Lap Dance Dead in LA?

What am I going to do with all these ones? What about the tip drill? You can’t smoke, you can’t drink, and now you can’t even get a lap dance! This country is going to hell in a hand basket!!

Will the six-foot rule send Los Angeles' adult dance clubs six feet under?

The controversial no-touch regulation, which first roiled city politics two years ago, was revived Tuesday when the Los Angeles Police Commission recommended passage of a measure that would effectively end the practice of nude or lightly clad dancers writhing in customers' laps.

The Los Angeles City Council first passed a rule in 2003 to keep exotic dancers six feet from their customers, then repealed it after strip club owners threatened to put the issue on a citywide ballot.

At Councilman Jose Cardenas' request, the commission took up the rule again Tuesday. In addition to the six-foot separation, the ordinance would ban patrons from personally tipping dancers and restrict performers to raised stages with railings.

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