The Darley team made the perfect start to the day in Sydney and Melbourne. The promising Launay survived a protest at Caulfield to win the first while Spinney won the opener at Rosehill.
”He [Launay] is a very nice horse but still a little immature,” trainer Peter Snowden said at Rosehill.
”I think races like the Hawkesbury and Gosford Guineas will be good for him and then we might look at a couple in Brisbane.”
A seasoned Spinney made it win No.7 after jockey Kerrin McEvoy parked him behind the leader and favourite Hadaaf.
ON THE QUIET:
The punter walked up to the trainer at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, shoved out the claw and said, ”How are you going? Remember me? I met you at the brothel in Albury.” Wrong trainer, we are assured.
See the full article from “Sydney Morning Herald”
March 2, 2010
Strip club flap prompts a hearing
Residents angered over court approval; process to be audited
Saturday, February 27, 2010
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A planned West Carson Street strip club will be the subject of a Pittsburgh City Council public hearing and a review by Controller Michael Lamb as officials continue to dissect a series of failures that led to a court win by the club owners over the city.
City Clerk’s Office employees have approved petitions from residents angry at the prospect of adult entertainment at what they view as the gateway to the western neighborhoods. That means council must schedule a hearing.
Councilwoman Theresa Smith, who represents the area below Duquesne Heights where the club would sit, asked Mr. Lamb on Thursday to audit the city’s handling of the club’s application for planning approval. He agreed.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
February 27, 2010
Driver faces charge: Robert Darnley, 21, of Washington, faces a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol after he reportedly fell asleep at the wheel of his pickup truck Thursday morning while driving north on Interstate 70 near the north junction with Interstate 79, state police said. The truck went off the highway and crashed.
WASHINGTON
Package stolen: Bruce Dille of 112 Church St. told Washington police Wednesday that $160 in glass blowing materials were stolen from his porch. The package containing the materials had been delivered by United Parcel Service earlier in the day.
Prostitution charge: Lisa Jolly, 42, of Aliquippa, formerly of Washington, was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of prostitution after she allegedly offered to perform a sex act on a Washington County police officer working plainclothes duty on Oct. 8 at North Main and Chestnut streets.
See the full article from “Washington Observer Reporter”
February 27, 2010
Lap-dancing teachers becomes online sensation
Melissa Martin and Jenny Ford,
Winnipeg Free PresPublished: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
WINNIPEG – It’s the lap dance that’s gone viral.
Everyone from Inside Edition to a variety of news websites and blogs is tuning in to the lap dance between two Winnipeg teachers that was captured on a student’s cellphone at Churchill High School last week.
The video, taken last Wednesday during a pep rally with 100 Grade 9 through 12 students, shows students giggling, gasping and screaming as a female teacher – identified as Chrystie Fitchner – receives a strip club-style lap dance from a male teacher.
It’s believed the man was a substitute teacher.
On Tuesday night at a Churchill High event, one parent groaned after learning that the video had gone national.
See the full article from “Nanaimo Daily News”
February 24, 2010
A pair of teachers engaging in risque business set off a media riot after a video of a simulated lap dance from a school event went viral.
The video, taken last Wednesday during a well-attended pep rally for Grade 9 through 12 students at Churchill High School, shows students giggling, gasping and screaming as a female teacher receives a strip club-style lap dance from a male teacher.
By Thursday afternoon, students were spreading a minute-long video of the dance among each other on Facebook. On Monday afternoon, clips from the video were aired on CBC television.
Tuesday night, one parent of a Churchill High student groaned after learning that the video had gone national. “They so, so crossed the line,” said the parent, whose daughter showed her the video. The teachers, who are said to be relatively new to Churchill’s staff, were sent home with pay after a parent complained about the video, said Winnipeg School Division trustee Mike Babinsky.
