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March 10, 2005 Volume 4 Number 5

Board of Directors  Sin, Obscenity & Politics: Evangelicals Promote Biblical Agenda

Scott Burch Under Cover of Attorney General
President
Burch Management
David Fairchild According to AP Newswire, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales declared war
Secretary
The Men's Club Corp. on adult entertainment when he pledged to seek out and prosecute obscenity
Jerry Reid cases. "Why is he wasting limited government resources on trying to prove legal
Treasurer
Pure Gold Club Chain adult entertainment is obscenity when there is so much work to be done on
Chip Walker combating child pornography?" asked Joan Irvine, Executive Director of the
Red Barn & Odyssey Ent.
David "Slim" Baucom Association of Adult Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP). The answer
MAL Entertainment could be as easy as looking at religious organizations.
Jerry Westlund
Fantasy Castle
Don "Weasel" DalPonte
Weasel's Showclub
ACE recently discovered that many groups, like the CCV (www.ccv.org) are
Dennis DeGori encouraging Evangelicals to contact Gonzales through their websites and urge
Scores of Chicago him to attack adult entertainment, not on merits of obscenity law but rather it
Rob Katzman
Toychest/Katzman Ent. would seem Biblical law. "Instead of alienating and prosecuting the adult
Eric Langan entertainment industry, Gonzales could be working with the industry," Irvine
Rick's Cabaret
Jim St. John continued. “Everyone in this industry is against child pornography…” ASACP
Deja Vu Consulting sends "Red Flag Reports" to the FBI, the National Center for Missing and
Don Waitt
E.D. Publications Exploited Children, and state Attorney General offices. For years, the adult
Micheal Ocello entertainment industry has been on the cutting edge of business by informing
PT's Showclub Chain
Glenn Smith government agencies and other associations about the industry's proactive
Imperial Showgirls approach to self-regulation and its stance in the fight again child pornography.
Jeff Willis
Viva La Fox Cabaret
ACE National Director:
Angelina Spencer
Andrew Oosterbaan, head of the Justice Department's Child Exploitation &
Naples, FL Obscenity Section, was responsible for over 200 arrests of child porn producers
FALA Advisory Board
and users as part of 2001's Operation Avalanche, but was condemned by
Alan Begner Evangelicals and the Family Research Council as "anything but aggressive ...
Atlanta GA prosecuting only a few, mostly insignificant cases" because he hasn't targeted
Jamie Benjamin
Ft. Lauderdale FL adult entertainment.
Allan Rubin
Detroit MI
Jeffrey Douglas "Instead of pouring tax dollars down the drain to harass legitimate businesses
Los Angeles CA
Luke Lirot
that create legal adult entertainment for consenting adults, Gonzales should be
Tampa FL investing his time, funding, and staffing in the prosecution of illegal child
Brad Shafer
Detroit MI
pornography," stated Michelle L. Freridge, Executive Director of the Free Speech
H. Louis Sirkin Coalition."In keeping with our long-standing policy condemning the sexual abuse
Cincinnatti OH
Randall Tigue
of children, FSC offers a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the
Minn. MI arrest and conviction of persons creating or trafficking in child pornography."
John Weston Joan Irvine will be speaking on this topic at the next FSC meeting, Thursday,
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Aaronson March 17, at 5:30 PM at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills,
Ft. Lauderdale FL California. To RSVP, contact Neva Chevalier at FSC (818) 348-9373.
Michael Murray
Cleveland, Ohio
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ACE National Welcomes New Board Member

