November 08, 2004

Whores for Bush?

Yeah, but what about the hooker vote? (via QandO)

Question Three, which sought to ban prostitution in the rural county, was defeated by a two-to-one margin in Tuesday's election. In 1974, county voters supported letting two brothels operate outside Fallon.

George Flint of the Nevada Brothel Association says the vote stunned him and he's never been so surprised in his life. Alan Perazzo of the Coalition to End Prostitution in Churchill County says he's also shocked that two-thirds of county voters rejected the measure.

The county is a Republican stronghold that gave overwhelming support to President Bush. Fallon, a ranching and military community, is 60 miles east of Reno.

Flint says he now thinks the shuttered Salt Wells Villa brothel 15 miles east of Fallon eventually will reopen.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 04:54 PM | |