" This chick is starved for attention!!!! Get a clue. "

" I knew we could cut the police force. At a minimum by 4 and probably a lot more. "

" We've got our priorities straight for sure. Rather than post four officers around town where they might actually catch a crime happening, they are used to make sure we don't see a girl's boobs. Thank you, justice. "

" The police are never around when I am exposed to all of those ugly male nipples in the beer/smoking gardens of local bars. Why aren't men being harrassed with extra police force? I am more threatened by their nipples. "

" maybe the bar owner's think she is hindering their liquor license. "

" Give up your day job Melissa and go into Public Relations. You sure do know how to drive business to your website! "

" It's called free publicity. She's got more business sense than many of people, and the city is denying her the opportunity to conduct business. I still don;t understand why it is illegal for a person to show there god-given body at bar or club if the ownership approves. This city needs less laws, and that should be the first to go. "

" If she is being intimidated from perfoming legally by the LPD then it doesn't matter whether she is attention starved or not. Her claim will be investigated and if found to be of merit, the city will pay up. End of story. Its a business dispute, no more no less, and its no less fair to her than if it was anyone else. Just becuase Lincoln prides itself on nannying the entire adult population is no reason for them to obstruct a legal activity. "

" With all the other crap in Lincoln going on the LPD should really get back to the real issues. Sounds like LPD is bordering on harassment to me. "

" I doubt she's starving or feels a need for attention given the success of her website and her other recent media "appearances, none of which she asked for." She is, however, playing the City and local media like a fiddle. You can say what you want about her occupation... but she's nobody's fool and the City would be better off just leaving her alone. "

" are brilliant at local publicity...money making machines. look at their house at capital beach! it is amazing what some local bimbo can do to bring home the bacon "

" Come on people Lincoln has 250,000 peoplein it. Let her do her thing "

" I think the young lady has a point. If Nebraska is such a bad place that we need to carry guns then maybe the cops shouldn’t worry so much about a young lady showing some skin. This is really a sad testament to the attitudes in this country. All over prime time television you can see all the blood and gore and violence you can handle and nothing is said. On the other hand if there just happens to be a little too much touching or skin showing the angry, torch-wielding mob comes out. Most of your heads would explode if you went to Europe and saw things they put on TV. They have a much more relaxed, open and some might say healthier view on sexuality. Wake up America! "

" I am a Melissa fan. As for people saying she is some bimbo, I would have to disagree. People just need to let her live, arrest her if she tries to rob a bank or something. Otherwise leave her alone. Also the police and the city of lincoln are looking pretty bad. She is a high money making tax paying citizen. I say we get rid of mayor Seng and replace her with Melissa. She would do a much better job of running the city I'm sure. "

" Personally I think it is sick going around to bars and showing off her goods. Get a real job go to college and find a job in Business since she likes the business part so much. Please grow up! "

" If this is true I would think the Lincoln Police could find something better to do than harras someone doing legal work. Come on Cassidy control your officers a little better. Keeping someone from legal work is wrong. "

" Maybe Melissa needs to get a new day job. Gee, all women would be rich if we could take our tops off in public. "

" Bottom line is when they think I am doing something wrong I am punished so then when they don't follow the law shouldn't they also? My attorney wanted to file this long ago but I kept saying no until I found out that they were using a copy written picture of mine in a bar training course warning all local bars not to work with me. I mean it has my picture and it’s telling bars to not work with me or they will get in trouble. This was the final straw for me I won’t let them have special Melissa rules or laws just for me. You don’t have to agree with how I make a living or what I am doing but we can’t have the city and police just doing whatever they want. I agree it’s a waste for them to follow me around all the time but they do! Melissa P.S. Mayor Melissa I like how that sounds who knows maybe!!! "

" the chick is a bonified babe!! if she was a president she would be called Baberaham Lincoln. Can't we all just lay off her a little bit and worry about more serious problems in the Lincoln area? "

" Maybe her "appearances at bars has been greatly reduced" because people know how much of a tacky ahem... "promiscuous woman" she is! Keep your clothes on, I don't care to see your skanky body. THANK YOU LPD! "

" Bravo, Melissa! Keep milking that cash cow that the rest of us citizens refer to as the LPD! They are obviously a never ending source of publicity for you and your website. "

" LPD follows her all the time....I can't believe we would waste city taxes having 3 full-time police officers follow a 24 year old woman. "

" It was kind of cool at first, but it's really kind of offensive now. If you want to flash in a bar, keep it in magazines. It's getting a little stupid now- victim mentality! "

" Let nature take it's course. This will all wear off when she starts to sag. "

" please, everybody, readers, police, journal star....everybody. Quit writing about this half wit excuse for a person, (ladies, you want to know where blondes get their bad name...look no further) and she will just go away, the novelty of this cute, brainless, prude, "dancer / entertainer" and her bodyguard/husband has soooooo worn off that everybody just laughs when you mention her name. "

