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Idaho bar raided for violating ordinance
AP ^ | 4/5/5 | REBECCA BOONE

Posted on 04/05/2005 3:17:30 PM PDT by SmithL

BOISE, Idaho - Art night at Erotic City apparently wasn't artistic enough. Police raided the Boise bar Monday night for violating the city's nudity ordinance, which requires that dancers wear at least pasties and a thong unless they are engaging in a performance with "serious artistic merit."

The club had tried to beat the ordinance by distributing pencils and sketch pads to patrons during special twice-weekly "art nights," when the dancers performed nude.

"It's actually pretty clear in the city ordinance that there are exemptions for dance and theater and artistic merits, but the law also clearly states that the exemption does not apply to adult businesses," said police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower. "If it were an art studio and models were actually posing, that would be one thing. But these women weren't posing, they were dancing."

Three dancers were given misdemeanor citations Monday but were not arrested.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: liveart
That's no paintbrush, I AM glad to see you.
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1 posted on 04/05/2005 3:17:32 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
Drawing the act to a close, no doubt.
2 posted on 04/05/2005 3:26:09 PM PDT by GoldCountryRedneck (The Flogging Will Continue Until Morale Improves)
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To: SmithL

Slow news day, AP? I heard this on the news this morning right before Rush came on. But, I live in Boise.


3 posted on 04/05/2005 3:30:03 PM PDT by andyk
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To: SmithL

"If it were an art studio and models were actually posing, that would be one thing. But these women weren't posing, they were dancing."

Exactly why there were pencils and pads. Sheesh, anyone knows that crayons are much slower to draw with. It takes tremendous skill to draw moving models, and the many practice sessions are precisely for that reason.


4 posted on 04/05/2005 3:56:47 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (You get more with a gun and a smile than just a smile itself!)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

LMAO


5 posted on 04/05/2005 4:34:02 PM PDT by Fast1 (Destroy America buy Chinese goods,Shop at Wal-Mart 3/18/05 American was gone when I woke up)
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To: SmithL

I thought this was about the local Lawyers' Group being raided for having RPGs.


6 posted on 04/05/2005 4:35:25 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women (HJ Simpson))
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To: SmithL
OK ! Where the heck are the pics? (And I'll kick anyone posting Helen Thomas' pic right square in the 'slats')

8^)

Nam Vet

7 posted on 04/05/2005 4:42:54 PM PDT by Nam Vet (MSM reporters think the MOIST dream they had the night before is a "reliable source".)
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To: Nam Vet
Or 'thunder-thighs' Hitlery.

Nam Vet

8 posted on 04/05/2005 4:44:02 PM PDT by Nam Vet (MSM reporters think the MOIST dream they had the night before is a "reliable source".)
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To: Nam Vet

Albright?


9 posted on 04/05/2005 4:47:01 PM PDT by null and void (innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
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To: Nam Vet
Only Idaho pics available:


10 posted on 04/05/2005 5:55:15 PM PDT by SmithL (Proud Submariner)
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