16 women arrested in Tampa prostitution sting before Republican National Convention

[monmouth]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/16-women-arrested-in-tampa-prostitution-sting-befo/nRFLY/


Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau

TAMPA —

Police are sweeping strip clubs on the hunt for hookers as the city cleans up its act before the Republican National Convention.

Police arrested 16 women at adult entertainment venues during “Operation Keep It Clean” on Thursday and Friday nights. The women were charged with offering to commit prostitution, the Tampa Police Department said.

Prostitutes and strippers have flooded into Tampa — notorious for its adult entertainment hot spots — hoping to cash in on an expected 50,000 visitors. Stripper Lisa Ann, a Sarah Palin look-alike known as “Nailin’ Palin,” will appear at one club for two nights just before the convention begins.

Undercover officers visited a dozen clubs while looking for prostitution and human sex trafficking. Officials said they launched the sweep after getting reports that prostitutes may be coming to work in the clubs during the convention. Authorities said they will continue the operation before, during and after the four-day event.

[LadyHawkAZ]

1. “Operation Keep It Clean”

yet they host the RNC. The irony is painful. It would be funny if not for 16 women sitting in jail.

[Pilotguy]

2. Not to worry...

they'll all be back on the street by the time Newt arrives.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. "city cleans up its act before the Republican National Convention" kind of like...

polishing your shoes before you take a walk through a mile of mud....

The concentration of unsavory characters is about to rise exponentially!

[Skittles]

4. what for?

repukes are bigger whores than these prostitutes could ever be

[Tribetime]

5. any LARRY CRAIG sightings yet?

[dflprincess]

6. I'm sure as soon as the RNC hears about this

they'll ask the Tampa police to stop the sweeps.

[99th_Monkey]

13. Yah, and especially if they are going to be busting "Johns" too ~nt

[snooper2]

7. They got like .01% LOL

[SDjack]

8. Once again, gopers find a way to kill jobs. nt

[liberal N proud]

9. Republicans are the biggest users of adult services during the conventions.

According to Angela Spencer at the Association of Club Executives, the trade association for strip clubs, when they compared spending by participants at the Democratic Convention in Denver with participants at the Republican convention in New York they found that Republicans spent three times as much as the Democrats -- $150 compared to $50.

http://bigthink.com/dollars-and-sex/republicans-go-to-the-polls

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. When the RNC in St. Paul, all the "adult" businesses that usually advertise in

City Pages, the local entertainment weekly, ran special advertisements, specifically directed at RNC attendees. City Pages doesn't put its ads in its online edition, so I couldn't post them, but they were funny.

Then there was the male delegate who had jewelry stolen while staying at a gay-oriented hotel in downtown Minneapolis....

[outsideworld]

14. the hypocrisy

kills me lol

[Incitatus]

17. There's also several Republicans lurking about the Democratic convention.

So that number may be a little skewed.

[Warpy]

10. I imagine a lot of male delegates are drowning their sorrows tonight

crying, "Couldn't you guys have waited just a couple more weeks?" into their beer or other poison of choice.

[longship]

11. After all, Republicans are coming to town.

We all know that the Christian right would never go to a strip club, let alone... shudder... a prostitute.

Tampa's raid of strip clubs is merely coincidence to the upcoming Republican Convention. The two are not connected.

Right! I believe it. Really, I do.

I mean I really do!!!!!

Hehehehehe! I... Hehehehe... re... Hehe... ally... Hahahaha... do!!

[freshwest]

15. Isn't Michael Steele famous for arranging that, though?

[longship]

21. Only since Larry Craig resigned from the Senate.

Sorry. Low hanging fruit.

So to speak.

[appleannie1]

16. Probably not high class hookers, just regular hookers.

[meow2u3]

18. They probably let the male hookers off scot-free

Teabagger closet cases have to have their fun.

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Well now, exceptional intelligence gathering by the Tampa PD...

Officials said they launched the sweep after getting reports that prostitutes may be coming to work in the clubs during the convention.

And they hit a whole 12 clubs in that sweep. Way to go-- some people may actually think they're looking for hookers.

[summerschild]

20. Oh no! What's David Vitter gonna do with all his spare time?

[dogknob]

22. Palin look-alike strippers?

Pretty much explains why a campaign with low expectations of winning in the wake of the Bush disaster nominated Palin in the first place.

[flamingdem]

23. Before the true prostitutes show up for the convention n/t