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The Seattle Mariners have agreed to end their legal battle with Forbes over his plans to open a strip club near Safeco Field, reports Steve Miletich of the Seattle Times.
Longtime Tri-Citians will remember Forbes as the controversial owner of the Liberty. The adult film theater at 114 N. 4th St. eventually shut down and ended up being offered to a Pasco group that wanted to restore it into a performing arts center.
Forbes closed his Pasco operation 20 years ago after fighting a court battle to keep it open. He didn't win on the merits of his case, argued by longtime Tri-City attorney Rem Ryals, but was awarded a mistrial when the judge learned one of the jurors had picketed the theater before the trial.
Prosecutors ended up dropping the case, but Forbes closed down anyway because the home video industry was drying up his revenues for X-rated movies.
You had to admit Forbes had some style to go with the sleaze. After all, he won an award for improving Pasco's downtown by spiffing up the shabby old movie house's entrance.
And when he closed the Liberty, he convinced the folks who wanted to rescue the historic building to try to raise $10,000 to $15,000 to pay for three appraisals so he could get a tax deduction for donating the building to the group.
Forbes' latest Seattle soiree into the field of flesh is expected to open in mid-2010 about 400 feet from the entrance to Safeco's Field of Dreams.
The Mariners weren't thrilled about it because it's not exactly the kind of business that fits into the squeaky clean, apple-pie image that Major League Baseball promotes to attract families.
But King County Superior Court Judge John Erlick ruled in June that Seattle city officials acted properly when they granted a permit to Forbes' planned 5,000-square-foot facility. It is to feature nude dancing, lap dances -- for which nudity is not allowed -- but no liquor under its licensing rules, according to Miletich's report.
Apparently patrons will have to walk the 400 feet to Safeco for a beer or go down the street to one of several nearby sports bars.
In case you're wondering what happened to the effort to put the old Liberty to a better use than an X-rated movie house, the plan to buy and refurbish it fizzled.
Today it sits unused. Its 1920s glory -- it once was home to many of Pasco's proudest celebrations, including high school graduations -- is as faded as a burlesque dancer on Medicare.
And according to the Franklin County assessor's online records, Forbes is still listed as the owner.
Maybe it's a good thing Pasco's baseball stadium was built clear out at Road 68.
w Ken Robertson: 582-1520; krobertson@tricityherald.com
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