted to halt the planned installation of the memorial outside the Blueberry Hill venue in St. Louis, Missouri next month, forcing local authorities to consider scrapping the idea.
A meeting was held in the town on Monday, and, despite having more than 100 signatures on a petition against the move, officials at the University City Council rejected the pleas and approved the tribute.
The installation, which will stand eight-feet tall and depicts a young Berry playing his guitar, will be installed later this month and will be officially opened on July 29.
The initial outcry from residents stemmed from the Johnny B. Goode singer’s time behind bars for his 1962 conviction for illegally transporting a teenage native American prostitute across state lines so she could work at his nightclub, Berry’s Bandstand.
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Posted in St Louis escorts at 1:36 am by stlouisgirl
Berry’s early career has been credited with shaping the music of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. He was recognized by the U.S. government with the Kennedy Center Award in 2000 and is a charter member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
No formal vote was taken, but a majority of the members spoke in favor of the installation. Mayor Shelley Welsch said it would be an “appropriate, positive” addition to the strip.
Glickert and her supporters opposed the statue because of Berry’s 1962 conviction for violating the Mann Act, accused of transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes.
“This man is a felon and not a friend of women. It is a misuse of tax dollars to honor him on public property,” Glickert said.
At a show in Texas in 1959, Berry met a young Native American woman who came to work at his St. Louis club, was fired and then arrested on a prostitution charge.
See the full article from “International Business Times”
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06.27.11
Posted in St Louis strip clubs at 4:24 pm by strippertease
Washington Park is home to 5,000 people and eight strip clubs. Make that nine if officials in the impoverished metro East St. Louis community pass a plan to turn the town’s former library into a topless bar.
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Because the strip clubs bring in a lot of dough for the struggling community. This year they’re expected to pay $39,000 in local taxes.
And, to be fair, the building that houses the library was already a strip club once when it was owned by racketeer Thomas Venezia, who lost the building in the mid-1990s after being convicted of running an illegal gambling empire in the Metro East. (See “Win, Lose or Die” for more on that story.)
Besides the library building at 5103 Bunkum Road won’t technically house a new strip club. It will be home to the “Soft Touch” — a Washington Park strip club that burned down in November. Soft Touch was also one of the few, if only, minority-owned adult businesses in the nearly all-black city. That ought to count for something. As village trustee Ferris Williams told the Belleville News-Democrat:
See the full article from “Riverfront Times (blog)”
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