Is the Velvet Lounge engaging in adult entertainment, in violation of their permit?

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• LOL, sometimes I just forget what a prude you are.

• And Dan C as well, Dan C as well.

• "LOL, sometimes I just forget what a prude you are'..... Hmmmmm

  And I forget what a moron mongoloid you are, Nelson!

  Homos can do that but I straight man would be arrested by Pulido and his SAPD Chief Walters for public indecency.

  That is my point you idiot.

  O' no!.. no!
  We can't hate these nice sexually disoriented homos!

  They have right to get marry too!

  The reversed discrimination leftism and bolshevism is everywhere!

  • To me the point is that the Velvet Lounge appears to be violating their C.U.P. That means what they are doing may be illegal and they should either correct their practices or be shut down.

    I don't expect Vern to understand any of this given his past history of breaking the law and his current fascination with the lawbreakers who are the Occupy movement.

    The other issue I referenced is the double-standard that exists in this city - Latino businesses get shut down quickly if they do anything even remotely in violation of their C.U.P.s, while businesses like the Velvet Lounge, and others in our Downtown area, openly flaunt the rules and get away with it.

• Admin, were you not promoting gay'ism and pot'ism not to long ago?

  • I support gay marriage and as I referenced in my post I am opposed to the drug war and do support Judge Jim Gray's efforts to decriminalize drugs including marijuana. That said, what is going on at the Velvet Lounge is an apparent violation of their C.U.P. That is the issue I have a problem with. Beyond that I could care less what these folks do in their personal time.

    As for the pot issue, I don't think it is responsible for the folks at the Yost, and for their entertainers, to promote smoking marijuana, particularly since teens can go to the Yost. It is illegal, save for medical marijuana use. If the laws ever change, then it will be a different matter.

    The bottom line, as I wrote, is that it is readily apparent that some of the newer businesses in our Downtown are flaunting our laws - and the questions to ponder are 1) Is this the direction we want our Downtown to go in? and 2) Why do Latino owned businesses get treated differently by our city, while these other businesses, who DO NOT cater to our local residents, appear to get away with breaking the rules?

• "That said, what is going on at the Velvet Lounge is an apparent violation of their C.U.P. That is the issue I have a problem with. Beyond that I could care less what these folks do in their personal time."...... Hmmmm

  Oxymoron as usually.

  "violation of their C.U.P."? Obviously you are tiptoeing around the real issue.

  I do not care what they do publicly or privately either as long as I can do same thing.

  No one will enforce against homos anything and that is a danger to our liberty.

  That is only reason I am against homo agenda!

  But I do not expect you to understand that.

  • I have asked the City Council and our City Manager to investigate this. You should as well.

• Who supports these Gays ? Why SA Does. The Gays can even do anything they want to in their own Lounge.. Stay Classy SA..

• Mr. Cook I don't believe this issue has anything to do with gay's. It is simply a question of the law and whether the establishment is following the rules put in place when the CUP was granted.

  • Good news Robert. I heard back from our City Manager. They are investigating this...

• "They are investigating this"..... Hmmmm

  Noting will happen.

  And if something will happen the homos will storm council chambers screening discrimination against sexual disorientation.

  Based thereon the council will apologize profusely.

  • When the City Manager, who is also our Chief of Police, tells me he is investigating something, I believe him. The Velvet Lounge better clean up their act...

• Good to see SA is improving it's Image by having this Gay Lounge and Pot Heads at the Yost. No wonder Familyies stay away from SA..

• "When the City Manager, who is also our Chief of Police, tells me he is investigating something, I believe him."

  So sad, so sad. To hear those words coming from someone I used to think of as a rebel.

  • What the heck are you talking about? Do you really think it is more useful to be a raggedy Occupier? I have a good rapport with Walters and our City Council. This is how you get things done in town. And clearly we need to do something about the double standard applied to Latino owned businesses in Santa Ana. None of them would get away with violating their C.U.P.s - and now neither will the Velvet Lounge.

    One more thing - it is one thing to be a rebel. It is another to violate our city ordinances. Have you no clue?