Scottsdale voters appear to side with strip clubs![]()
By Brian Powell, Tribune
September 12, 2006
Scottsdale voters apparently handed the city's two strip clubs a victory Tuesday by overturning a City Council decision to further regulate the businesses. Proposition 401 was losing by more than 1,300 votes, with an unknown number of early and provisional ballots left to be counted, according to preliminary results released Tuesday night.
Final results are expected to be released Friday.
The apparent defeat of Proposition 401 — a "no" vote was one against the tougher regulations — means the current rules will remain in effect for Babe's Cabaret, which is partially owned by adult film mogul Jenna Jameson, and Skin Cabaret, owned by local businessman Todd Borowsky.
Club owners said the new regulations, which would have required a distance requirement for topless dancers and banned lap dances, would have driven them out of business.
The clubs gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on the changes the council approved in December, shortly after Jameson announced she was part owner of Babe's.



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