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[taxthedeer]

Appearently a Gentlemen's Strip Club is attempting to locate at U.S. 421 south of I-94 just down the road from Coolspring Elementary school. The Michigan City Area Schools have adoped a resolution to the La Porte County Zoning Board of Appeals to stop it from going in.

[Ang]

I'm sorry, but I have to agree with Bellah.

Do you people think Lake Station is a bad town with a tarnished image? Um, well they have a strip club that's been there for a long time, and it's only a couple miles from an elemantary school.

Clubs operate at night, schools during the day. By the time those kids get out of the school, the club employees are just waking up, and when they get to work, the kids should be in bed.

As for a club hurting the image of a truck stop????? I would think that it would improve business for the truck stop.

Michigan City has a bad image of drug dealers, gang bangers, and child killers. That was created by the people who in live in the town, not the people who open businesses in the town. I think all this controversy is ridiculous. Just let the folks have the club....Geeeze

It's not like they want to open it downtown by all the shopping. Hell, half the people in town won't even know it's there. Seriously, how often do you go south of 94?

Oh, and to my knowledge (I could be wrong), Gary doesn't have a Gentleman's club, but they do have drug dealers, gang bangers, and child killers. So again, it's not the business that tarnishes the town, it's the people. And instead of worrying about a Gentleman's club on the OUTSKIRTS of town, Cityzens should be concentrating on the drugs and violence that are going on within city limits.

[Bellah]

Thanks for being able to say what I was trying to say so clearly, Ang! The issue seems to be with this club is another one of those "not in my backyard" campaigns. This club will not nearly attract the negative attention that people try to put on it. Simply put, that if it is run on the up and up it WILL be a benefit to some of the businesses in the community, create income for certain folks, (who might very well be living of the back of us taxpayers without the job) and offer some people (not just truckers, folks!) that would maybe not stop in our "little slice of heaven", a motivation to do so and bring their cash with them!

So, the argument about the school, the parks, blah, blah, blah, being "right there", GET OVER IT PEOPLE! I work across areas in Lake, Porter and LaPorte County everyday and see more dangerous, suggestive, negative, and "unmoral" things take place right across from schools, parks, community areas, and so forth then a strip club. The basic issue here is that some people dont agree with the premise of the business, simply put. It is unfortunate, again, that if ANYONE is willing to invest in our area (city, county, whatever it may be) then we should not be fighting against them, but with them.

Glad to know I have some support, I am sure that it wont be enough, and they wonder why we cant seem to get business to come here?

my thoughts,
Bellah

I'm sorry, but I have to agree with Bellah.

Do you people think Lake Station is a bad town with a tarnished image? Um, well they have a strip club that's been there for a long time, and it's only a couple miles from an elemantary school.

Clubs operate at night, schools during the day. By the time those kids get out of the school, the club employees are just waking up, and when they get to work, the kids should be in bed.

As for a club hurting the image of a truck stop????? I would think that it would improve business for the truck stop.

Michigan City has a bad image of drug dealers, gang bangers, and child killers. That was created by the people who in live in the town, not the people who open businesses in the town. I think all this controversy is ridiculous. Just let the folks have the club....Geeeze

It's not like they want to open it downtown by all the shopping. Hell, half the people in town won't even know it's there. Seriously, how often do you go south of 94?

Oh, and to my knowledge (I could be wrong), Gary doesn't have a Gentleman's club, but they do have drug dealers, gang bangers, and child killers. So again, it's not the business that tarnishes the town, it's the people. And instead of worrying about a Gentleman's club on the OUTSKIRTS of town, Cityzens should be concentrating on the drugs and violence that are going on within city limits.

[Southsider2k12]

Thanks for being able to say what I was trying to say so clearly, Ang! The issue seems to be with this club is another one of those "not in my backyard" campaigns. This club will not nearly attract the negative attention that people try to put on it. Simply put, that if it is run on the up and up it WILL be a benefit to some of the businesses in the community, create income for certain folks, (who might very well be living of the back of us taxpayers without the job) and offer some people (not just truckers, folks!) that would maybe not stop in our "little slice of heaven", a motivation to do so and bring their cash with them!

So, the argument about the school, the parks, blah, blah, blah, being "right there", GET OVER IT PEOPLE! I work across areas in Lake, Porter and LaPorte County everyday and see more dangerous, suggestive, negative, and "unmoral" things take place right across from schools, parks, community areas, and so forth then a strip club. The basic issue here is that some people dont agree with the premise of the business, simply put. It is unfortunate, again, that if ANYONE is willing to invest in our area (city, county, whatever it may be) then we should not be fighting against them, but with them.

Glad to know I have some support, I am sure that it wont be enough, and they wonder why we cant seem to get business to come here?

my thoughts,
Bellah

I'm not trying to be the morality police at all. If people want to go to these places, have at it. For my two cents, I believe any economic benefits will be more than ate up by things like additional police officers, and people who avoid the area due to the perception of the businesses we have here painting the wrong picture about our community.

And just because there are other problems in the community, doesn't mean we should quit caring about what new comes in here. I would rather have no investment, than one that will be a net detriment to our area, and I believe this place will be exactly that. The reason we are attracting places like strip clubs instead of real professional jobs is because of the perceptions we have of ourselves. We need to believe we are better than this before anyone else will.