Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Group pressures 2nd adult club
Union Twp.'s Deja Vu next on agenda
BY TOM O'NEILL
The Cincinnati Enquirer
UNION TOWNSHIP — The Rev. David Cooper, who has spearheaded efforts to close two sexually oriented clubs in Mount Carmel, looks at recent developments this way: one down, one to go.
With the close of Rumors, the Rev. Mr. Cooper's group — Citizens for a Safe Com munity — is gearing up to take on Deja Vu.
“Our goal is to just work as citizens of the community to keep the sexually oriented businesses from coming in,” the Rev. Mr. Cooper said Monday.
“We're going to apply as much pressure as we can. We believe that does have a factor.”
A manager at Deja Vu referred questions to the club's attorney, saying, “We have no official comment coming out of this building.”
Deja Vu attorney Brad Schaefer did not return a phone message left late Monday afternoon.
The Safe Community group has postponed a March 13 rally at which it planned to discuss strategy in its battle with Deja Vu. No new date is set.
But the Rev. Mr. Cooper of the Christian Life Center Assembly of God in Union Township said the group will restart its picketing efforts at Deja Vu on March 17 and 18. The group began picketing both clubs in September.
While the Rev. Mr. Cooper said he's convinced community pressure was a factor in Rumors' closing, he said there clearly was another factor: simple business competition, too many adult clubs for the market.
Representatives of Rumors were not available for comment.
In December, attorneys for Deja Vu and Union Township delayed their arguments in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, where they hoped to establish how far nude dancing ordinances can extend.
Instead, they will all wait until the U.S. Supreme Court decides an obscenity case from Erie, Pa., next year.
In 1997, Rumors attorneys persuaded U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel to strike down the township's original ordinance on the grounds that the lack of reasonable time limits for licensing and renewal were constitutionally fatal.
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