Posted on 08/22/2025 6:14:01 AM PDT by fwdude
The federal takeover is being blamed for fewer people coming out to clubs and bars in Northwest.
Several owners say they’ve lost thousands of dollars because people stayed home or went somewhere else to avoid the intimidating sight.
The problems started Wednesday night with traffic stops on 14th Street just a block north of Crush Dance Bar.
Co-owner Stephen Rutgers said it deterred people from coming out last week into the weekend.
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Perruzza even had a drag queen who didn’t want to come to work.
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Is Zima still a thing?
Heh - I tried it back then
Didn’t seem awful but I
saw that it was not liked
Somebody said that they just got back
from a cruise ship and the Bud Light
was all STILL in the refrigerator
LOLOL 😆😂
No. they stayed home to avoid being detained/deported because they are in the country illegally and didn't want to get caught.
“You know what Kinky? If there’s not the threat of being violently beaten and robbed, I just can’t get up the energy to go out tonight”.
THIS
Only those who have outstanding accounts with the law are intimidated.
Fag bars should be required to post a visible warning, so NORMALS don’t wander in mistakenly.
Just fly the Gay Pride flag at the doorway entrance so people will not mistakenly step into a place for Gays?
They are just triggered;-)
My thoughts exactly!!! What a shame... 😀
That’s easy to fix.
Send in the navy.
I do not believe this. Gays do not want to be mugged by criminals. They are safer now than before.
Yes; isn’t that a shame? Will the general public really miss something that was not needed in the first place?
And only the gay bar owners?
Time to put my generation views on Homosexuality. We grew up with us being open on it. A friend of mine, who is a Trump supporter, owns two gay bars. He is first a business owner, yes he is gay, but even gay business owners knows that with less taxes it means you have more to spend on to simulate the economy.
I know most of you are older, however, we don't look at Homosexuality as evil. What people do with CONSENTING ADULTS (18+) in their own home, is not our business.
Article has a link to video with original music restored.
It's like Berlin before the war.
“ Though there hasn’t been much of a police presence on 18th Street, Perruzza said the federal takeover is still to blame.
“I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know about the August slump, ”
So, according to the bar owner, police aren’t even near his bar and business is normally down in August. But, it’s Trumps fault. In other news, the locals appreciate feeling safe. If cops are targeting criminals, then I wonder who is avoiding the police by not going out and to his bar?
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