For hookers, convention's time to lay low.
not even kidding. it appears as though the boston herald is looking to cover all aspects of how the dnc is going to eff everyone in boston over. EVERYONE.
from the herald:
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By Christopher Cox
Sunday, June 20, 2004
During a slow mid-week evening in Chinatown, Shay-Shay, a 39-year-old streetwalker, stopped to consider the economic potential of the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
``I'm hoping to (make money),'' said the Roxbury woman, a 17-year veteran who declined to give her real name. ``But I'll probably be laying low.''
Conventions and illicit sex. The conventional wisdom is they go together like rubber chickens and long-winded keynote speakers.
But with Democratic National Convention security as tight as a black-leather bustier, the local sex industry may suffer from election dysfunction.
``There is a large influx of gentlemen in town with money to burn and a party atmosphere,'' said Kim Airs, proprietrix of Brookline's Grand Opening! sex boutique - and a former escort-for-hire. ``They're here for a limited time and there's temptation. A lot follow through on it.''
An estimated 35,000 conventioners are expected to spend $126 million during the July 26-29 DNC event. Not all of that money will be spent on Boston hotels, restaurants and taxis; some discretionary spending undoubtedly will be dropped on indiscretions.
According to Jeannette Angell, a former Boston prostitute, some local madams believe the Hub will be raining johns come late July.
``One woman I know is going to advertise the hell out of it,'' said Angell, whose memoir, ``Callgirl,'' will be published this summer. ``She's making or continuing arrangements with hotel concierges that she knows.''
But other operators view the DNC as a disruption to their business.
``The woman I worked for is cutting back on advertising and is probably not going to make a whole lot of extra money,'' Angell said. ``She's pulling her ads in the Phoenix and Boston magazine.''
``(The madam) would rather keep up with her regulars, which are 80 percent of her business,'' Angell added. ``They're not necessarily going to have any increased needs during the convention, but it's going to be tougher to get people places with the traffic.
``Running a service like an out-call, a lot of girls use taxis or have their own cars. It's going to be horrendous.''
There it is. Not unlike local mayors, the madams are whining about traffic.
Heightened law enforcement also can put a dent in love for sale.
During the week of July 28-August 4, 2000, when the Republicans held their national convention in Philadelphia, there was only one arrest for prostitution in the 6th and 9th districts, the downtown hotel area. The previous year, police in the two districts made 28 prostitution arrests during the same timeframe .
``Basically, we had police all over the place,'' said Philadelphia police Lt. Gene Cummings of the deputy commissioner's office.
In August 2000, when Los Angeles hosted the DNC, police in the downtown Central Bureau made zero prostitution arrests. In 1999, the same region netted 10 arrests. But the drop-off had nothing to do with vice-unit deterrence.
``The officers were probably not doing prostitution details that evening,'' said an LAPD spokesperson. ``They were tasked to do something else. The girls here don't get that discouraged.''
Lt. Kevin Foley, a Boston Police Department spokesman, said the local force has no special streetwalker sweeps planned for the convention.
Since 9/11, noted Angell, other law-enforcement issues have assumed greater priority.
``The police will be more concerned with people blowing up a delegate than anyone bl----g a delegate,'' Airs observed."
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! bl----g a delegate! i'm actually impressed that they printed that. awesome.
not even kidding. it appears as though the boston herald is looking to cover all aspects of how the dnc is going to eff everyone in boston over. EVERYONE.
from the herald:
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By Christopher Cox
Sunday, June 20, 2004
During a slow mid-week evening in Chinatown, Shay-Shay, a 39-year-old streetwalker, stopped to consider the economic potential of the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
``I'm hoping to (make money),'' said the Roxbury woman, a 17-year veteran who declined to give her real name. ``But I'll probably be laying low.''
Conventions and illicit sex. The conventional wisdom is they go together like rubber chickens and long-winded keynote speakers.
But with Democratic National Convention security as tight as a black-leather bustier, the local sex industry may suffer from election dysfunction.
``There is a large influx of gentlemen in town with money to burn and a party atmosphere,'' said Kim Airs, proprietrix of Brookline's Grand Opening! sex boutique - and a former escort-for-hire. ``They're here for a limited time and there's temptation. A lot follow through on it.''
An estimated 35,000 conventioners are expected to spend $126 million during the July 26-29 DNC event. Not all of that money will be spent on Boston hotels, restaurants and taxis; some discretionary spending undoubtedly will be dropped on indiscretions.
According to Jeannette Angell, a former Boston prostitute, some local madams believe the Hub will be raining johns come late July.
``One woman I know is going to advertise the hell out of it,'' said Angell, whose memoir, ``Callgirl,'' will be published this summer. ``She's making or continuing arrangements with hotel concierges that she knows.''
But other operators view the DNC as a disruption to their business.
``The woman I worked for is cutting back on advertising and is probably not going to make a whole lot of extra money,'' Angell said. ``She's pulling her ads in the Phoenix and Boston magazine.''
``(The madam) would rather keep up with her regulars, which are 80 percent of her business,'' Angell added. ``They're not necessarily going to have any increased needs during the convention, but it's going to be tougher to get people places with the traffic.
``Running a service like an out-call, a lot of girls use taxis or have their own cars. It's going to be horrendous.''
There it is. Not unlike local mayors, the madams are whining about traffic.
Heightened law enforcement also can put a dent in love for sale.
During the week of July 28-August 4, 2000, when the Republicans held their national convention in Philadelphia, there was only one arrest for prostitution in the 6th and 9th districts, the downtown hotel area. The previous year, police in the two districts made 28 prostitution arrests during the same timeframe .
``Basically, we had police all over the place,'' said Philadelphia police Lt. Gene Cummings of the deputy commissioner's office.
In August 2000, when Los Angeles hosted the DNC, police in the downtown Central Bureau made zero prostitution arrests. In 1999, the same region netted 10 arrests. But the drop-off had nothing to do with vice-unit deterrence.
``The officers were probably not doing prostitution details that evening,'' said an LAPD spokesperson. ``They were tasked to do something else. The girls here don't get that discouraged.''
Lt. Kevin Foley, a Boston Police Department spokesman, said the local force has no special streetwalker sweeps planned for the convention.
Since 9/11, noted Angell, other law-enforcement issues have assumed greater priority.
``The police will be more concerned with people blowing up a delegate than anyone bl----g a delegate,'' Airs observed."
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! bl----g a delegate! i'm actually impressed that they printed that. awesome.
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