FTFA: " The letter added that operating a swingers' club "disturbs the peace of others of ordinary sensibilities and violates community standards of public decency.""

Yeah, they disturbed the peace so much that it went on for four months before anyone reported it.

/Bangor Daily? Heck, twice if you have time.

Sex clubs are something you might expect in a big city, but not in a sleepy place like Sanford, said resident Destiny Flaherty, 18.

"I knew we were getting bad, but I didn't think it was this bad," she said. "It's out of control."

Destiny? Aren't you old enough to be a stripper now?

There were no signs of prostitution, drugs or other criminal violations at the club, Connolly said. Cars with license plates from Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York were in the parking lot.

But the town's code enforcement officer sent a letter to the catering firm's owners, Jim and Susan Colley, informing them they were in violation of several town codes. The letter added that operating a swingers' club "disturbs the peace of others of ordinary sensibilities and violates community standards of public decency."

...because two police officers decided not to mind their own farking business.

HA, It amused me that one of the commenter said, "If you are going to do this..do it in your own private home..hopefully you live in the country where you don't have close nosy neighbors. Someone obviously complained and the police had to act. For the complainer... MYOB"

Clearly he didn't think of the parking situation... One would literally need to own a pretty expensive home in the country in order to host these sort of parties.

ChrisDe: cornfed78: "The parties were advertised on the Internet and had a disc jockey and a buffet table, police Chief Tom Connolly said."

Yeah.. not sure I'd be hitting the buffet table at one of these things...

Sure as hell hope it had a sneeze guard.

It would need one helluva low hanging sneeze guard.

Better than Polish Dance Lessons or All You Can Eat Lent Fish Fries?

SURELY you jest.

I find it most interesting that even though the two officers were, quote, "appalled", there was no arrests issued or even any tickets. There was no law violated. From the article: "There were no signs of prostitution, drugs or other criminal violations at the club" - This was a statement from the police chief himself!

That means these two undercover officers have allowed their own opinions, not the law, determine their actions about this situation. It seems to me that this is highly unethical.

There are no laws against consenting adults meeting, connecting or even complete random strangers fornicating for free.

So you know what Police did? Simply ask the caterers to stop and to take it even further, Issue a press release condeming a legal party, complete with personal information of the catering owners.

That is also unethical, If the party was illegal, then sure, it is the business of the police. If it is not, it is of no interest to the law enforcement and any further actions are not in their scope of practice.

This is government action to impose values and morality of a select group on others. Lacking any judicial actions, the Police has resorted to publicity to punish those that has committed no crimes.

What is most deploring about this entire episode is that this is an abuse of governmental power for a non-governmental purpose.

News of a sex club in town came as a surprise to some townspeople.

...who wish they'd heard of it sooner.

Arkham: So what. If people are consenting and no laws are being broken (no drugs, no minors, no professionals), whats the harm. Small government means staying out of peoples lives.

Because very, very few people really want small government. Everyone says they do but very, very few really want it. Just about everyone has an opinion about something they want the government to force on everyone else.