San Diego Adult Entertainment: SEC Pays Gary Aguirre Big Sum, but More Cleansing Needed
June 29, 2010 at 9:49 pm | In San Diego adult entertainment | No CommentsThe Securities and Exchange Commission today (June 29) agreed to pay $775,000 to San Diego attorney Gary Aguirre. The sum represents four years and ten months of his salary since the agency fired him in 2005, plus his attorney fees. The story of the SEC’s blatant prostitution in the Aguirre case has been told on this blog and in my column several times before, but it is worth summarizing. In short, Aguirre’s ordeal is a story showing how the SEC, which was born in the 1930s to protect investors from Wall Street predators, became an agency that protected Wall Street predators from investors. Aguirre had good reason to believe that John Mack, head of Morgan Stanley, may have passed information to Pequot, then one of the most powerful hedge funds. But Aguirre’s supervisors told him that Mack had “juice” and “political clout.” Mack was a big fundraiser for George W. Bush. Prior to his pursuit of Mack and Pequot, Aguirre had been given a two-step pay raise for “consistently going the extra mile, and then some.” But after Aguirre wanted to interview Mack, Aguirre’s supervisors gave him a negative re-evaluation outside the SEC’s ordinary performance appraisal process.
San Diego Strip Clubs: Hundreds turn out for Gaslamp Bikini parade
June 28, 2010 at 8:13 pm | In San Diego strip clubs | No CommentsSAN DIEGO – A couple of hundred bikini-clad women paraded through the streets of San Diego’s Gaslamp District Sunday afternoon in an attempt to break a world record.
Organizers of the San Diego Bikini Walk hoped to attract at least 325 bikini-wearing participants to break the current record for the largest bikini walk, which is 323, according to the Guiness Book of World Records.
Monday, Bikini Week organizers were still tallying up the official count, but they said that around 200 women participated. The walkers started their mile-long trek from the Hard Rock Hotel at about 1:30 p.m. Leading the pack was Michelle “Bombshell” McGee, a local stripper known for her affair with Sandra Bullock’s husband, Jesse James. The group walked down 5th Avenue to Market Street, then back up to Broadway before returning the Hard Rock Hotel for an after-party at the hotel pool.
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San Diego Escorts: MASTERWORKS EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS BY THE LATE STANISLAUS SOWINSKI OPENS …
June 28, 2010 at 5:37 pm | In San Diego escorts | No CommentsThe show will include 40 oil paintings from the Sowinski estate, priced at the same prices that comparable works sold for during the well-known artist’s lifetime. Works range from $600 for 8 x 10s up to $4,500 for a 32 x 40 work.
“These are masterworks—pieces done late in his life that reflect his maturity…The family would like to have these paintings be moved into homes where they will be appreciated,” said O’Dunn.
Many of the works reflect western themes and locations, including some in East County (such as a painting of the chapel at Warner Springs). Others portray Indians and portraits of people drawn from his travels to Mexico, Europe and other locations.
Some convey powerful emotion, such as “Little Buckaroo”, a portrait of a cowboy cradling a baby. Others are rich in detail, such as “Autumn Morning on the Yampa.” Others have touches of seductive whimsy, such as “Door’s Open, Sweetie!” a portrait of a harlot in a brothel.
San Diego Adult Entertainment: HOMELESS IN EAST COUNTY: EL CAJON MOTHER OF THREE RECOUNTS TRAGIC LIFE
June 28, 2010 at 1:25 am | In San Diego adult entertainment | No CommentsIn 2008 Lucy became homeless. Friends she was crashing with at the time needed to make room for their children, and there was no more space available.
For six months she stayed in an abandoned house. Otherwise, she’s made do in various places. She’s reticent to reveal where else she currently sleeps, but she says it’s “on the cement,” exposed to the elements.
Drug addiction and instances of separation from Bill leave her vulnerable to rape on the streets. “I’d say I’ve been raped four, or five, or six times,” she recites matter-of-factly.
She attempted suicide in 2003.
Besides panhandling for coffee, Lucy said she scrapes together some money on the streets, “but not legal money.” While denying any prostitution or drug dealing, she says she “hustles” to earn money. Other than to acknowledge the fact that illicit means are involved, she does not care to elaborate.
San Diego Escorts: 14 arrested in El Cajon prostitution sting
June 25, 2010 at 5:37 pm | In San Diego escorts | No Comments14 arrested in El Cajon prostitution sting
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 1:22 p.m.
EL CAJON
Fourteen men were arrested Thursday night during a six-hour undercover prostitution operation in El Cajon.
Five female officers, four from the El Cajon Police Department and one from the county Sheriff’s Department, posed as decoys during the operation, which started around 7 p.m., said El Cajon police Lt. Steve Shakowski.
The men were all arrested on suspicion of soliciting and ranged in age from 21 to 47.
Police did not release the location of the operation.
