City Threatens To Shut Down Jiggles...Jiggles Fights Back With Stranger Ad
Remember Jiggles, the strip club that opened up in the old Giggles Comedy Club space with a one-letter name change as if nobody would notice -- I came here for comedy, but I guess naked ladies will do?
The city says owners didn't get the proper permit to open a strip club -- and they're resisting closure with a half-page ad in this week's The Stranger, accusing the city of hating "people who create jobs" and calling people to come support the club and "show your support for the First Amendment."
The PI has details on the closure and the backlash (reposted by The Stranger to "get meta"), including that Jiggles staff are apparently hanging up on media calling the club asking for comment,. Bouncers even escorted one intrepid reporter promptly out of the building. Way to be, Jiggles!
Regardless, we're not sure the supporting-first-amendment crowd is really going to be the ones showing up here. How would that conversation go: "Sorry I have to miss out on that thing tonight, I really have to support the First Amendment." Or maybe, "Sorry I was late, I was supporting job creation. At Jiggles. Job creation is very important to me, I'm sure you understand."
We're also wondering if Jiggles follows the model employed by many other strip clubs (and stylists at some hair salons for that matter) where "dancers" pay to dance, but keep their tips. If so, that's a pretty loose definition of "job creation." We're betting the 401k match isn't great either.
That said: (a) if Jiggles did host a political forum on job creation and the first amendment, we'd be there in a heartbeat, and (b) if you want to go to Jiggles for the sole purpose of seeing naked ladies dance around poles, we wholeheartedly support that too.