" Melissa for Mayor! I'm starting a write-in campaign. "

" Donate to the mission? Is that the same place that pimped out the homeless to pick up trash following the network filming of a free house built for two people from failed marriges? I quote from the TV show. Daughter said " The best thing to happen to my mom was for my dad to die" Wow this town is nuts. I say let the hooter show alone. "

" I'll bet all of the LPD want to go on the call, when Melissa is on stage. "

" it's a sad, but common day in Lincoln when the LPD is wasting time. Go catch a murderer, we hardly solve any in this town. Catch a meth user, people melting and stealing our faith. Nope, not cassidy and son. They'd sooner cop a look at a girl then actually solve crime or detour drug usage. Maybe if Cassidy and son used less drugs themselves they could see the light and bust down on drugs and crime. I'm so worried Melissa is going to hurt me the next time she's in a bar I'm in. Wow, I"m so scared. "

" Well, it does seem LPD needs to get its priorities straight. And, Melissa would make a heck of a better business recruiter as Mayor than Mayor Seng, don't you agree? Who would you rather see in your door with LB 775 tax breaks at hand? The obvious solution is for Melissa to declare herself an illegal immigrant and demand her rights. "

" Wow, join the police force and get to follow a hot babe around in the bars, I'm going to fill out an application to become a officer! "

" I just started working for Melissa recently and I am sorry but if I can use my body to make close to a million dollars a year, have 2 amazing homes, brand new cars and money in the bank I will. I don't see what the harm is she flashes a boob in a bar full of adults who are there to see her. I have been out after Husker games and watched some older women who had no business flashing and the police just look the other way. I am not sure why it's ok for them but not Melissa. Anyways you go Melissa and thanks for taking me under your wing!!! "

" i bet with all the attention and publicity she gets with lpd, it wouldn't surprise me if cassidy was on melissa's payroll for it...think about it, nobody would know who she is if it weren't for ljs and lpd making such a big fuss over nothing "

" Melissa, ride the wave as long as you can, honey. This world has plenty of women willing to get naked for money. Next thing you know you'll be out and someone else will be in. "

" The cops in Lincoln do feel like they can do whatever they want. They use intimidation and threats as tactics to get people to comply with what they want. It doesn't matter if the person wants to do something legal. In Omaha, this would never happen. In KC, this would never happen. There are a ton of other places this would never happen. The police have much better things to do, but Melissa duty would be much more fun. The cops here treat normal people like we're thugs in Houston or Detroit, this is just more proof. "

" for all you people that have nothing good to say about Melissa than don't read the stuff in the paper. She must interest you somehow or you wouldn't be commenting good or bad. If you disagree with what she is doing than go on with your life and stop reading about her.. If I wasn't reading about her and visiting her web site I wouldn't know what she is doing. I wouldn't even know this is going on with her. We all have our own way's of making money and this is her's. She is not a stupid blonde or bimbo or whatever you want to call her. She is just a person making money in her own way. again if you don't like it don't read about it and don't visit her web page. There is nothing wrong with what she is doing. Just makes me laugh reading all these comments on here about what a bad person is and who cares about what she is doing ect. if you don't like it DON'T READ ABOUT IT OR COMMENT ABOUT IT!!!!!She is working which is more than I can say for some people out there sitting around doing nothing and collecting welfare for no reason... think about it.. Keep up the good work Melissa................. :) "

" I have been to the bar, of course not since last March. While there, there were 5 plain clothed officers, along with people from a local news station. They do harass her. I wanted to do some promotions with her some more, and of course we couldn't because of the SCARE! Come on, give me a break! I am proud of my part time job. I do adult toy and novelty parties........I am a Romance Consultant, and help people better their life.....well I'm sure that info I just gave is enough to keep this reply off the web, but we will see! Any way, as long as people are not being harmed, then everyone else should shut up or stay out. If you don't like her, go on another night. For being as hot as she is, Melissa is really nice. We are two completely opposite people, and I of course would never do what she does, however she looks great and she makes a lot of money. She is one of the nicest, and a genuine nice, not fake like a lot of the others out there.....Melissa is an entertainer. Adult Movie Stars go out there and make the money, but you do not harass them and follow them everywhere! Just goes to say how small minded Lincoln residents, or a lot of them anyway, really are......funny since Lincoln is such a diverse city. Point being, I have seen her be harassed, and I'm sure people will fire some non-educated bigot remarks back at me, but like Melissa, I will not tolerate ignorance. And that is what this is......ignorance and HARASSMENT! The LPD should have stopped a long time ago. Go Melissa, and call me if you need anything! You have my contact info! Oh, and unlike others, Im not afraid to say my name! Shawna "

