A local doctor plans to open a topless nightclub near RDU, the first to open in Raleigh in 15 years. Local businesses unsuccessfully sued to stop the club, saying it would hurt the neighborhood. Now those opposed to the club have filed a petition asking the state Supreme Court to stop it from happening. Would this club be a good thing for Raleigh or will "The Runway" be a detriment to the area?
This will be excellent for Raleigh's economy! I was fortunate to own a hardware store in Tn. back in the 1990's when a Gentleman's Club moved across the street from me. Not only did my business pick up but the town as a whole began to thrive. I sold my business two years ago and am enjoying an early retirement due to that strip club. I am one who embraces anything that promotes Capitalism!!
Allowing this club would be a huge mistake. It has been shown that drug trafficking, prostitution and other crimes accompany such establishments. It is asking for trouble and should be urgently avoided at all costs!
where has this been shown to happen around strip clubs?
Can you point to drug trafficking, prostitution, and other crimes taking place around The Gentleman's Club or Foxxy Lady in Raleigh, Pure Gold in Cary, etc?
I can show you that there is more crime and public disturbances taking place around urban/hip-hop clubs - but you don't see anyone making such a big deal when that happens. But I can tell you that there are secondary effects to having such clubs around - like up near 6-Forks and Newton Roads, Atlantic and Spring Forest Roads, and Falls of Neuse and Sandy Forks Roads.
Just one year ago a friend of mine from Southern Pines had gone to WalMart in Wilmington to get a few things and was literally cut in half by one stipper in a car chasing another. Tell me this was a good thing. She was a wonderful woman whose life was ended by two useless women who had no regard for anyone but themselves and their stupid argument. No strip clubs and the people who frequent them are not upstanding citizens.
Yeah my uncle was killed by christians in a car. we should outlaw churches. He was a wonderful man who's life was ended uselessly by two people who went to church all the time and talked to an invisible dude in the sky. No churches and the people who frequent them are upstanding citizens.
The tragic death I am talking about is true, yours is not. The two women who were involved worked for Pure Gold in Wilmington. One was chasing the other in cars thru the WalMart parking lot near where they worked and rammed my friend into my her car that she was loading with packages. Her body was almost severed. They should rename that club Pure Stupidity for that is the kind of pure abandonment of any sense of decency when these two chose to take their idiotic fight over a man public and plow into and kill an innocent bystander. You should be ashamed of taking such a contrary and light view of this.
Whether the unnamed visitor's story is true or not (and who are you to say it isn't?), I'm sure that there are people in this country who have been killed by Christians. No one would take it seriously if someone said "My friend was killed by a couple of Christians, so we should ban churches." No one should take it seriously if someone says that. Why should we take it any more seriously if someone says "My friend was killed by a couple of strippers, so we should ban strip bars."?
I'm sure that you (or someone else) are ready to respond with "How can you compare church-going Christians to strippers?" But that doesn't apply here. My point (and, I suspect, the other visitor's point) is that it isn't reasonable to judge thousands of people on the actions of two. If your friend was killed by two strippers who were fighting, that is unfortunate. But it isn't an indictment of every stripper in the country.
Your comments indicate a kind of shallowness that many in our society are now embracing and putting on the internet, saying anything to be cute. Negating the seriousness of a death, turning it around like that with some glib comment, is incredulous to me!
I'm with you. With so many people in this country spreading hate. It's nice to see that someone is practicing tolerance. Everyone is so quick to point fingers and say; "It's because they're strippers!" I've actually known some entertainers (as the classier few prefer to be called). Some were merely single mothers working a job that allowed for more time with their children. These women found time to go to meetings at their childrens school, go to the gym, go to classes at a local college, make a homecooked meal for their kids, spend time with friends & family, and sometimes sleep...and eventually...graduate with a digree in Nursing (and others with such "reputable" jobs). A few got married. These few are more than just women. I think they are about as close to a superhero as you can get! Now I'm certinly not saying strippers are superheros. No, no. I am merely saying that there is good in every group. As well as bad. Now all of this may be hard to believe but I can assure you it's all 100% true.
Topless Club
Who wants or needs this, if Raleigh has to lower it's standards to attract visitors like this who wants those visitors. Please appeal the permit and stop this business from opening.