Article on the Details of the Stop The Strip Pub Hearing
By Kate Smurthwaite | 16 May 2008, 22:47
I wrote an article today that’s up on BBC London. Mostly of interest to those who (a) want to know how a local town hall licensing committee hearing works or (b) just want to gloat about we-won, we-won, no strip club on my road!
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Audrey Cook said:
This is great news: I was wondering, could Katy get the support of all those who opposed the strip pub to sign the online petition raised by Object,
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/lapdancing/
Its currently at 377 signatories and growing fast!
Keep up the great work, Audrey
Posted on 18 May 2008 at 9:47 AM
Cara said:
Another petition:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/genderhatecrime/
Posted on 18 May 2008 at 12:17 PM
Kate Smurthwaite said:
Sadly not really - we were going door-to-door. I only know the 525 number from the council - many people wrote directly to the council after we spoke to them so we don't even know who they are.
The issues are slightly different too. The Object campaign (which I personally fully support) is about forcing lap-dancing bars to be licensed as Sex Encounters Establishments. In Hackney - where Satchmo's is - this is already the case. Hence why we had the opportunity to object and go to the hearing.
I imagine that those who chose to object would want the chance to object in the same fashion if they lived elsewhere. But I don't have a list of objectors and many may not be on the internet.
Posted on May 18, 2008 4:51 PM