The P-word

When I'm in Bangkok it takes some effort to find a legit-yet-affordable establishment -- outside of the four-star, Western hotels lining Sukhumvit Road -- where I'm guaranteed not to be offered "Happy Finish" or more.

As Foothill Cities picked up on, the council briefly addressed the issue of commercial prostitution in Pasadena.

I wanted to write about the matter, and Pasadena's moratorium-friendly council asking for a breather on issuing permits to new massage parlors. Recent council agendas showed a number of new parlors looking to open for business in the Crown City (of Roses.) Not that it's like the 1980s Pasadena of my youth, when sexual entrepreneurs operated visibly along the length of the boulevard.

But I knew they weren't going to get into a substantive debate on the matter and in hindsight, we made the right call to cover the Central District development issue. Look for something later this week.