MySpace update

MySpace has completely removed Gentlemen's Club 10's website. In a response to the complaints of concerned Luzerne County residents, they have stated the following:

Hi!
Thank you for identifying inappropriate content on MySpace.
This content has been removed. Thank you for your support in keeping MySpace a clean and healthy community!
MySpace.com

This website clearly violates the following provision in the MySpace agreement. "Your MySpace.com profile may not include the following items: telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, and any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter."

A big thank you to MySpace for addressing our concern that our children not be constantly bombarded with such inappropriate content.

Other info:
Gentlemen's Club 10 is currently revamping their original website. Because their site is advertised on 81 South and on the exterior of their building (in full view of children), it is a violation of community sign standards for them to post nude, pornographic, lewd or sexually explicit material OR links to such material. This is what they did when they first established their website. If their site does post this kind of information, please let us know so we can begin contacting the proper authorities.

Corruption of minors? You decide.

In recent weeks, Gentlemen's Club 10 has set up a MySpace page. For those who are unaware, MySpace is a networking / friends website that is used primarily by teenagers. I believe the club resorted to setting up this page because they were forced to remove their pornographic content from their main website (in order to continue advertising their web address on their signs and billboards).

In the six months that Gentlemen's Club 10 has been open, they have worked hard to attract teenagers to their strip club. They have lowered the entrance age to 18. They are establishing a web presence on MySpace. They are doing everything they can to lure the young people of our area into their club, including hiring at least one teenager to strip at the club.

For this reason, I complained to MySpace about what the club is doing. They reviewed the club's MySpace website and several days ago, they removed it because it violated the MySpace terms of use. In addition to posting address and phone info. (a big MySpace no-no), they also posted partially nude / suggestive / sexually explicit pictures of women stripping. They have also posted a link to a porn website through one of their "slide shows."

Unfortunately, Gentlemen's Club 10 is back to their old tricks. Once they were taken off the web by MySpace, they reposted all of their lewd content. I have submitted an additional complaint to MySpace about this activity. If you are a MySpace user, please voice your displeasure to their complaint department. We must do everything in our power to prevent Gentlemen's Club 10 from drawing our children into their debased manner of living.

One more thing.... unfortunately, several DJ's from 98.5 KRZ are also supporting Gentlemen's Club 10's MySpace presence by linking to their page and encouraging people to go there. Years ago, I used to listen to KRZ, but they are becoming too hypersexualized for my taste and I'm ashamed of them for not giving much thought to the influence they have on the youth of our community.

Ordinances

Supporters of "Dirty Old Men's Club 10" seem to be under the impression that Wilkes-Barre Township cannot enact new ordinaces that apply to them. Not true. A township has the ability to enact and enforce ordinances that are in the public's best interest at any point.

Case in point: Strip Club Closed After New Ordinance Takes Effect

News Update

It's always good to know what other areas around the country are doing to prevent their communities from being over-run by sexually oriented businesses.

Just as our local officials have chosen not to enforce ordinances that were in place before Gentlemen's Club 10 opened its doors, so too are officials in other areas of the country failing to take a stand for the people.

Much of this comes down to the fact that inevitably, this conflict always results in lawsuits. Gentlemen's Club 10 has already flexed their litigious muscles and little has been done to defend the people in the wake of their lawsuits. I guess I can't blame the leadership of Wilkes-Barre Twp. for being hesitant to foot the bill to battle yet another lawsuit from the club..... but there is help available.

The City Council that is mentioned in this news update has sought the help of the Alliance Defense Fund in their battle to keep their community safe, clean and moral for all residents. I believe that if our local officials sought their help, we might find ourselves making better progress in this effort.

City Council accepts aid to block sex shops.

Bait on a fishing rod

To the men who patronize Gentlemen's & Adolescent's Club 10....would you like to know what the dancers think of you? Would you like to know how silly you look in their eyes? Would you like to know that your fantasy is just a scam?

Here's one more line from the stripper at Gentlemen's Club 10 who wrote the comments in the previous post.

"The guys in the club are like bait on a fishing rod, only were fishing for money, not the guys."

Gentlemen's Club 10 fosters a pathetic circle of people using each other. In the end, everyone is degraded.