STRIP CLUB OKAY, BUT… According to mapquest.com it is 1.51 miles (three minutes) to drive from 19240 San Carlos Blvd in Fort Myers Beach, FL to 2523 Estero Blvd. In fact they are the continuation of the same street, just with different names. The first address is the strip club “Fantasy at the Beach” and the second one is City Hall. In that area throw in a Hooters restaurant, a head shop and a few tattoo parlors and one gets the feel of the ambiance of the location.

With a strip club located so near to City Hall, one would not think that the Fort Myers Beach Mayor and Councilmen would be prudes. But they are. Town manager Scott Janke was fired recently in a 5-0 vote when it was discovered his wife, Anabela (who he married last October) is an adult film star. Adult Industry News reported that Janke's wife, Anabela Mota Janke, goes by the stage name Jazella Moore.

Mayor Larry Kiker said he learned last Tuesday afternoon that Janke's wife is an adult film star, and the elected officials took the action to fire him a few hours later. "At no time did we make a judgment call on the activities of Mr. Janke or his wife," Kiker told The Associated Press. "It's a matter of how effective he becomes after this situation. How much disruption there is." Councilman Tom Babcock said at a council meeting Wednesday that Janke was fired because his wife's profession brought an inaccurate image to Fort Myers Beach, according to the News-Press of Fort Myers. I am confused. The town has a strip club just minutes from City Hall. That certainly does not bring to mind an image of proprietary.

Before news of Anabela Mota Janke and her marriage to the town manager, she was a little known actress in the adult film industry. The world wide attention to her situation will now will make her a hot commodity. The “disruption” that Mayor Kiker spoke of was created by the firing of Scott Janke. If he had not been fired, there would have been no scandal. Fort Meyers Beach officials brought the wrath of the media down on themselves by themselves!

Describing herself as “a priestess of the exotic arts,” Anabela is not participating in anything criminal. Adult porn is legal. I wish I were attractive enough that men would pay to see me naked. Unfortunately, I would have to pay them to view my naked body!