" It could be worse. There was a time, witin the memory of a few of us, when Lncoln had a policewoman who would raid people cohabitating--unmarried and "shacking up." Does Lincoln still have a law on this that casady could enforce? "

" You work in accounting dont you Melissa? Last time I knew, that was a real job! "

" Bottom line is the woman is breaking the law. You are not allowed to flash people in public. She does it all the time. And if you are going to publicize where you are going to be doing your illegal work, then expect to get caught. Unfortuantly, it's her getting caught that draws attention to her and her business. It's a Catch 22. For those of you who think LPD is dying to go after this person, put down the bong and try thinking sometime. LPD no more wants her getting attention than they do arresting her. Believe it or not, cops don't get their jollies by making arrests every night. Why doesn't Melissa get into the real pornography industry, move to California and make XXX movies. She'd likely make more money and do what she has always wanted to do. "

" Melissa...ride this for all its worth....(before they wake up)Amazing that you are Lincoln's "Public Enemy #1" Glade LPD has got the drugs off the street. GO Girl!!!! "

" Are you kidding me do you really believe this girl, she is looking for another publicity stint because nobody is looking her way anymore. Do you really think LPD has officers following her and telling bar owners not to hire her. maybe they are choosing not to hire her because they dont want the sleeze crowd that follows this girl around. Get real lincolnites your are too easil swayed by peoples comments. "

" I am sure you could find millions of our property tax being used for anything and everything but what its suppose to be used for, like plowing the streets! I've never seen a cop drive down our street, I guess they are too busy in the bars!!! "

" The only reason why "Melissa Lincoln" exits and makes money getting pimped out is because of the publicity she gets from LPD. She even goes as far as putting the officers on her site. This is just anothe attempt at getting some more publicity because time is running out..after all they are starting to sag. She should tell her deadbeat of a husband to get a real job so he doesn't have to pimp her out anymore...what an example she is to his daughter! If you don't like the laws here go live somewhere else...oh, well in her case, she isn't Playboy worthy, only Hustler worthy, so she wouldn't make it anywhere else like LA. Oh, and by the way, Melissa is not an accountant! She answered phones at Lincoln Benefit Life in a call center. "

" melissa is only using the media for further exposure. At 24 she has to know that her career is beginning to come to an end. I am guessing that there is only a few more years and then no more money. Free publicity by getting arrested and making a fuss out of the police doing their jobs. "

" If she needs to show off, she needs to go get a job as a stripper and stay out of public places. It is sad that people have to feed their lacking self esteem this way. I bet her parents are proud, aren't they? I hope to god my hard earned tax money doesn't go to her in any way. Thanks, Miss Saint, but I'll donate to the City Mission directly. "

" I am really sick of hearing how she's just having fun and there's a market for her boobs. If she wants to be a stripper there are two strip bars in downtown Lincoln that she can go work at, she can leave the non-strip clubs alone. "

" The public decency ordinance obviously discriminates against women, and allows male officers a loop hole to harrass and abuse women. I think she's got a case for harrasment, but I think the larger case here would be overturning the ordinance. Men can't really see pasties from more than 10 yards anyway. "

" It seems that the publics money could be better spent, than watching one lady. As with the internet, if it offends you, don't look or go there. It is still a free country. Go for it Melissa!!! "

" I do not know if the police are harrassing her and I personaly have no problem with what she does. But the law is the law and if she is breaking it then maybe she is getting exactly what she wants. Look at all of this free publicity!!! Did I not just read another story involving her and an assault? Unforntunitly this type of behavior(work) brings out all the scum bags. So regardless of what direction this goes Melissa, In this line of work you may need the police at some point to help you. Maybe they will maybe they won't! "

" how may people will read whatever is put in the paper and just believe it is the truth. "There were 5 undercover cops in the bar"... why not 25, if they were undercover, then maybe everyone there was a cop. Wake up people, too many of you just want to believe anything she says.... and for publicity, she will say anything. "

" Some people will do anything for money and Melissa is obviously one of those people. Maybe business is down cause everyone's seen it all already. But I agree with Truth, she's a publicity hound. Melissa, what will it be next month? "

" I hit the bar scene fairly often. I have done so for a while. I enjoy hanging out with friends and having a beer or two. While reading the comments, people are assuming that this type of behavior happens all the time at all the bars. Far from it. I have never seen Melissa 'perform' while at the bars. The fact that she is being personally singled out for her actions by the LPD is wrong. If they are going after EVERYONE that works in the same way that Melissa does, then I could understand... a little. Welcome to America. If you don't like it, DON'T WATCH IT! Besides, has anyone been to a certain local bar on Cornhusker that has women dancing on the bars rovocatively? I don't hear people raising a fuss over that!!! This issue is a two-edged sword. "

" How is this different than the prostitutes at 13&E comlaining that the police are hindering their work? Should they all file a claim? If you don't like the law, work to get it removed, but don't complain when you get a ticket. (Which is ALL she has gotten) "

