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Sunday, February 10, 2013

SOAP Ordinance: Police would have more powerful tool in battling Midtown prostitution

Community called upon to contact Atlanta city council members and express support for Stay Out of Area – Prostitution legislation, which the city's Public Safety Committee will discuss on Monday, Feb. 11.

Editor's note: The following information was posted on Feb. 6, 2013 by the Midtown Ponce Security Alliance (MPSA) on its website and appears here courtesy of the MPSA. The MPSA has served the Midtown community since 2003 as a non-profit organization by coordinating neighborhood response to public safety and security issues in order to advance the Midtown way of life. The MPSA achieves this objective primarily by operating a neighborhood security patrol funded by its resident and business members, and community sponsors. See here for more information about becoming a member of the MPSA. The MPSA coverage area includes: _______ Legislation, known as SOAP (Stay Out of Area – Prostitution) is in the works to more effectively address the …

ChrisCrossdresser

9:12 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013

If the John's were not hiring them, then they wouldn't be hanging around; GO AFTER THE JOHNS & POST THEIR PICTURES IF YOU WANT TO NIP IT IN THE BUD.   more ›

Monday, March 26, 2012

Can Midtown Rid Itself Of Prostitution?

Or maybe, prostitution will be with Midtown forever.

On and off for more than three decades, prostitution has been an illegal activity that Midtown has struggled to break free of. You can find it in the early morning hours in the area roughly bound by Peachtree Street, Myrtle St., 5th St., and Ponce de Leon Ave. Many of the prostitutes in this area are transgender people offering sex for $20 to $40. Many of the women prostitutes along Ponce, which has a long history of prostitution, are what police describe as “messy,” and are repeat offenders and heavy drug users. But most of the Midtown prostitutes are men, including young gay ones who walk up and down Cypress Street seeking customers, sometimes approaching unexpected people exiting from nearby restaurants The johns who pick up the …

Joel Lee

12:05 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013

The prostitution problem is the symptom of prostitution prohibition. Prostitutes and clients have nowhere to go to do their trade. The criminal justice system cannot keep them in jail. The economy and workforce do not accept many prostitutes because of drug habits or lack of job skills. Our government cannot keep handing out welfare. If our government gives live able wage welfare to able body …   more ›

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