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Mayor George Pradel, who approved the restaurant’s liquor license late last year, said Show-Me’s has been a good neighbor since opening in February.
“Incidentally, they have pretty girls there, but (the business) is there to sell food and give entertainment,” Pradel said. He added: “Everyone does like to be served by someone who is pleasant and pretty.”
Show-Me’s customer Bryan Polanek, 36, of Downers Grove, said he doesn’t have a problem with the concept.
“There aren’t any poles. I haven’t seen any dances. I haven’t seen them do anything too embarrassing,” he said during lunch hour Tuesday.
Other suburbs, such as Glenview and Elk Grove Village, have struggled with laws regulating massage parlors, as officials attempt to weed out disreputable businesses linked to prostitution while allowing for legitimate therapeutic services.

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Mayor George Pradel, who approved the restaurant’s liquor license late last year, said Show-Me’s has been a good neighbor since opening in February.
“Incidentally, they have pretty girls there, but (the business) is there to sell food and give entertainment,” Pradel said. He added: “Everyone does like to be served by someone who is pleasant and pretty.”
Show-Me’s customer Bryan Polanek, 36, of Downers Grove, said he doesn’t have a problem with the concept.
“There aren’t any poles. I haven’t seen any dances. I haven’t seen them do anything too embarrassing,” he said during lunch hour Tuesday.
Other suburbs, such as Glenview and Elk Grove Village, have struggled with laws regulating massage parlors, as officials attempt to weed out disreputable businesses linked to prostitution while allowing for legitimate therapeutic services.

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Prostitution arrest made at massage parlor
A woman working at a Schaumburg massage parlor has been charged with prostitution after allegedly offering an undercover police officer sex in exchange for money.
Suspecting more might be going on at the business than massages, the officer made an appointment, according to a recent police report. After paying $70 for an hour-long massage, the officer was offered sex by Lihua Hu, 51, of Des Plaines, the report says.
Hu was arrested March 30 at Sun Massage Parlor, 1314 N. Roselle Road and charged with misdemeanor prostitution. No one else was charged.
Sgt. John Nebl said police periodically receive complaints about massage businesses hosting prostitutes and send undercover officers to check.
kthayer@tribune.com

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Many, though definitely not all, who stay at the Tivoli are disabled or on a fixed income, said Willis Johnson, who owns the whole building as well as Classic Cinemas, which builds and restores movie theaters.
“We’re doing something for those who need a place to go, maybe trying to pull it together and make something with their lives, or sometimes just need a place to stay,” said Johnson, who himself lived in the building for a period of time.
While the expansion passed without discussion, it might not be embraced by all. The hotel was listed as an undesirable business – right up there with massage parlors – according to results of a community development survey published by the village in 2009. The survey polled almost 900 different residents and businesses.

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Northfield alters massage parlor law
Northfield is using its new home rule authority to strengthen its law pertaining to massage parlors.
In November a female massage therapist was cited with three local ordinance violations after an undercover police officer discovered people were receiving massages in the nude, said Northfield Police Chief William Lustig.
“There was no towel or sheet around his private area,” as local ordinance requires, Lustig said.
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In the November incident, police did not find any illegal sexual touching in the massage parlor, the chief noted.
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The massage parlor operated out of an office suite in the 1780 Maple St. office building. It left town voluntarily following the woman’s arrest, Lustig said.
Because the village has home rule authority, approved by residents in a Nov. 2 referendum, local officials took the opportunity to rewrite the massage parlor law.

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Chief: Arrested former Arlington Hts. cop left force voluntarily
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The Daily Herald reports: A former Arlington Heights police officer arrested last week on accusations he tried to shake down a Los Angeles area massage parlor left the village without any known disciplinary issues, Chief Gerald Mourning said Monday.
Ex-cop Edward J. LaPorte resigned voluntarily from the Arlington Heights force in 2001 to pursue other career opportunities, Mourning said.

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A former Arlington Heights police officer arrested last week on accusations he tried to shake down a Los Angeles area massage parlor left the village without any known disciplinary issues, Chief Gerald Mourning said Monday.
Ex-cop Edward J. LaPorte resigned voluntarily from the Arlington Heights force in 2001 to pursue other career opportunities, Mourning said.
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He is accused of going into the massage parlor Jan. 31, flashing an Arlington Heights police badge and identifying himself as a police officer sent over to conduct an inspection.
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A county employee caught up with LaPorte as he was leaving the massage parlor, but Amormino said the former officer became belligerent under questioning, then ran to his car and drove away. A parlor employee got a partial license plate number, which authorities used to track LaPorte down at his home in Mission Viejo, a neighboring suburb southeast of Los Angeles.

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A former Arlington Heights police officer was arrested in Southern California Thursday after authorities there said he pretended to inspect a massage parlor then coerced workers into giving him a free massage.
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LaPorte is accused of conducting a fake inspection of the massage parlor in a Los Angeles suburb Monday. Managers of the parlor told police that LaPorte identified himself as a police officer responding to a complaint. Amormino said LaPorte flashed the Arlington Heights police badge, which he had fastened to his belt, and also showed workers a gun in a shoulder holster along with two ammunition clips.
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The manager became suspicious and called county government officials asking why he was being inspected. When the county inspection agency couldn’t find any inspection record, they sent someone to the parlor to check out LaPorte. A county employee caught up with LaPorte as he was leaving the massage parlor, but Amormino said the former officer became belligerent under questioning and claimed to be from the state.

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LAKE FOREST – A retired police officer has been arrested after pretending to investigate complaints at a massage parlor and then demanding massage services, police said Thursday.
Edward Justin La Porte, 47 – an officer from 1997 to 2001 with the Arlington Heights Police Department, about 25 miles northwest of Chicago – was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of burglary and impersonating a police officer, Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino said.
La Porte was arrested at his home in the 24500 block of Ladera Drive in Mission Viejo after sheriff’s deputies recovered evidence linking him to an incident reported at noon Monday at the Golden Spa massage parlor at 24342 Muirlands Boulevard in Lake Forest.
La Porte reportedly went into the massage parlor claiming to be a police officer conducting an inspection after receiving alleged complaints, Amormino said.

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If I had to choose whether The Dilemma be a comedy or drama, I’d opt for drama because its emotional moments have more consequence than the comic ones. As a comedy, the movie doesn’t do anything new or different and many scenes seem ripped right out of a sitcom, as when Ronnie slips on a rock and falls into a patch of poisonous plants, resulting in a skin rash; or when Ronnie follows Nick to a massage parlor and has to quickly turn corners and duck so as not to be seen; or when he climbs up to Geneva’s lover’s apartment in disguise and starts taking pictures, leading to a bizarrely violent sequence where Ronnie and Zip, the Tatum character, duke it out and almost kill each other. Even as we’re watching it, we’re not sure this scene is meant to be funny or taken seriously. It seems unsure of itself, which just makes it awkward.

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