A federal court has ordered the city of Milwaukee to pay for a strip club owner’s out-of-pocket expenses, including meals and travel expenses for his attorneys, in his fight with the city.
A federal judge has set a January trial date for businessman Jon Ferraro’s claim that the city of Milwaukee illegally barred him from opening a strip club.
A clause in a contract between Milwaukee and real estate firm Cassidy Turley Barry Inc. puts another hurdle between businessman Jon Ferraro and his desire to open a downtown strip club.
A strip club owner’s offer to rent a vacant, Milwaukee-owned property is better than the market rate but not good enough to persuade city leaders to jump at the deal.
Milwaukee aldermen warned the Department of City Development on Wednesday that they are running out of patience with a prolonged tenant search for a vacant downtown property.
Strip-club owner Jon Ferraro has sweetened his offer to rent vacant commercial space in downtown Milwaukee, but that still might not be enough to persuade the city to become his landlord.