See the full article from “Edmonton Journal”
February 24, 2010
City officials squabble over South Side strip club
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A day after protesters called for an investigation of the process that led to a judge’s approval of a strip club on West Carson Street, city officials on Tuesday pointed fingers at each other.
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s administration released a timeline indicating that Councilman Doug Shields was part of “numerous conversations” about the strip club with city lawyers but did not schedule a public hearing until it was too late. Mr. Shields called part of the timeline “a flat-out lie,” and said one of the lawyers involved, Assistant City Solicitor Lawrence Baumiller, “would’ve been fired” had he made similar mistakes at a private firm.
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“If we’re going to have a lifetime sentence of living with a strip club at the gateway of our community, it would be best to know if it was because it was legal, and not the result of an oversight,” said West Side United Community Development Corp. President Marciana Rossi.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
February 24, 2010
Pittsburgh council reviews failure that allowed strip club
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A planned West End strip club had city of Pittsburgh government debating who told what to whom, and when, today.
At issue was court-granted approval for Marquise Investments to operate an adult entertainment venue next door to the Onala Club for recovering addicts. The November approval by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Joseph James came after a year after the city planning commission rejected the club’s application, but city council did not hold its usual hearing and vote, despite the judge’s order to do so.
West Pittsburgh residents protested on the City-County Building steps Monday, demanding an explanation for the botched process that preceded the judge’s final ruling. Today, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s administration issued a timeline of events showing that, in late 2008, the planning department failed to tell council to conduct its hearing, starting a cascade of problems that came to involve then-Council President Doug Shields.
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Marquise wants to convert a former office building into a strip club.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
February 23, 2010
Proposed strip club draws 30 protesters
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About 30 people protested Monday against a strip club slated for West Carson Street, saying a judge, Pittsburgh City Council or Mayor Luke Ravenstahl should do whatever it takes to stop it.
The site, owned by Marquise Investments, was the subject of hearings before the planning commission, which recommended against giving the developer permission to open up next to the Onala Club for recovering addicts. But council never received paperwork that would have prompted it to hold a hearing, and Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Joseph James ruled that the lack of expert testimony on the club’s health and welfare effects meant he had to grant it approval.
“We need an investigation of why all of this happened,” said West Side United Community Development Corp. President Marciana Rossi. In the meantime, city building inspectors should fine the building owner for work that was done without a permit, she said.
The city has filed a notice of appeal.
“How about if the judge vacates his …
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
February 23, 2010
West End Residents Maintain Stance Against Strip Club
Proposed Strip Club Would Be Located On West Carson Street
POSTED: 9:52 pm EST February 22, 2010UPDATED: 11:03 pm EST February 22, 2010
PITTSBURGH — Protestors gathered downtown Monday afternoon to voice their concern over a potential strip club in Pittsburgh’s West End neighborhood.
“Someone’s responsible for this. We’re not so much searching for who is responsible — that might be too difficult. We want our hearing. We want to be able to present our case, bring in our expert testimony and fight this in our neighborhood,” said resident Marciana Rossi.
The community mobilized against “Club Marquise” more than a year ago due to fears of further traffic problems on West Carson Street.
The club would also be located next door to the Onala Club, which aids drug and alcohol addicts in their recovery.
See the full article from “WTAE Pittsburgh”
February 23, 2010
West End residents protest proposed strip club
Monday, February 22, 2010
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Around 30 people this afternoon protested a strip club slated for West Carson Street, saying a judge, Pittsburgh City Council, or Mayor Luke Ravenstahl should do whatever it takes to stop it, and someone should investigate the lack of a council hearing on its zoning status.
The club plan, pursued by Elizabeth-based Marquise Investments, was the subject of hearings before the Planning Commission, which recommended against giving it permission to open up next to the Onala Club for recovering addicts.
But council never received paperwork that would have prompted it to hold a hearing, and Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Joseph James ruled that the lack of expert testimony on the club’s health and welfare effects meant he had to grant it approval.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
February 22, 2010
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