Lyon County Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sun, 09 Jul 2023 08:55:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Lyon County Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 How COVID Has Totally Screwed Things Up for Nevada’s Legal Sex Workers https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:16:04 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=66088 At the start of 2020, it looked like things were about to change for the better for Nevada’s legal brothels. The industry was riding high following a huge win against a referendum to shutter the establishments in Lyon County, and legal sex workers were anxiously awaiting a review from a legislative interim committee to study […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/feed/ 1 66088 Employee / Independent Contractor fight hits Nevada brothels, as state Employee Security Division classifies sex workers as employees https://mikesouth.com/legal/employee-independent-contractor-fight-hits-nevada-brothels-as-state-employee-security-division-classifies-sex-workers-as-employees-54392/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/employee-independent-contractor-fight-hits-nevada-brothels-as-state-employee-security-division-classifies-sex-workers-as-employees-54392/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2020 01:37:52 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=54392 A licensed brothel in Nevada is protesting that the state has classified sex workers as its employees rather than as independent contractors — a change that could mean the brothel owes a large sum to the state’s unemployment insurance fund — is now arguing over public records before the Nevada Supreme Court. The matter comes after a […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/employee-independent-contractor-fight-hits-nevada-brothels-as-state-employee-security-division-classifies-sex-workers-as-employees-54392/feed/ 0 54392 After Nevada brothel ban measure loses by landslide, prohibitionist blames voters’ ‘mentality’ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/after-nevada-brothel-ban-measure-loses-by-landslide-prohibitionist-blames-voters-mentality-30246/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/after-nevada-brothel-ban-measure-loses-by-landslide-prohibitionist-blames-voters-mentality-30246/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2018 19:44:36 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30246 Anti-sex ‘prohibitionist’ feminists really crack me up. When people disagree with these authoritarians, and refuse to pass their idiocy into law, they claim it’s due to the voters suffering from a kind of false consciousness: they’ve been brainwashed and lulled into misapprehensions, and only “woke” activists can “educate” and correct them. As we reported on […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/after-nevada-brothel-ban-measure-loses-by-landslide-prohibitionist-blames-voters-mentality-30246/feed/ 3 30246 Nevada brothel ban ballot measure FAILS; deceased Dennis Hof elected to state assembly https://mikesouth.com/politics/nevada-brothel-ban-ballot-measure-fails-deceased-hof-elected-to-state-assembly-30159/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/nevada-brothel-ban-ballot-measure-fails-deceased-hof-elected-to-state-assembly-30159/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2018 07:43:13 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30159 A bad night for anti-sex work authoritarians: there will be no brothel ban in Lyon County, Nevada. The brothel ban ballot measure has gone down in flames — and it was a landslide: 16,642 votes against to 4,031 for. The estimated population of Lyon County is only 54,122, and it has only 30,965 registered voters. Brothel worker Alice Little […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/politics/nevada-brothel-ban-ballot-measure-fails-deceased-hof-elected-to-state-assembly-30159/feed/ 5 30159 Dennis Hof political enemies seek to put NV brothels out of business via referendum https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-political-enemies-seek-to-put-nv-brothels-out-of-business-via-referendum-25433/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-political-enemies-seek-to-put-nv-brothels-out-of-business-via-referendum-25433/#comments Sat, 19 May 2018 22:09:19 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=25433 Referendum petitions submitted by anti-sex work crusaders tied to brothel kingpin Dennis Hof‘s political opponent could put Nevada brothels out of business and cost local taxpayers millions.   There are currently around 22 active, legal brothels in Nevada, dispersed among seven counties. Anti-prostitution activists are targeting brothels in Lyon County—home to the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, The […]

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