We here at ginandtacos.com are already on record with how we feel about Mr. Joe Francis and his golden egg: "Girls Gone Wild" videos. If you missed it or have forgotten, maybe you can refresh your memory about this gentleman via this LA Times story.
This upcoming weekend (I believe 1/26/07 was the planned date) the GGW caravan was scheduled to come to Bloomington for an evening of liquoring up freshmen, "paying" them in t-shirts, and making a million bucks off of it. As you can imagine, this did not sit particularly well with much of the campus (conversely, we imagine it sat VERY well with a portion of it).
Attentive activists (including but not limited to the one I'm marrying, the reasons for which will soon become clear) have gotten the GGW show canceled. How? Not by calmly explaining to the owner of the scheduled venue (Jake's Nightclub – the Bloomington Kam's) that inebriated people can't make sound judgment about signing waivers or that the whole affair is exploitative.
No, that wasn't it. Here's what works, and please take note of this for when GGW shows up on your campus. Tell the bar owner that you will acquire a copy of the Girls Gone Wild video made at his or her establishment, and you will attend the next city council meeting at which his liquor license is to be renewed and show said video to the council.
Basically, threaten him or her. Then watch how quickly they pull the plug. Viva the all-American cockblock!
Nick says:
That's pretty awesome. I doubt there's much danger of Joe Francis and his entourage of assholes coming to Salt Lake City, but if he does this sounds like a viable course of action.
That, or just waiting till he shows up and punching him in the face. It'd be worth the lawsuit.
Liz says:
y viva!
Samantha says:
Liz rocks!