The Las Vegas Courtesan

Believe it or not, I didn’t come up with the phrase of “hooker grapevine”. It happened to be a cop that was helping me out after an incident unrelated to my profession downtown and worked the desk on his off nights for incident reports. He was going on about how he used to work for vice and thought “those girls that work are only giving people what they want and not really doing wrong”. Wish more cops thought that way…

Anyway I am going to have a few entries sporadically when I hear about some of the silly stuff from girls that they consider big “news” and is almost all bullsh*t they heard through some girl who heard it from another girl. Some girls are smart but for the most part a lot of them don’t think rationally when they hear the gossip about the latest hooker news. Here are some examples:

1) Clark County has no “incrimination” laws:
I constantly hear girls and especially *customers* who are absolutely convinced that if they ask a person “Are you a cop?” they must answer truthfully if they are or not. First of all… the word incrimination is misused. The real “incrimination law” is more in context with our US Constitution with “pleading the fifth”, and not in this terrible use of the word when dealing with identifying local law enforcement. I roll my eyes every time someone asks me if I am a cop and how you are legally supposed to answer it truthfully if you *were* a cop. This idiotic logic makes my head spin.

2) No More releases of detainees on their own recognizance when arrested by Vice
I’ve heard this “news” from two different girls. One was back in August and more recently a girl who was arrested last week on purely trespassing but was done by vice. I don’t get this discrimination of on department of law enforcement to another. How would the vice department have more special rules than say, you being arrested for a DUI or burglary? It makes no sense at all and sounds like a bunch of crap the officers told them. I hope it’s not true, that’s for sure!

3) Craigslist busts during the daytime
If this little story is true then they have been trying new things out at the police dept. I know Craigslist has long been notoriously high with busts off and on for years and now with the “erotic services” being in the news so much lately because of the new regulations (which I think violates Internet free speech) I am not surprised if the story ended up to be true.

So there’s my three little news stories for today. I’m trying to work right now and waiting for my phone to ring but so far it’s a bunch of people wanting to play jokes. Sad

I have it recorded the CNBC show on prostitution but haven’t gotten the chance to watch it.. but definitely will write a review on it as soon as this headache goes away.

So I’ve been around. I have been just bored with writing or finding things to write about lately. Same stuff, different day just things seem to be a little different now when it comes to making money and working things out on calls here in Vegas as the economy tumbles. I think I am adapting pretty well though. I will definitely write more about my opinions on the impact of Las Vegas. Been getting a few requests for interviews as well about the subject and will soon when I get the chance.

Anyway I will post more interesting stuff soon.. just wanted to stop in

So my news feeds have been chop full of people asking for support on the whole Proposition K vote in San Francisco. So what is my opinion of it? I am for it as far as I can tell what I have read and understand about the proposition. In fact I wish they had something along the lines of that here in Las Vegas. I understand the concern that the District Attorney has who spoke on the video about how it would make the city run rampant with street walkers and allow pimps to take over. That’s the part that I don’t understand as much. If they are decriminalizing prostitution then how does that have to do with pimps getting away with anything they want? Isn’t that part of the point so that girls can get help when they get into tough situations with clients or their pimp? Of course they shouldn’t decriminalize pimping laws and trafficking but that has no relation to the Proposition that is up for vote. I think this will only encourage girls to not be afraid of reporting their pimps or unethical businesses they work for.

I wish something would be passed like this in Las Vegas but I think it would need a little more regulation here since so many people come from out of town or state and take advantage of the laws we have here.  A few years ago (I looked all over and can’t find the article) Las Vegas encouraged girls to come to the police and report their overpowering and abusive pimps without fear of being prosecuted themselves. Apparently under older laws, it was difficult for police and vice to prosecute the pimps without physically witnessing the exchange of money from a known prostitute. Absolutely ridiculous in my opinion that they had to come out and encourage girls it was the right thing to do and report abuse. Either way, I think the police should do more about the pimps than go after the girls like they do now, and I don’t think a law like Prop K would allow the pimps to rein the streets.  I also think if the streetwalkers got out of hand in certain areas that they should be encouraged to move on. I don’t mind solicitation when girls are minding their own business by sitting at bars, advertising online and pretty much keeping it behind closed doors but what I do mind more is when its affecting the safety of neighborhoods and making things look bad.

So my little opinion on the matter, I hope things do pass in San Francisco but I also hope it doesn’t cause prostitution to look like an ugly and bad thing if it increased significantly in the city. I hope it paves the way for more workers rights and keeps the system in check instead of the bullying by our local governments, especially here in Las Vegas.

I’ve been sick this week but that hasn’t kept me from working since the Mining Convention was in town. This is almost the only convention in September that makes a blip on the moneymaking radar. The Mining convention and the Concrete World are on my list of top conventions as far as money goes. Maybe I should keep that secret to myself!

Though I haven’t been feeling too swell, I had plans to go to Salt Lake City this weekend for a seminar on WordPress and listen to hopefully some great speakers. I walk into the building and guess who is semi hosting this event? My arch enemy BlueHost.com. I almost laughed out loud when I saw 5 or 6 of them hovering around the check in table. No thanks I think I will pass up that free t-shirt, guys.

I’ve never been this far north into Utah and frankly, it is a scary place surrounded by beautiful country. Last night I felt dirty as I tried to visit some of the local strip clubs. It’s the exact opposite of what I feel is liberal about stripping for money. They shame the girls into hiding themselves while on stage, and the trip to and from the stage. Pasties are a requirement, the girls can’t give private dances, they can’t talk to customers unless they are on the stage, and they must cover themselves with a grandma looking robe to leave the stage. I was pretty shocked. How do these girls make their money? They only make dollars on the stage (I never saw a single $5 bill up there), they can’t talk to the clients and order a drink to get a kickback from the drink, and they have to sit in the back to wait their next turn on stage to make only a few bucks. I think it’s more degrading than a girl giving a lap dance in any other state. It made me feel dirty and that the girls should be shameful for showing their bodies since they have to hide them so quickly after their songs are over. Of course this is all my personal opinion and I am sure there are a bunch of religious fanatics in this town who say that this is the best and only way to have an “adult” scene in Salt Lake City. I think I stayed a total of 5 min in the two clubs I visited before I was so disturbed that I had to leave.

Ok I have to get off of my computer because people are walking up and literally looking over my shoulder to ask what I am doing… wow. Speakers are about to start up so hopefully it will be good and the religious fanatics don’t start asking me what the website printed on my badge is all about. I might be shunned out of the state 🙂