How do you ask your city for a sex dungeon? In Fort Lauderdale, it took some domination
When people walk into City Hall, they usually want something. A vote against a big building down the street. Money for a community center.
Then there were the three women who walked into Fort Lauderdale City Hall earlier this week.
They wanted a sex dungeon.
The trio, decked out in black latex suits suitable for any bondage, domination and S&M occasion, made their appeal in front of the City Commission Tuesday evening, just like any other citizen or lobbyist seeking something from their local politicians.
One of the women strutted to the lectern, latex suit covering her entire body, except her lips and blonde braided hair. Curved reflective glasses covered her eyes.
“Good evening council peoples, you may call me Mistress,” she said.
Two other women — wearing black body suits and reflective face masks that looked like biker helmets — stood behind Mistress.
Mistress spoke to the commission before it approved spending $906,500 on garbage services, the kind of mundane basics they usually discuss.
But Mistress had a proposal of her own: She asked that the city use a quarter of that money, not on garbage, but on funds to “support doms and subs” — that’s short for dominant and submissive — and build a sex dungeon in Broward County.
“Do not let this glamorous look distract you for doing your duty to take my demand,” Mistress told the commissioners.
She then had final words for the commission — and the audience.
“I look forward to spanking each and every single one of you at the new, esteemed dungeon,” Mistress said. “You are dismissed.”
Was this a publicity prank dressed up as a citizen request?
Well, the trio was handing out business cards for KRAVE Miami, a nightclub near Miami International Airport, according to Local 10. A KRAVE Miami employee told the Miami Herald she could neither confirm nor deny the appearance was to promote the club.
Even the usually talkative Fort Lauderdale mayor was silenced by the S&M. After the meeting, Mayor Dean Trantalis declined to comment Wednesday through his secretary.
After the women headed out, the commission discussed the request, mentioning previous proposals for clubs of “a variety of natures.”
A commissioner moved to approve the waste contract, with another confirming the motion.
He seconded the expenditure — “but not for the dungeon.”
This story was originally published December 21, 2022 at 4:28 PM.
