Health club to fight against strip club

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Neighbors said they want a brand-new strip club in the northeast heights gone, but after Monday’s City Council meeting, the fully nude club won’t be stripped of its location. The Palms Gentleman Club will stay open mostly because the majority of City Council members agreed that a nearby gym’s child care program doesn’t count as a school.“Is a fitness center a school? Has anyone ever held that a fitness center is a school? It’s almost preposterous to make that claim,” Palms attorney Roger Diamond said.
From the beginning the controversy has been over the club’s location. The Palms club is right across the parking lot from a Defined Fitness and a Chili’s. The gym’s attorney argued that their child care program qualified them as a day care, meaning the strip club would be a no go because it was within 500 feet of a pre-elementary service.“I think that could be a school. If a day care is a school, then that is a school,” City Council President Don Harris said. Harris said the gym’s 10-week summer program, where kids spend hours learning, sure seemed like a school to him. But most council members said that the gym didn’t advertise itself as a school and doesn’t have the proper permits or licensed teachers on staff.All of that means the club is here to stay.
The club also pointed out that it’s creating up to 40 local jobs. The gym said those jobs are coming at the expense of the hundreds of families that use their workout facility on a daily basis.The Palms will not serve alcohol because it’s fully nude.

Health Club News.....Pole fitness gym in Knoxville facing opposition

By JOSH AULT
6 News Reporter
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - It has been three months since a new fitness club opened its doors in Knoxville. 6 News first told you about the business back in May.What makes this club unusual is the patrons use poles to exercise on. Recently, the club's owner says she has been harassed because some feel it is a strip club.On Saturday, we were invited to a beginner's class at Pole LaRotic Fitness located on Broadway Avenue. Many of the new members were excited that this type of fitness could be found in Knoxville. They do not consider it stripping."It is more of a workout, and dance class," said Camelia Mulhall, a first time participant, "It doesn't have that I'm in a strip club feel to it. It is just a bunch of women getting together acting silly, and getting fit at the same time."When Nastassia Ligon, the club's owner, opened the gym, she never thought she would have problems with the community.She was wrong. "We have had several harassments," said Ligon. "They have been throwing trash in front of the building. They have cut our phone wires, and been calling harassing us, and filing complaints with the city and saying that this was a strip club."
Ligon showed us a rusty nail that had been driven through their outside phone wire this week. She filed a police report, and more patrols are going to be done in the area for the next few weeks.Ligon just wants people to know that this is not a strip club."Basically, this is a place, a new fun and way to get fit, instead using the treadmills and the same old exercises," said Ligon. "The women come here to build their confidence, and have fun."Ligon is planning an open house in September, so the entire family can come by and see what pole fitness is all about.Those who have already signed up hope others can see the benefits of this vertical exercise."Lighten up, get over it," said Bridgette O'Dell, who completed her first class Saturday. "It is not bad. It really isn't. I think it is more about is making women aware of their bodies and making them appreciate their bodies, and it is just a different way to get fit. I like it."Ligon says because of all the complaints to the city, building permit officials have raised concerns about having a gym in this part of town.She says they will be making a final decision about if they get to stay here in August.Pole LaRotic Fitness already has more than 800 members.

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