IT'S GOOD TO BE THE KING?

by Chris Davis

The King of Clubs, a strip joint on Brooks Road, was closed by the district attorney after a number of dancers were brought up on prostitution charges. But according to WMC-TV 5, at least one customer at the neighboring bank thinks things were safer when the club was open. "It gave people something to do," the customer said. "It'd stop crime. It keeps people off the street."

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