November 18, 2006

Vegas to Stop Handing Out Escort Service Pamplets?

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Whats the world coming to?
A night were you can't walk down the strip, and get handed about a thousand escort service pamphlets with naked ladies on them, is no night we'd care to see!

From the Las Vegas Sun:

City officials have responded to a federal appeals court ruling by passing a new law aimed at curbing peddling, panhandling and pamphleteers at a downtown casino pedestrian mall.

City officials said two ordinances passed Wednesday restricting behavior at the Fremont Street Experience were tailored to comply with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision last month declaring a similar city law from 1997 unconstitutional.

A top American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada official said the city was just inviting a new lawsuit.

"The new ordinance is as unconstitutional as the old ordinance," said Gary Peck, ACLU executive director in Las Vegas. He characterized the city position as: "Free speech is bad for business, and because it's bad for business, we're going to outlaw it."