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A 49-year-old stripper who performs below the identify “Viva Las Vegas” is working for mayor in Portland, Oregon.
The center-aged unique dancer, actual identify Liv Osthus, has no expertise as a governess, however she takes off her garments for cash at a strip membership referred to as Mary's in Portland.
Requested by Willamette Week what she would say to older Portlanders who may be hesitant about electing a stripper mayor, Ostus stated she would invite them to look at her strip.
“If the stripper factor is so harmful, they’ll watch my TED speak, or learn the e-book, or watch the film,” Osthus stated. “Strippers are amazingly sturdy, lovely human beings in and out. I'll invite them to Mary's so I can change their minds.”
Osthus additionally claims that 27 years of stripping expertise ready him for politics by giving him the expertise of listening and connecting with individuals.
Requested, “What managerial expertise are you able to level to?” Osthus replied, “I don't have anybody, and the group I'm pulling collectively would be the similar individuals who information me on that.”
Willamette Week notes, “She is finest identified within the Portland artwork world as an outspoken intercourse staff advocate in addition to a printed author, creator and musician. After graduating from Williams Faculty in 1997, she moved to Portland to pursue her music profession and started modeling quickly after. She has been dancing incessantly on the Mary's Membership stage ever since.”
Osthus is working in opposition to three of the 5 incumbent metropolis commissioners.