California has its budget troubles, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to commando up against waste – like strip club ATMs distributing welfare cash. The Los Angeles Times reports that more than $ 12,000 designated for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which is intended for welfare purposes, was withdrawn at various strip clubs across the state from 2007 to 2009. Among the strip clubs noted by name in this ongoing investigation are Sam’s Hofbrau, Seventh Veil and Star Strip, as outlined by the California Department of Social Services.
Strip club welfare ATMs – Whenever you need adult entertainment
It’s easy to visualize how strip club ATMs might be used in a less-than-responsible manner, considering that welfare recipients have families to take care of; Schwarzenegger feels this is just cause to terminate the source of supposedly “emergency money”. The Times found that half of casinos and poker rooms in California actually permit access to a quick TANF payday funds via ATM. Department of Social Services spokeswoman Lizelda Lopez said that “common sense” will be used to re-evaluate where emergency welfare cash til payday funds should or should not be withdrawn.
Strip club managers ’shocked,’ were unaware of ATM usage
Strip club managers who were willing to submit to interviews claim that they had no way of knowing that the strip club ATMs were welfare approved. The machines under the TANF agreement came third-party from the Quest ATM network, although the owners claimed the machines bore no obvious markings that made their designation clear. Nevertheless, Mancini insists that California officials “must be wrong” about the $ 1,265 in TANF emergency cash til payday loan funds taken from his machine.
Smile when you say that, Mr. Mancini. Gov. Schwarzenegger is watching.
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