On Monday a new state law advanced by State Rep. Auden Grogins and State Senator Anthony Musto during the 2012 legislative session takes effect to increase regulation of massage parlors, something particularly important to their constituents in Black Rock concerned about crime, quality of life and impact on housing values. New regulations provide law enforcement more tools to crack down on illegal operations.
According to Grogins and Musto the state currently requires massage therapists to be licensed in order to practice their trade, but only regulates individual practitioners, not those employing them. New regulations will allow police departments to go after both unlicensed “therapists” and their employers. It criminalizes the employment of unlicensed individuals to practice massage therapy.
The law also prohibits using the word “massage” in an advertisement for services not performed by a licensed massage therapist. The same restriction also applies to the terms “shiatsu,” “acupressure,” “Thai massage,” “Thai yoga massage” and “Thai yoga.”
Connecticut law describes “massage therapy” as the “systematic and scientific manipulation and treatment of the body’s soft tissues using pressure, friction, stroking, percussion, kneading, vibration by manual or mechanical means, range of motion, and nonspecific stretching.”
The law also empowers the state Department of Public Health to investigate complaints of unlicensed massage practice.
Grogins, vice chair of the Planning and Development Committee where the bill originated, says, “For far too long, these businesses have been getting away with providing sexually oriented services under the guise of legitimate store fronts. This sends a clear and strong message this illegal activity will no longer be tolerated.”
Meanwhile, the Bridgeport City Council on Monday could take up action on an ordinance regulating strip bars following a public hearing. The proposed ordinance faces opposition from some council members, as Mike Mayko of the CT Post reports here.
Hey Black Rock! How do you like Martin McCarthy now! You voted for this A**hole. He loves Striper’s, whores and drug addicts.
It was Paoletto’s vote shortly after 10 p.m. that broke a 2-2 tie and sent the strip bar proposal to Monday’s session.
Moments earlier, Councilmen Robert Curwen and Martin McCarthy voted against the proposal, while Thomas McCarthy and Richard Bonney favored it.
Was that vote about massage parlors? Or strip bars? Or both? I think it was only about bars, which as immoral as they are, are not illegal. You need to stop going off half-cocked there, Fluck. Although your extensive knowledge of dial-a-hookers should be able to help you with that half a cock thing, right?
Martin McCarthy’s landlord owns the Tokyo Massage Palace. Curwen’s boss is Sal DiNardo who rents to strip clubs and massage parlors.
Hey Fluck, the city council had a unanimous vote against massage parlors back in July. But for the sake of making your BS argument look better, you neglected to say that. The only thing worse than an uniformed person is someone who distorts things to make their point look stronger. And a coward name-calls and makes accusations without revealing their identity … just saying … cut out the name calling.
burman only crawls out from under his rock when Martin McCarthy gets caught with his pants down. LOL.
Fluckie, I am against “Striper’s” too. I think they key word in the CT law would be “stroking.” Just sayin’.
Let’s work on those apostrophes please, Fluckster. They bother me more than interpretive dancers and Happy Ending specialists.
Hey Ace, here are three ”’ Thanks”
OMG, Ace Man in the house!
There seems to be a lot of momentum here behind these changes. May just be the beginning.
What used to be opinion has now become law. Witness the rise of retroactive oversight.
www .retroactiveoversight.com
*** Business is business as long as the city, state and federal government get their tax money and usual tips, no? Hey Joe, I got a stiff neck from watching the dancer go “up & down” on the pole, I think I might need a “yoga massage!” *** FORGETABOUTIT ***
Curwen is a low-class scumbag who does not deserve a seat on the City Council, or on any other committee that assumes responsibility of making decisions for the greater whole, aka the citizens of Bridgeport. His vote of no to the Sexually Oriented Business Ordinance and all of his pandering that led up to this, i.e. his input that led this ordinance, several times, to be delayed, has really exposed the true low-life he is. And what are his motives? I would have to say Fluckerella nailed it, and I would additionally say it has been said and known to some another one of his loyalties is to Gus Curcio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Curcio).
So with that being said, his vote; the one that is supposed to be for his people, his constituents was not for the neighborhood, or the children, or the innocent people who are misled by these types of scum … no, it was not for them … it was for him, and only him. A big old CYA (cover your ass) so he could keep certain people happy.
And that is the kind of low-life scumbag a neighborhood has put in charge of their daily lives?
WHY? Why does a dirtbag like this get voted in over and over and over? I will tell you why. Because he plays people, he is charming, and by some people’s barometer he is not too bad looking. But the truth is he is a snake in the grass. He brings in his pull when people need certain things done, makes himself look like a real superhero, and everyone gets a slap on the ass, but the reality is he likes the status quo, the grey, the not so good, the edge … because it keeps him in power. His allies are the business people who plant themselves on their hosts and suck and suck and suck … until there is nothing left. This is the inside of his soul, this is who he is. He is an invariable pain in the ass, a thorn in the side of Bridgeport. And the worst part is, he knows he can keep manipulating his neighborhood … they let him … and he takes advantage. He is an exploiter. He exploits his voters the same way these business owners exploit vulnerable women, men, runaways, drug addicts, trafficked people …
This is what we are really dealing with here, a good-looking scumbag. Constituents of Robert Curwen, please try to open your eyes and see what this guy is all about; and please, please stop voting for him.
Agree, but good looking? Is that a joke?
He thinks he is …
Tell us how you really feel!
And additionally, Lydia Martinez may be in the Bob Curwen camp of voters as well. Her constituents need to keep an eye on her vote as well; so they can see if she has their backs or someone else …
*** AllforOne, how many blog handles do you have, my goodness! You and Señor Fardy should have a meeting and invite residents in your district who may be interested in some of the same changes you seek, no? Change is not easy in any district and seeking it is part of the democratic process, good luck! ***
Mojo, I had my run at it and could not overcome a third set of candidates. I look back now and I am thankful I lost. If I won I would have to work with 18 Finch trolls who vote yes on everything. Even I know if you keep running into a brick wall it will eventually hurt.
Scumbag is too nice a word to describe Bob Curwen. How ironic that Paoletto broke the tie given his checkered past.