Mayor Says Ice Fishing Could Lead to Prostitution

Hudson, Ohio Mayor Craig Shubert (R) told the city council that permitting ice fishing at a local park could lead to increased prostitution in their community.

Said Schubert: “If you open this up to ice fishing, while on the surface it sounds good, then what happens next year? Does someone come back and say, ‘I want an ice shanty for X-amount of time?’ And if you then allow ice fishing with shanties, then that leads to another problem — prostitution.”

He added: “And now you’ve got the police chief and the police department involved. Just data points to consider.”