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03-11-2003, 07:53 AM
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Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Feds to demolish Nevada's most celebrated bordello
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/03/1....ap/index.html
Federal agency to demolish Mustang Ranch brothel MUSTANG, Nevada (AP) -- Three years after seizing Nevada's most celebrated brothel, the federal government announced plans to demolish the Mustang Ranch. The pink stucco main building and a smaller unit will be destroyed rather than renovated, said Mark Struble, spokesman for the Bureau of Land Management. The buildings are in violation of safety codes, he said. "It would take too much money to rehabilitate the buildings because they're of shoddy construction. They certainly didn't pump their profits back into the buildings," Struble said. The legal house of prostitution 15 miles east of Reno has been closed ever since the IRS seized the place in 1999 following the conviction of the bordello's manager and its parent companies in a fraud and racketeering case. The women who worked there were evicted and the brothel was padlocked. The BLM obtained title to the property on Feb. 21. BLM officials earlier had said that the buildings would no longer be used for prostitution, but that they were willing to entertain ideas for other uses. Among the ideas suggested: converting the buildings into a home for battered women or an educational center about wild horses. Struble said the agency has not decided when the buildings will be demolished. The BLM will gather ideas for what to do with the property along the Truckee River. The 104-room Mustang Ranch was taken over by Joe Conforte in 1967 at a time when prostitution was illegal. In 1971, it became the state's first legal brothel and led to the movement that legalized prostitution in 12 of Nevada's 17 counties. Conforte fled to avoid tax charges more than 10 years ago and lives in Brazil.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Noooooooooooooooooo!
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03-11-2003, 10:24 AM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Um, there aren't any prostitutes there any more.  Tarkus
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03-11-2003, 04:44 PM
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Captain Obvious
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Well, at least they havent taken down the bunny ranch!
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03-11-2003, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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WOO-HOO! |
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