The heat is rising in Arizona, and it’s got nothing to do with its scorching desert or immigration crackdowns. On Wednesday, September 7, an establishment known as the Phoenix Goddess Temple was raided with SWAT force as the culmination of a six-month investigation into the suspected operation of an illegal brothel. Approximately 20 practitioners of… Continue reading My Body May Be a Temple But My Incall is Secular
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Strip Club Owners: Pay Your Damn Taxes, Pt. 2
Back in May, two clubs in Portland, OR were investigated for tax fraud by undercover federal agents (for at least one of those clubowners, tax evasion might be the least of his worries). Now similar news comes from Queens, where Robert Potenza—owner of the excellently named Gallagher’s 2000—has been in court explaining how difficult it… Continue reading Strip Club Owners: Pay Your Damn Taxes, Pt. 2