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St Petersburg Times ^
| Saturday, July 26, 2008
| Stephanie Garry
Posted on 07/26/2008 6:51:24 PM PDT by keving
ST. PETERSBURG The night started with a complaint about a giant penis statue.
Before it was over, police had pinned the owner of the art gallery to the ground and taken him to jail.
"Oh, my God," said gallery owner Bill Schramm, his glasses falling off in the scuffle. "This is the city's response to a penis. That's fabulous."
Officers arrested Schramm and another man after a raid Friday night on the Erotic Lounge in the Grand Central District of St. Petersburg. It wasn't the statue that they were arrested for.
Instead, investigators said they saw a nude man in the gallery, a violation of a city ordinance that prohibits places that serve alcohol from allowing the public display of genitals.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: alcohol; art; homoerotocism; homosexualagenda; nudity
Story could have gone in many directions. Gallery seems to be full of surprizes. Dont leave the light on...
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posted on
07/26/2008 6:51:24 PM PDT
by
keving
To: keving
Before it was over, police had pinned the owner of the art gallery to the ground and taken him to jail. They do that to everyone in Pinellas County.
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posted on
07/26/2008 6:53:14 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(reviewing my list of worse case scenarios.)
To: keving
Them folks down on Central Avenue sure are a racy bunch ...
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posted on
07/26/2008 6:54:16 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: keving
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posted on
07/26/2008 6:56:51 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: keving
THIS is what ‘accepting’ homosexuality gets you
A queer wasting valuable police time dealing with a public display of a penis, and crying how ‘fabulous’ it is.
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posted on
07/26/2008 6:59:11 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: keving
"This is the city's response to a penis. That's fabulous."
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posted on
07/26/2008 7:02:57 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: keving
about a giant penis statue Isn't there one of those in front of the Clinton Presidential Library?
To: keving
In an unrelated development...
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posted on
07/26/2008 7:05:27 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: keving
Instead, investigators said they saw a nude man in the gallery, a violation of a city ordinance that prohibits places that serve alcohol from allowing the public display of genitals.
So nude men are ok in Burger King
9
posted on
07/26/2008 7:09:27 PM PDT
by
goldfinch
To: keving
I love the brainless responses. Keep your penis statue in your gallery, no one’s got a problem. Cover your chandelier, again, no problem. As for the petting zoo inside, honestly couldn’t care less - private property, they can do pretty much whatever they consent to, in my opinion.
But the street isn’t private property.
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posted on
07/26/2008 7:10:17 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
To: keving
“Officers sat him on a chair under the gallery’s overhang while they searched the shop and detained the customers, telling them there was a liquor violation and asking to see identification.”
Sounds like the owner doesn’t understand the word ‘payoff.’
Maybe after a couple of ‘visits’ by the cops he’ll understand.
Then everything will be ‘fabulous’!
STE=Q
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posted on
07/26/2008 7:20:11 PM PDT
by
STE=Q
("These are the times that try men's souls." -- Thomas Paine)
To: keving
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posted on
07/26/2008 7:25:49 PM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here. ;-)
To: keving
Inside, police found a nude man, Joshua M. Culotta, suspended from the ceiling in an aerial harness that Schramm earlier called a "chandelier."
Officers said they arrested Culotta, 26, for violating the city ordinance. The man, who is deaf, seemed confused and told a reporter, "I was just modeling." As officers handcuffed him, he started to cry.
Hee hee hee.
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posted on
07/26/2008 7:27:39 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(N)
To: keving
I had a job across the street from this place just last week.
Glad I didn’t drop in.
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posted on
07/26/2008 7:44:29 PM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
To: rfp1234
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posted on
07/26/2008 9:13:44 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(FREE LAZZY, YOU BASTARDS!)
To: keving
>>>ST. PETERSBURG The night started with a complaint about a giant penis statue.
Some neighbor being a dick.
>>>Before it was over, police had pinned the owner of the art gallery to the ground and taken him to jail.
Going down in Florida history as the great penis uprising.
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posted on
07/26/2008 11:24:02 PM PDT
by
tlb
To: keving
To: keving
I think everyone can guess what his reaction to a penis is.
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posted on
07/27/2008 5:44:42 AM PDT
by
Brainhose
(No Fro In 08)
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