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The Washington Post is nothing if not comprehensive. Not content to simply cover the federal, gubernatorial, and local elections, the paper went deep yesterday, reporting on an important Seattle ballot initiative:

Voters here Tuesday have an opportunity rare in a democratic society: To decide in a referendum whether lonely guys can continue to stuff $20 bills in the G-strings of hot young women.

Seattle Referendum 1, among other things, would have required that customers remain four feet away from strippers, thus ending the practice of lap dancing as we know it. The paper brings the story to life in the person of Asia, a stripper:

Asia, performs six nights a week at Deja Vu, a downtown club across the street from the city's famous Pike Place Market, where during daylight hours burly men in rubber pants toss around salmon to entertain tourists. Asia comes to work after the salmon have been packed away and entertains without benefit of pants.

In case you're wondering, the measure failed.

On Strip Measure, the Sides Are Four Feet Apart [WaPo]