San Diego Strip Clubs: Supreme Court limits law used to curtail fraud
June 25, 2010 at 4:12 am | In San Diego strip clubs | No CommentsWhat happened in the City Hall case? Former Councilmen Ralph Inzunza and Michael Zucchet were found guilty of corruption charges in 2005. They were accused of trying to relax a law that bans touching between strip club patrons and dancers, a change that would allow clubs to make more money. The federal government said Inzunza and Zucchet did so in exchange for campaign contributions from club owner Michael Galardi. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller later overturned most of Zucchet’s convictions.
How does it relate to the Supreme Court ruling? The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had upheld the lower court decisions, but delayed Inzunza’s 21-month prison sentence until the Supreme Court ruled on the “honest services” issue in a case involving former Alaska legislator Bruce Weyhrauch. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Weyhrauch, sending his case back for reconsideration.
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Inzunza and Zucchet were convicted in 2005 for taking campaign contributions and trying to ease rules banning dancers and patrons from touching in San Diego strip clubs.
San Diego Strip Clubs: Supreme Court Ruling May Toss Out Local Corruption Cases
June 25, 2010 at 4:12 am | In San Diego strip clubs | No CommentsThe U.S. Supreme Court handed a partial victory to former Enron chief Jeff Skilling on Thursday, as it ruled the “honest services” fraud statute used was too vague.
A narrowing of the scope of the statute, which also allows the federal government to go after local officials for corruption, could mean big headaches for prosecutors in some San Diego-area cases.
“The impact could be huge,” said former U.S. Attorney Chuck La Bella.
With the Supreme Court’s ruling that the law was too vague, La Bella pointed out, “What they’re saying is this provision can only be used to address traditional bribes or kickbacks. It can’t be used for improper conduct.”
The ruling may have an impact on local cases, including the so-called “Strippergate” case in 2003, where former San Diego City Council members were convicted of conspiring with a strip club owner to relax the “no-touch” laws.
San Diego Strip Clubs: REGION: Supervisors adopt restrictive medical marijuana ordinance
June 24, 2010 at 12:12 pm | In San Diego strip clubs | No CommentsThat drew the ire of Neal Plastik, who said the drug works far better for him than conventional painkillers.
“You shouldn’t be regulating people who are just trying to help other people,” he said.
Jacob’s amendment increased the minimum distance between dispensaries and homes from a proposed 500 feet to 1,000 feet, and from a proposed 600 feet from churches, parks and schools to 1,000 feet.
Valley Center’s Eugene Davidovich, spokesman for the group Americans for Safe Access, which claims a local membership of several thousand, contended that shuts out dispensaries entirely.
“What they have done is eradicate medical marijuana anywhere in the county,” he said after the meeting.
A county spokesman said planners maintain there are at least 15 potential sites under the guidelines, which mirror those in place for strip clubs. Three of those sites are in Ramona and two in the San Dieguito area.
San Diego Massage Parlors: Vance gives last State of Community speech
June 24, 2010 at 8:48 am | In San Diego massage parlors | No Comments… Residents are now beginning to see the benefits of having the half-cent sales tax (Proposition L, approved by voters in 2006) in place. The Civic Center is the fifth of Vista’s community projects to be completed. Our other community projects — the renovations of the Moonlight Amphitheatre, the building of two new fire stations and the renovation of Station No. 1, and the near-completion of the Vista Sports Park — are all statements reflecting Vista’s powerful vision to define and transform the community, now and for decades to come.”
• “I firmly believe that we on the City Council and our city staff have been good stewards of our fiscal responsibilities during the past several years. This year we have had to make very difficult decisions and they didn’t come without a lot of debate, discussion and heartache.”
• “We are making strong headway in combating vandalism. We’ve had several graffiti convictions and an estimated $250,000 in restitution. There was also a major effort made to curb human trafficking through the closure of several massage parlors. Increased traffic enforcement resulted in a 32 percent reduction in DUI accidents, while overall traffic injuries decreased by 25 percent and injury accidents by 20 percent.”
San Diego Escorts: Tourism Officials Fear AIDS Will Undermine Bali Image
June 23, 2010 at 3:12 pm | In San Diego escorts | No CommentsWe have to pay extra attention to our tourism destinations because there are some [criminal] syndicates that seek out underage prostitutes, he said. This results in physical and mental harm as well as an increase in HIV/AIDS [cases].
Tourism is often blamed for contributing to the high rate of HIV/AIDS, but its not true. Tourism is a good thing. It is people who have misused tourism areas and facilities, he said.
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Tourism cant be directly linked to HIV/AIDS transmissions, but we have to admit that it does affect the spread of the disease, he said adding that the Bali administration should consider establishing a controlled prostitution zone on the island.
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If the government acts repressively, prostitution will grow uncontrollably and even spread to households, he said. With a red-light district, it will be easier to identify high-risk groups and conduct an integrated prevention program.
Bakri, however, disagreed, saying that legalizing prostitution would permanently taint the islands image and drive visitor numbers down.
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