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Alcohol may soon be allowed in WA strip clubs; dancers are for it
MyNorthWest ^ | 2/8/23 | BILL KACZARABA

Posted on 02/08/2023 5:05:17 PM PST by MAGA2017

A new bill in the Washington state Senate would allow alcohol sales in strip clubs.

Dancers at a hearing on the measure seem to be all for it.

“The time for a change in this industry is long overdue,” Sharla, one of the dancers who testified, said.

Right now, only non-alcoholic beverages are served. Alcohol sales would bring a new source of revenue to the clubs, something the entertainers are all for.

"It would take away a tool that abusive clubs use to put pressure on dancers,” Emily said. “It would make Washington clubs on par with other states where alcohol is sold, and house fees for dancers are substantially lower.”

Currently in Washington, dancers pay a fee to work in the clubs. If this bill is passed it is likely that dancers would have to pay less.

Entertainers say there are also other benefits.

“In clubs that don’t serve alcohol, I had to deal with more violent or aggressive customers than places that do serve alcohol,” Lexi said. “The sales of alcohol would allow clients to bond with their friends and with the dancers as well.”

(Excerpt) Read more at mynorthwest.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: alcohol; dancers; stripclubs; washington
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1 posted on 02/08/2023 5:05:17 PM PST by MAGA2017
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To: MAGA2017

pix please


2 posted on 02/08/2023 5:08:22 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: bankwalker

LOL


3 posted on 02/08/2023 5:09:13 PM PST by MAGA2017
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To: MAGA2017
translation. :

We are already going to hell, on the way, lets grab some vodka and tequila for the road..

4 posted on 02/08/2023 5:11:09 PM PST by Ikeon (You only live once is a lie, you live forever, where you spend eternity is your choice. )
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To: bankwalker

Maybe they are the kind of strippers for whom alcohol is needed first.


5 posted on 02/08/2023 5:11:36 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: MAGA2017

“In clubs that don’t serve alcohol, I had to deal with more violent or aggressive customers than places that do serve alcohol,”

Sounds backwards.


6 posted on 02/08/2023 5:11:59 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: MAGA2017

Where the music stinks and they water the drinks. The nudie bar.

Where the girlies dance in their underpants. The nudie bar.

Where you see their butt and their trap stays shut. The nudie bar.

7 posted on 02/08/2023 5:13:54 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MAGA2017

Dancers are for it! You think??


8 posted on 02/08/2023 5:14:47 PM PST by dblshot
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To: dfwgator

LOL. I had no idea that strippers in WA couldn’t pull the old “Buy me a glass of champagne?” gag on unsuspecting drunks.


9 posted on 02/08/2023 5:18:42 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: MAGA2017

It loosens up the purse strings they think

Wait until things get crazy


10 posted on 02/08/2023 5:20:44 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: MAGA2017

No booze at a strip club? That’s just wrong.


11 posted on 02/08/2023 5:27:15 PM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dynachrome

Where I live, you can drink at a topless bar, but the bottoms stay on. Or you can go to the “full” strip club, but then you can’t drink. Guess they want you to prioritize.


12 posted on 02/08/2023 5:32:27 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: dblshot

 "Dancers are for it! You think??"

13 posted on 02/08/2023 5:34:42 PM PST by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict At Large)
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To: dynachrome

I went to a BYOB strip club in Philly once.
That was...interesting.


14 posted on 02/08/2023 5:54:43 PM PST by EEGator
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To: MAGA2017

I thought Washington strip clubs required you to buy coffee?


15 posted on 02/08/2023 6:00:29 PM PST by algore
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To: MAGA2017

What’s a titty bar without a bar?


16 posted on 02/08/2023 6:06:02 PM PST by bigbob
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To: BenLurkin
“In clubs that don’t serve alcohol, I had to deal with more violent or aggressive customers than places that do serve alcohol,”

Sounds backwards.

It is backwards and she knows it, she's just spouting BS. Violent and aggressive customers are what the bouncers are for anyway. The real reason the strippers want booze legalized is because drunk customers tip more. Nothing loosens up the purse strings and turns $1 bills into $5's like having some booze in you.

17 posted on 02/08/2023 6:11:14 PM PST by GaryCrow
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To: MAGA2017

A strip club without booze?

That is a weird state.


18 posted on 02/08/2023 6:19:43 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

They use heroin, instead.


19 posted on 02/08/2023 6:22:24 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: GaryCrow

That, and guys get talked into buying them champagne...cheap swill that the house charges them $7 (that was 40 years ago) a glass for, then splits the proceeds with them.


20 posted on 02/08/2023 6:54:13 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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