Questionable spa gets a rise out of city officials

City officials are concerned that massage parlors of “the less legitimate kind” may be operating in Bristol.
City Councilor Craig Minor said there is at least one suspected problem parlor in town, but he didn’t name it.
“I’m not going to touch this,” said city Councilor Mike Rimcoski.
But a website called USASexGuide lists one questionable spa in town that drew high marks from several men who had apparently gotten a good bit more than a relaxing massage.
Posting last week, someone who posted under the name Sharkman67 said he went to the Bristol spa and got a massage that “went on for some time and I was afraid that there was not going to be a finish. I was wrong.”
“I was more than satisfied,” he reported, adding that he enjoys “the occasional massage with a happy ending.”
Someone posting under the name MrMike1952 claimed to have “visited the same spa in Bristol” that he had once before.
“I was hoping to see Mina, who did such an incredible job the first time. She was busy, so I went with Janie or Jeannie, I'm not sure of her name. She is younger and prettier, and she seems to have as much fun playing with you as Mina,” MrMike1952 said.
“She uses some of the same techniques, but her giggle at seeing how my body reacted to her touch sounded like she was really having fun. The only issue with her is that her English is virtually non-existent,” he continued.“I'm not going to go into so much detail this time, except to say that this girl was even better. Unbelievable. Great table shower. Very nice massage. And the best manual finish I have ever had,” he wrote.
“She has a fabulous knowledge of the male anatomy and a wonderful sensitivity to how you are reacting to what she does,” he said.
Another poster on the site said that he always gets “the same” for his $70 – apparently the same massage that MrMike1952 enjoyed.
Several phone calls to the spa were not answered Monday.
Before exploring the need for a new law to crack down on wayward massage parlors, members of the city’s Ordinance Committee said they would check to see if there’s already a provision in Bristol’s zoning rules governing appropriate massage.
There are no zoning regulations governing massage, Frank Johnson, chairman of the Zoning Commission, said Monday.
He expressed surprise that the issue arose.
“Isn’t that closing the barn door after the horse gets out?” Johnson asked.
Minor, who heads the ordinance panel, said the police could commit “a massive amount of overtime” to investigate the problem to see if criminal laws were violated.
But the ordinance panel may step in with a new statute to lend a hand.
The issue is among those on the panel’s agenda for its 6:30 p.m. meeting tonight at City Hall.
Johnson poked a little fun at the whole notion of cracking the whip on sketchy massage parlors.
“Every town is supposed to have one, for the benefit of the people in the next town over,” Johnson said.

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