Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Frank Melton has openly declared war on exotic dance clubs. Melton has said publicly that he wants all gentlemen’s clubs out of the city.
During a recent, personal visit to the downtown Centerfolds exotic dance club, the Mayor reported being “shocked” when he witnessed a nude dancer engaged in “illicit activity.”
"We went to three other clubs that night," Melton told The Clarion Ledger. "I went into this one (Centerfolds), and I was in a state of shock. I closed it on the spot."
"I'm not going to have that type of behavior in Jackson, period,” the conservative Mayor went on to say. “I don't agree with those clubs and now they are there, violating city ordinances. I am just not going to have it.”
The Mayor’s current principal target for moral reform is Gilbert Paige, Centerfold owner and also owner of Girls of Paradise, which was the target of a recent law enforcement sting.
Paige has recently been denied adult entertainment licenses for Centerfolds, Girls of Paradise and the McDowell Road Adult Book Store, causing him to feel like a target in Mayor Frank’s vendetta.
