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I always see girls down 13th street between St. Marys and Corner Treats. Its really obvious what they are doing but isn't it stopped?
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I always see girls down 13th street between St. Marys and Corner Treats. Its really obvious what they are doing but isn't it stopped?
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Peg (Registered User)
It's not going to happen in PA. Current laws state that living on the proceeds of prostitution and solicitation are illegal, but prostitution itself is not. No one's willing to try to rock the boat by opening up a brothel on 1st. Ave. West and most people don't seem to think that a brothel to keep all the girls in one place isn't such a good idea anyway.
Your best bet is to phone the cops every time to see these girls plying their trade. With luck, they'll win 30 days in PineGrove for their troubles.
Mr Hermiteowitch (Registered User)
Wayward sailor (Guest)
Trisha (Guest)
Concerned Parent (Guest)
guest (Guest)
wayner (Guest)
Grouchyoldman (Guest)
Jethro (Guest)
Justwatch (Guest)
paresident (Guest)
PAsnextmayor (Guest)
even keel (Guest)
Why not direct this to your city councilor?...........Although they may be reluctant to be proactive on this, or any other serious subject.
They seem to be mentally stressed out on just parking violations or whether or not to raise your water bills.
cindy (Guest)
legaleze (Guest)
Cindy: where is "the forestry" and why are you cruising it at night? (just kidding)
paresident: most of these girls are NOT forced into it. most of them are just looking for an easy way to make cash. P.A. has a fairly free market system. Pimps are few.
I've been propositioned in the food court, by 3 girls who were just finished work. They were NOT being forced.
Jah (Guest)
Ick (Guest)
theThinker (Registered User)
I believe prostitution is a minor issue compared to others in the City.
we could start with Violent crime.
There are ways to deal with Prostitution that seems to work elsewhere, but Canadian Society would rather hand out free drugs and needles and propagate another problem than to deal with this one.
TJ (Registered User)
theThinker (Registered User)
S1 (Guest)
Peg (Registered User)
MisterD (Guest)
TJ (Registered User)
Peg (Registered User)
Common practice, MisterD? You're saying it's common for single moms to be hooking as well as collecting welfare? Really? Not any of the women I know do that. They're interested in raising their kids right and trying to make ends meet. Have *you* ever been on Welfare? Maybe check out the website for Social Assistance and the .pdf files that list the rates for PA.
Let me give you an example. Rent for a small house or apartment runs upwards of $700 for something that isn't a health hazard. Social Assistance allots $358 for rent for a single person. Sask Rental Housing Supplement offers $185. Subsidized housing has a minimum waiting list of two years. Single people are alloted $255 basic allowance. That doesn't include power, natural gas and water/sewage. It doesn't cover the phone or any 'luxuries', like the occasional cup of coffee or trip to McDonald's. It doesn't even cover the suggested cost of $125/person/month for groceries, once the bills are paid. Going back to school to get your high school diploma gets you another $40 a month. Going to SIAST doesn't get you anything. *You* have to pay for that.
I'm on a disability through Social Assistance and my annual income is **less** than $10,000. If I could get out of the house, you can bet I'd earn a few extra dollars any way I could. It sure beats starving most days.
PAJay (Guest)
The sad thing is that you all just want it to stop. No body has a solution cuz there is none.
The best thing would be to do what Ontario is trying to do. Legalize it, tax the hell out of it, turn it into an industry and introduce safety legislation. Move them from the street into brothels. Protect all involved and stop the 'dirty'ness of it.
If i want a back rub and the wife refuses, am I wrong to go to a masseuse? Same principal, just a front rub I guess. HAHA
Street level prostitution is the problem (under age workers, unsafe conditions, etc..) get rid of it.
No other way will work to stop it. Some girls just figure it out. Without a man there would be no MANipulation.
Peg (Registered User)
TJ (Registered User)
theThinker (Registered User)
Kevin Donohue (Registered User)
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