The Menifee City Council, after hearing an appeal from a local massage parlor owner to open his business in the city, upheld a finance department director and police department decision to deny it at the regular Wednesday, April 5, meeting.It was somewhat of an emotional appeal by the massage parlor owner’s wife to overrule the commission and police department recommendations for denial on the grounds of past businesses alleged illegal activities and business practices in other cities. In the past the council, commission and police department approved other massage businesses in the city as no evidence of illegal activities and application falsifications were found in background checks and fingerprinting required of those applicants.Businesses like massage parlors, drug sales and
