Kincaid-Chauncey lone officeholder

Jace Radke

Friday, Nov. 7, 2003 | 9:42 a.m.

-- Las Vegas Sun

Clark County Commission Chairwoman Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, the only known target of the local investigation who still holds public office, was a major player in the debate on sex club ordinances involving a "no touch" policy.

Kincaid-Chauncey has denied any wrongdoing, saying she did not accept money from former county commissioner and strip club lobbyist Lance Malone.

"I was probably just talking to the wrong people at the wrong time," Kincaid-Chauncey said on "Face to Face With Jon Ralston," on Las Vegas ONE. "I stayed friends with Lance (Malone) and Erin (Kenny)."

It was Kincaid-Chauncey who asked that an ordinance that restricted the stuffing of money into G-strings at topless clubs be reconsidered just weeks after it was passed in July 2002.

Indictments of San Diego city councilmen alleged that Malone, on behalf of strip club owner Michael Galardi, gave those public officials money to influence their vote on a similar no-touch ordinance in that city.

Kincaid-Chauncey urged the county to meet with attorneys representing strip clubs to draft new regulations.

Among the clubs affected by the ordinance was Jaguars, owned by Galardi.

In a second vote in December 2002 the board removed the part of the ordinance that had prohibited the touching of dancers by placing money into G-strings.