It's All About the Values

The county immediately south of us, which likes to pride itself on its ritzy image, is witnessing a delightful set of lawsuits.

It seems Larry Flynt, the notorious publisher of the equally notorious skin mag Hustler, is suing his little brother Jimmy over use of the family name in Jimmy's "Flynt Sexy Gifts" sexy gift shop while the county zoning officers are accusing him of running a sexually oriented business, which would seem to be a logical assumption given the name "Flynt Sexy Gifts" and the sexy gifts allegedly on offer there but which Jimmy nevertheless denies is the case, all of which has brought enough unwanted attention to the property that the landlord now wants Jimmy out despite Jimmy's claims that he has not violated the lease.

Apparently, this sort of thing is common in the Flynt family. According to Jimmy, "My brother and I have been together in courtrooms and been against each other in courtrooms, courtrooms is [sic] familiar territory to us, it doesnt bother us."

Meanwhile, all we have up here is the FBI swooping in and interviewing every city official except the mayor in regards to some land deals, a road widening project and a redevelopment plan for the downtown waterfront. In other words, the boring usual stuff.

This is why their county is better than ours. They get the juicy salacious stuff. We just get the graft.