Brothel owner who employs 80 prostitute wins election as county commissioner in Nevada… and he’s a Republican
Brothel owner who employs 80 prostitute wins election as county commissioner in Nevada… and he’s a Republican
By Associated Press Reporter
PUBLISHED:09:05 EST, 19 November 2012| UPDATED: 09:06 EST, 19 November 2012
Lance Gilman is a thriving businessman with dozens of employees. That those workers include a good many prostitutes didn’t faze the people of a rural Nevada county who recently elected him as a Storey County commissioner by a wide margin.
The Mustang Ranch brothel owner is the first such owner to win election to public office in Nevada since prostitution was legalized here in 1971, Nevada historian Guy Rocha said. And he’s believed to be the first to do so in the state’s 148-year history.…snip…
Gilman, 68, a self-described ‘dye-in-the-wool Republican who loves American values,’ said he encountered few objections to his Mustang Ranch ownership during his campaign in the county of 4,000. He won with 62 percent of the vote on November 6.
He is a married father of four with nine grandchildren. All but one of his children, including one of his daughters, work in the family business.…snip…
Gilman maintains illegal prostitution is rampant across the country, and it makes more sense to legalize and regulate it. He said bordellos pay significant taxes to rural counties and the women are regularly checked by doctors.
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