I think that all levels of government should be held to the same standard. Infringing on the rights of others is not acceptable, just because it was done by a local or state government. I do know of the legal restrictions that make it difficult to use zoning restrictions, however, I do know that here in Vegas the law is 1500 yeards from a school, nearly a mile away. This, combined with picketing and other measures by concerned citizens do most likely end the dreaded strip club problem.
Government isn’t there to assuage your sense of moral outrage, it’s there to protect rights. There are ways to deal with strip clubs without the coercive power of the state. The problem is that people don’t care enough to be down there picketing or doing anything that takes more effort than complaining to the Masters of the Universe, aka the State.
You say I think that all levels of government should be held to the same standard.
Yet the U.S. Constitution states: Amendment 10: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
This made me laugh my arse off, thanks: I do know that here in Vegas the law is 1500 yeards from a school, nearly a mile away. This, combined with picketing and other measures by concerned citizens do most likely end the dreaded strip club problem.
How well did this strategy work in Las Vegas?