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Ohio City Council Hilariously Stunned After Mayor Claims Ice Fishing Will Lead To Prostitution
Officials attending a council work session in Hudson, Ohio were dumbfounded after the Mayor suggested–without a hint of irony–that allowing ice fishing in the city would be a slippery slope to prostitution.
Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert argued on Tuesday evening that ice fishing in the city would lead to fishermen setting up ice shanties to protect them from the cold elements, and according to his logic, these shanties would encourage sex work inside.
Keep on the lookout for the reaction of the official seated next to the Mayor in the video below.
Hudson mayor thinks ice fishing leads to prostitution! Put your poles away boys!*\n\n*Same guy who thinks creative writing classes are child pornography.pic.twitter.com/9N0R2tVri6— Amanda Weinstein (@Amanda Weinstein) 1644413206
According to a recording of the meeting posted on the city's website, Council President Chris Foster said “a number of residents” have requested permission to ice fish on Hudson Springs Lake, an activity that is currently prohibited.
Some officials objected to ice fishing as they feared potential lawsuits from people falling through the ice and that it could pose additional challenges for Hudson’s firefighters, paramedics, and police officers.
However, the Mayor's concern was one that stumped officials.
He said:
"If you open this up to ice fishing, while on the surface this sounds good but what then what happens next year, does someone come back and say, 'I want an ice shanty?'"
"If you then allow ice fishing with shanties, then that leads to another problem: prostitution."
"Now you've got the police chief and police department involved."
He seems to have a very intimate, highly confident, and almost a seemingly insider knowledge about how ice fishing shanties and prostitution are connected...— From the Desk of Bizzle (@From the Desk of Bizzle) 1644420283
I shouldn't be reading this while eating lunch. I'm hyperventilating so bad I'm going to choke.— Diane - Rabbit (@Diane - Rabbit) 1644430650
His statement was followed by a long period of awkward silence enough for anyone in the room to hear a pin drop.
Or jaws hitting the floor.
The official sitting next to Shubert did a double-take followed by a look of utter confusion as he locked eyes with the totally serious Mayor.
The look on the others guys face when he says that\u2026..— Redcast Rob 12-0 (@Redcast Rob 12-0) 1644416352
We are all This Guypic.twitter.com/SiuPXP43NN— His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, CDR Sir Samuel Vimes (@His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, CDR Sir Samuel Vimes) 1644417835
pic.twitter.com/K96JaYcHRx— Chris Hanson (@Chris Hanson) 1644427219
"Just data points to consider," said Shubert.
This guy seems a little too confident in connecting these dots. How many times has he been \u201cice fishing\u201d?https://twitter.com/profweinstein/status/1491403199227768835\u00a0\u2026— Sprinkles the Cat \ud83d\udc2f (@Sprinkles the Cat \ud83d\udc2f) 1644417364
The sound of stunned silence. \n\nYou could have heard a fly fart after he said that!!\n\nHow are these people in the position that they have?? Bigger question. How have they managed to survive this long!?— James Huntington (@James Huntington) 1644425215
The silence was broken when another official quipped, "That's why I'm not in favor of shanties," and elicited laughter from the room.
Raw Story noted that while it was unclear where Shubert got his information, there was an urban legend that has periodically come up on radio shows discussing prostitutes setting up shop in ice shanties along Milles Lac Lake in Minnesota.
Twitter roasted the Mayor hard.
That guy would get nowhere in Northern MN. Ice Fishing leads to shanties TOWNS which leads to cribbage or Scrabble. Like the time I used all 7 of my tiles and my husy accidentally tuned over the board into the hole. Definitely not sexy.pic.twitter.com/IMAOcKUlxi— It May Be Over but We are Not Done! (@It May Be Over but We are Not Done!) 1644429882
I think it's not the fishing itself, but having access to an ice shanty. Because what else are you going to do when you're on a shack on a frozen lake except dial up some hookers?— The Empress of Groovy (@The Empress of Groovy) 1644420052
That\u2019s how I got into prostitution it all started with ice fishing— Patricia Mccartney (@Patricia Mccartney) 1644416592
Changes up planspic.twitter.com/7nf6KVImFG— McNeil (@McNeil) 1644427996
Staring at a bobber with nothin on his line, time to do that ice shanty grindpic.twitter.com/zZnYPcInqQ— Dexter Wintergreen (@Dexter Wintergreen) 1644418807
Last weekend I caught 2 walleyes, 1 chlamydia, and 3 perch— Burner Bubble (@Burner Bubble) 1644418744
Mayor Shubert made headlines before when at a board of education meeting, he called a book of writing prompts used in advanced classes for seniors "child pornography."
The Cleveland Scene clarified that the two specific creative prompts raising controversy had never been assigned and that parents were required to sign a waiver allowing their kids to enroll in the college-level course that "might contain adult themes and content."
When some parents who objected to the material voiced their concern, the controversy gained traction, further spurred on by Shubert–who said at last September's board of education meeting:
“It has come to my attention that your educators are distributing essentially what is child pornography in the classroom. I’ve spoken to a judge this evening and she’s already confirmed that."
"So I’m going to give you a simple choice: either choose to resign from this board of education or you will be charged."
Although the creative prompts were nowhere near deemed as "child pornography," the argument made national headlines leading to violent threats against the board members of education and the school staff, according to Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh.
Walsh also confirmed the writing prompts did not amount to child pornography.
The city also made the news when Hudson high school joined another Ohio high school in Hillsboro in canceling their LGBTQ+– themed production of She Kills Monsters because one of the characters in the play "might be gay."
Hudson also recently joined a nationwide roster of conservative politicians teaming up with angry parents calling for the banning of books found in school libraries relating to LGBTQ+ themes.