Some folks here are so stuck on the hooker aspect that they can't accept that this is about money,not morals.
The dereliction of legal process is collateral damage;- for sure, that part is disturbing...
Having a female mayor gives gravitas and female backing to attacking the 'vice industry' and allows the demolition of the tourist industry to make way for fat cat builders and politicos to fill their pockets using a tried and trusted method of moral indignation and fake outrage.
It's money and financial coercion.
If the hooker business paid more they wouldn't touch it.
But it's been outbid.
The dereliction of legal process is collateral damage;- for sure, that part is disturbing...
Having a female mayor gives gravitas and female backing to attacking the 'vice industry' and allows the demolition of the tourist industry to make way for fat cat builders and politicos to fill their pockets using a tried and trusted method of moral indignation and fake outrage.
It's money and financial coercion.
If the hooker business paid more they wouldn't touch it.
But it's been outbid.