Friday, April 16, 1999
Clermont urged to push out strippers
BY PERRY BROTHERS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
UNION TOWNSHIP — Clermont County residents received a battle call Thursday night to rid Mount Carmel of its two strip joints.
Sharonville-based Citizens for Community Values (CCV) sponsored a “town meeting” that drew more than 80 people to the Christian Life Center.
Deja Vu, a national chain of exotic entertainment nightclubs, opened an all-nude strip club April 1 at the former location of Rumors All Nude Review on Old Ohio 74 in Mount Carmel. Rumors recently moved a half-mile west to the former Stock Exchange tavern building.
A former stripper and strip club manager spoke of the evils of sexually oriented businesses. A retired FBI agent told the crowd of crime certain to follow such clubs to town. And Phil Burress, president of CCV, laid out a 13-step plan to shut down or push out the adult entertainment ventures.
“It's extremely important that you understand that you are the ones who are going to have to do battle,” Mr. Burress said.
The proposed initiatives include picketing, petitioning, letter-writing campaigns, videotaping customers at the clubs and writing down patrons' license plate numbers.
The opening of Deja Vu rekindled a 4-year-old controversy in Clermont County, which has tried to shut Rumors several times since it opened in 1995.
FBI retiree Erick Vail said his law enforcement experience taught him many lessons about the clientele of sexually oriented businesses.
“They stumble out of these places looking for trouble,” Mr. Vale said. “Once they become sexually aroused, common sense says there has to be a release. That's where the problems start.”
A manager at Deja Vu declined to comment and referred questions to the company's Michigan attorney. The attorney was not available for comment.
David Sherman, a former manager for Deja Vu who now speaks against the clubs through a Toledo group called the National Organization Against Lewd Activities, said drugs are rampant at the clubs.
Kimberly Drake, a former Deja Vu stripper from Spokane, Wash., confirmed rampant drug abuse. “Do whatever it takes to keep this business out of your community,” she said.
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