All it does is cost legitimate businesses an extra expense they may not be able to afford...for example; a friend of mine was forced to close up & move his location because he couldn't afford the annual fees on top of the other expenses legitimate massage therapists pay for like insurance & such .

I'm fortunate I scored good low cost insurance coverage years ago so, I don't mind paying the extra $140.00 .
 Referring to the article about closing a business because of refusing inspection, I certainly don't mind health inspections either since I've already gotten them in the past before these newer regulations were in place & those aren't a huge deal at all !  
 I don't know why someone would refuse that ?  
The idea is to keep the place up to code & safe for individuals who patron the business, why wouldn't anyone want to comply with it ?
Also, my point of view is just because someone holds a business license doesn't mean it's on the up & up.  
The more practical profitable way would of been to legalize it altogether and then go from there IMO.  
But much like the Vogons in The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy... They can't do anything without bureaucratic idiocy.

First of all, any providers that are trying to run operations within the guidelines follow all the rules to get the license and then get denied, and the city can abuse their power.  This does nothing to stop trafficking.  It just makes it inconvenient for the bad guys by them having to relocate and confiscate more trafficked personnel.  

I absolutely appreciate what they are trying to do in battling trafficking.  However, they are thinking that they are saving time by busting all these people and shutting places down, but they are really just scattering the cockroaches while the 'legitimate' people who love doing this are being unfairly treated.  It is easier for a full on FS escort than it is for anyone trying to do things by the book.  This will backfire for the lawmakers, in the end.  I want them to fight trafficking, but what they are doing is getting the capillaries of the operation and not touching the big wigs.  If they really wanted to take out large trafficking operations, they need to get much deeper inside the operation and be a LOT more creative.  

I also think that these organized crime syndicates pay off lawmakers, so they don't get caught, while honest working ladies (and, yes, a few gentlemen) are the ones that get caught up.  They say that they've already closed down a dozen or so places.  That says NOTHING about actually saving anyone in trafficking.  I have not heard ONE story of them helping the abused women and girls!!!  

They just want the numbers.  Where are the people asking about the ACTUAL numbers for helping victims???

Fucking pisses me off!
TL