Mr. John Gray, chairman and CEO of the Spearmint Rhino Corporation is the
newest member of the ACE National Board. Mr. Gray returns to ACE National after a
hiatus and explains: “We’ve sat back and watched ACE for a while. We are very BOARD 
pleased with its direction and the professionalism we’ve witnessed during the last MEETING: 
couple of years. The members of the board are some of the best in this business and Date: Monday
I’m pleased to be part of that process. We will be more involved.” Gray owned Public
08/25/05
Works Construction Company and 9 nightclubs from 1977 to 1989 when he became
CEO of Spearmint Rhino, Worldwide Inc. He also attended Western State University 5pm
of Law in California. He resides with wife Dyanna Lauren and 6 year old daughter in LOCATION:
Newport Beach, California, maintaining additional residences in Arizona and The Mandalay
England. ACE National offers him a hearty welcome and looks forward to his Bay Board
participation with our organization. Room
Kentucky is Newest ACE State Chapter Las Vegas, NV
Kentucky has formed KACE (Kentucky Association of Club Executives). Mr.
Jeffery Willis of La Foxx Club Group and an ACE National Board Member is acting
as the interim president. The decision was made to form this chapter at the urging of
The Sites Have It!
ACE Advisory Attorney Lou Sirkin, who is battling a number of cases in the state. Uphold your privacy
One of the most pertinent cases stems from a Northern Kentucky Tri-County rights:
Ordinance that could potentially affect clubs in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and www.nostrippinglibe
Tennessee. The ordinance encompasses three counties and requires manager and rty.org
dancer licensing and fees, an ID card, a $3000 per year club licensing fee, and penalty
points not to mention restrictive clothing and distance requirements for entertainers. See the latest State
The first meeting of KACE will be held Monday, April 11 at 5pm in the Embassy Bill Tracking:
Suites on Newtown Pike St. in Lexington, Kentucky. The four small clubs battling www.acenational.org
this Tri-County Ordinance have taken a financial beating fighting this ordinance on
your behalf. They are in need of aid. Please contact Jeff for more information about
Online Alcohol
the meeting or how you can help: 1-859-448-9144.
Certification for your
Great PR, Civic Responsibility & Political Education Can be Yours! staff:
ACE National has designed appealing high gloss posters for your club. The posters www.acenational.org
are free for ACE Members who wish to promote the SAFE Act. The SAFE Act is a
bipartisan sponsored bill making its way through Congress. It replaces privacy Weekly CCV Talk
provisions that Article 215 of the Patriot Act took away after 9/11. In other words, it Radio Puts Politics &
repeals the government’s right to rifle through your files, email, credit transactions Values in Action:
and accounts without probable cause or even notification. The posters encourage www.ccv.org
patrons and staff to log on to a website that will email Congressional representatives
and senators. The entire online process takes only a minute or two. To request posters
Emergency FYI!
please email: angelina001@comcast.net or call 1-216-965-7527 and provide number
of posters desired and shipping information.
Oklahoma’s Sin Tax
has passed in the
House
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Around the World in Adult Entertainment
Washington D.C.: The Following Appears compliments of Fee Speech Xpress:
West Virginia’s outspoken Democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd clearly does not see the Senate’s role in
judicial nominations as “a broken process that must be fixed.” (See report above.) Byrd recently made a
speech on the Senate floor comparing Republican proposals that would limit debate in the Senate on
judicial nominees to Hitler’s tactics used to gain power in Nazi Germany. Conservatives who favor the
new rules are, as one might suppose, livid over being compared to Nazis. However, the proposed rules
change could lead to a scary consolidation of power. “Without the filibuster or the threat of extended
debate,” argues Byrd, “there exists no leverage with which to bargain for the offering of an amendment.
All force to effect compromise between the parties will be lost. Demands for hearings will languish. The
President of the United States can simply rule by Executive order, if his party controls both Houses of
Congress and majority rule reigns supreme. In such a world, the minority will be crushed, the power of
dissenting views will be diminished, and freedom of speech will be attenuated…. This is a question of
freedom of speech. That is what we are talking about -- freedom of speech. And the American spirit, that
stubborn, feisty, contrarian, and glorious urge to loudly disagree, and proclaim, despite all opposition,
what is honest, what is true, will be sorely manacled.”
Amen, Brother Byrd.

Kansas: Kansas Senior Judge Ronald Innes has dismissed promoting obscenity charges against the
Lion’s Den Adult Superstore here. The case was highly politicized, with the original indictments coming
from a grand jury impaneled after Citizens for Strengthening Community Virtues (aided by the American
Family Association) gathered enough voter signatures to force a summons. Now it seems the signature
gathering process was a bit flawed. Judge Innes ruled that the petition calling for the grand jury was not in
compliance with state law, because information showing the voting place information of signers was
added later by others. MO ACE Meeting March 10, 2005 - directions

Missouri: The next meeting of MACE will be held Thursday, March 10 2PM at the
Holiday Inn Select Executive Center - Exposition Center 2200 Interstate 70 Drive Southwest
Columbia, MO 65203 573-445-8531. This important meeting will address Senate Bill 32 and other
concerns of the adult entertainment industry. Please attend this very important meeting if you are a MO
club owner, retail/bookstore owner or club executive.

Texas: The next TEA (Texas Entertainment Association) meeting is scheduled for 2pm Wednesday,
March 9 at Mezzaluna Restaurant located at 310 Colorado St. Topics: Legislative Update from Lobbyist
and the proposed 26% sales tax on liquor. For additional information please call Mr. Scott Burch @: 214-
236-1944.
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Industry Provider Benefits

1. Global Direct Credit Card Processing is a company that has developed a program
exclusively for members of ACE. The program basically cuts out the middle man and
spares you a dial up fee, may lower your points per transaction and does away with
equipment and bank statement fees. The program has already saved some of our board
members thousands of dollars per year. If you'd like, please contact David Baucom of
MAL Entertainment @ 1-704-578-6003. He is a club owner who has participated in the
program for a while and is very pleased. You may also have one of your staff contact
Amy Dacus of Global directly for more information: 704-376-9450. Attention State
Chapters! Global is more than happy to send free information about their program to
your next ACE Meeting.

2. Acordia Insurance, a Wells Fargo Company, has built an A rated comprehensive

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3. BMI, Broadcast Music Inc. Service can save ACE Members up to 20% off their music
licensing fees. Learn how the ACE/BMI program can save you money by contacting Mr.
Mike Driskell mdriskill@bmi.com or 615-401-2894.

4. Learn2Serve is an online alcohol certification program that may be used to train your
staff about alcohol service to customers. Some states require alcohol certification
programs for bartenders and servers while others don’t. However, ACE has been
informed by its advisory attorneys that most alcohol clubs might benefit from this
inexpensive class ($25 per student) because it may provide a credible argument against
liquor liability claims. For more information or to take the class log on:
www.acenational.org