Posted on 02/16/2010 7:45:18 AM PST by SmithL
Marie-France Ladine, principal of the San Francisco City Academy in the Tenderloin, got an unpleasant surprise last week. She learned that the faith-based school's new neighbor is going to be the Power Exchange sex club.
"Our school is right next door," she said. "We can hear the music through the wall."
Actually, that music was from the previous tenant, the Pink Diamonds strip club, and if you were a world-class optimist, you might say that the Power Exchange is an improvement. Although the sex club has been controversial, it hasn't had the outbreaks of violence that made Pink Diamonds notorious.
"One evening we had a youth group," Ladine said. "And as soon as they got there, shots were fired. They were diving on the floor."
Terrance Alan, who owns the building at 220 Jones, next to the Academy, says it isn't his fault there's a school next to a club that sponsors sex between consenting patrons.
"An adult business has been open at that location continuously since 1952," Alan said. "The school moved in there with full knowledge that this was an adult business."
True, but the Tenderloin neighbors complain that there was no community outreach, no advance warning, and no chance to speak out against a sex club opening next to a school that has students from kindergarten to eighth grade.
"There are 3,500 kids in this community," said Ladine. "They're poor, they're scared, and a lot of them don't speak English. They have no voice."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
It is Sodom & Gomorrah revisited.
Yes
Yes
that’s quite a comeback there!
Yes it is.
Ah well, at least you have a basis, most that rant against the City never have. To bad you had such a terrible time here, you must have been around some nasty places.
Yep.
We have a couple of storefronts here. One is a sex shop. The other used to be a whorehouse until it got closed down. Some local pastor thought it would be a great place to open up a church there. It failed. No one wants to bring their kids past a sex shop to go to church.
They probably don’t have a choice in San Fran.
“San Francisco is one sick sick sick place.
Why anyone lives there is beyond me.
I don’t even know anyone even visits.
It is vile. “
It’s no better or worse than many cities in this day and age.
There are good people there, just like anyplace.
San Francisco is the queen of bad cities.
""But it's not just the ratty part of town. The upper class in San Francisco is that way. The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time . . . It is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine with that San Francisco crowd. I can't shake hands with anybody from San Francisco."
“San Francisco is the queen of bad cities.”
Maybe, but have you spent any time there?
Yes
“San Francisco is the queen of bad cities.”
Maybe, but have you spent any time there?
I had a really bad experience there. While leaving my wife
turned into a pillar of salt.
***She learned that the faith-based school’s new neighbor is going to be the Power Exchange sex club. ***
It could have been worse! What if he had turned the store into a Sporting Goods store and sold (gasp) Guns! The San Fran Libs would go ballistic!;-)
***They should have put the school ANYWHERE but in San Fransisco, home of the Queers!***
If they had put the faith based school elsewhere there might not be “ten righteous men” in the whole city!
No it isn’t.
;p
“While leaving my wife
turned into a pillar of salt.”
Wow, can’t argue about that!!
The problem may be that any location in San Francisco is within close range of a strip club or sex shop.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.