City of Milford v. Erotic Empire
Empire out flanks Milford
Milford seeks way to prohibit adult store
Ok, so let’s see… a new “adult” store wants to come into town. The local city ordinance dictates that they can’t be within 300 feet of a church, school, or liquor store. Their choice is right next to the on/off ramp of I-95 (actually just down a mile down the road from my house), and it’s probably about 400 from an “alternative” high school.
My biggest problem with this whole debacle? “Judy Drapp, director of the Little White House Learning Center nursery school and kindergarten about a block from Erotic Empire’s proposed new home at 9 Banner Drive, said she’s devastated to learn such a business will be the school’s new neighbor.”
I have an issue with how they portray the new store (which I could care less about) and the nursery schools relative location. The Little White House is about 1/10 of a mile down the road, hidden (or maybe “nestled” is a better term) in an industrial park. You can’t see it from the road, and it’s certainly not going to be a “neighbor” of the Erotic Empire – any more than I am going to be a “neighbor” of it, and I live a mile up the road from there.
Orange First Selectman Mitch Goldblatt said he’s “not happy” to hear Milford also is faced with another adult store. “I’d prefer not to have this type of business in our town,” Goldblatt said. “I’m just shocked there’s this much demand for this and that people would venture out in public to these types of establishments.”
Does Goldblatt really believe that in this day and age, people are still doing things the way they were back in the 1600′s? We’re not all Puritans – heck, there’s some people out there that have sex with members of their same sex. And let’s not forget that some folks are having sex with multiple partners, too – I’m sure that’s just as wrong in his book. But just ’cause he doesn’t like it doesn’t make it wrong…..
Erotic Empire plans to sell G-strings, Playboy and Hustler wear, adult videos and other adult products. It will not feature live entertainment, food or liquor. So, if there’s no live entertainment, there’s no liquor, and there’s no food, what’s the problem? It’s on the other side of the highway from two truck stops – and a low-cost motel (which, should be noted, is just a little bit seedy). Truck stops have, in the past, been notorious for illicit drugs and prostitution – and I’m sure Milford isn’t immune to such things. Does this mean that local politicians and citizen groups have decided to ignore this slightly bigger problem in favor of a new local business that will actually pay taxes back to the city?
I think we all have bigger problems that need to be addressed – so how about we figure out what they are let people have their porn if they want it – and if they don’t, the business won’t be there long, so then the “Uptight Citizens Brigade” will be happy again.