Adult industry gives thousands back to tiny Brooklyn

Writing by Chris on Tuesday, 12 of June , 2007 at 9:56 am

I don’t understand some of the people in this article. They admit that the town is funded by adult business, but they still want them gone. Others love the town, but moved away as soon as they could. I don’t get it.

The village has no industry to speak of except for the adults-only variety — four strip clubs, a massage parlor and an adult bookstore, whose suggestive signs beacon passers-by on Route 3. Cars with Missouri license plates fill the parking lots at night and disappear by daylight.

The X-rated world contributes roughly three-quarters of Brooklyn’s $380,000 in revenue through sales tax and a $30,000 annual licensing fee per business.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/0EC0FE6E9E3E4279862572F5001A8511?OpenDocument

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