The Dummies' Guide To Understanding Secondary Effects will be made available for adult club owners beginning May 10, says its producer, the National Cabaret Association. The guide is free to NCA members; non-members pay $100.
The report "is to answer questions about secondary effects and the political process that creates them," says NCA lobbyist Mike Ross. "The handbook's focus, written in laymen's terms, is to answer questions while providing cabaret owners with tools to organize and fight back."
Ross says the handbook will also teach adult club owners about how city reports and proposals on the matter are developed, "and how to refute the reports themselves.
"After reading the Guide, we hope that each cabaret owner will be able to sit down with both legal professionals and government officials and understand what they are talking about, what is happening, how they can help speed up the process (and save money), how to affect change, and what the outcome might be," he continues. "The Guide also urges you to immediately start working a secondary effects report."
But Ross also cautions that the handbook's title means what it says - it is a guide only, not a definitive series of solutions with definitive guarantees. "As with any political situation, there are other interpretations that can be made," he says. "We suggest that you use this document with an organized game plan that includes political and legal expertise."
For more information, call (916) 923-2215