" GIVE ME A BREAK FOLKS...do REALLY think the Lincoln Police Department would 'assign" four officers to constantly watch poor Ms. Harrington to uncover (no pun intended) illegal acts?? "Truth"...I think you hit the "nail on the head". Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.... "

" Now we know why the police can't catch all the people doing vandalism, robbery and shootings... All the police are doing is going after the big dangerous criminals like Melissa. "

" You have to be kidding me ...this is all the Lincoln Journal Star can find to right about ?? What about the roll over accident on I-80 on Jan. 4th ? That was NEVER in the paper ..did anyone get hurt or killed ? That`s the information I want to know about I`m NOT paying for the paper to hear about some one once again suing for some stupid reason ie: dancing topless. I`m sure there`s not a handfull of people who really cares ! "

" I do not agree with anything this poor excuse for a woman does and cannot beleive that so many people think that taking off your clothes and acting like a tramp is okay. I am not a prude and think a sexy body is something to be very proud. There is a time and place. As sorry as I feel for this Melissa I feel even sorry for the men (and I am sure women) who attend her events. You can't find a gorgeous woman of your own to enjoy. Melissa a little bit of therapy and you should be just fine! Go to school and do something with your brain. Something you can be proud to tell you kids about. God for bid! "

" Previously, I defended Melissa Harrington; that is, until my seven year old niece saw her at a softball game imitating a sex act on a bat while having her picture taken. There is a time and place for adult behavior and Melissa clearly doesn’t take note of that. If she can be so vulgar in front of families and children, I can only imagine what she is doing in the bars. "

" I say subtract the cost of those 3 guy's jury trials that the county is pushing so hard FOR HER and you can probally call it even. More crap talking by her but wait till she needs them again. I think the oficers & County att. need to get a clue and quit letting this tramp make fools out of you. "

" Concerning the post of "Law". Can you really equate wet t-shirts, pasties, flashing, etc. to prostitution. Anyone who really believes that needs to step out of thier "Puritanical little dream world" and join us back here on earth. If she was paid to have sex with someone that is prostitution. Events like this make Lincoln the laughingstock of the nation. At least a few of the people posting on this board understand the fact that the LPS and the City are giving her thousands of dollars of free marketing. I would guess that most of the people posting negative things about her don't frequent the establishments she promotes at. Following the line of thinking that Midwest Mellissa is an enemy to Lincoln values and society, we need to abolish all legal morally corrupting vices. Alcohol, pornographic books, nude art, as well as all cable channels that display any type of nudity. This is a call to arms my oppressive puritan friends, we need to stop Mellissa soon before she brings the Apocalypse upon us. "

" I know for a fact that Melissa, her husband, and brother-in-law have been involved with several disturbances at downtown bars. Police aren't "harrassing" her. They are around her because almost every time she is downtown, there is a problem. There are rude idiots that make comments to her and then her husband and brother-in-law will start a fight with them. So the police are actually trying to protect her. As far as the times that she has been cited for public nudity, it IS a city ordinance. Regardless of the situation. "

" Ahhhh, poor baby....can't make a living because she can't show her goodies all over town. Poor thing. Maybe she should get a real, respectable job and stop exploiting herself. "

" Melissa get the hint..... We don't want your trashy self here. Go away. "

" Dear Melissa, the bottom line is you broke the law. Instead of breaking laws here, you can work to change the law(s) or move. "

" I happened to be at the same softball game as "Sick of her" and I was absolutely disgusted by what she was doing in the broad daylight with children around. It's pretty sad when my friends child said "That girl over there is doing naughty things". I don't have a problem with what Melissa does behind closed doors, but that's where it needs to stay. It's not a big secret that Lincoln is a conservative city (I hate it too). Keep your clothes on Melissa...especially around children!! "

" I wish she would just give it up and quit wasting all of our time, she is old news and needs to stay there. Go to Florida or somewhere where they don't care what she does or is that the reason she doesn't leave, because she would be another shirtless woman. "

" Wow looks like I have made a lot of people mad today lol! I don't make you come and post on here you do it because you want to. The story starts off with Melissa Midwest so if you don't want to hear about me why would you even read it? So many of you are so quick to pass judgment on me its funny! I run a very successful legal business make more money then most of you will in a lifetime and I am now going to school full time. I am not sure but at 24 I think that's pretty good. I don't care what all of you think I don't mind what I do for a living and I understand that it won’t last forever! To all of those who say I know my time is up I find that hard to believe I run the most successful single girl website in the world getting close to 10 million people to my website each month. That to me doesn’t sound like I am all washed up and even if tomorrow I was that’s fine with me I have enough money put away to never have to work again if I don’t want to. I am not mad at the police for giving me a ticket I am mad for the 100 times I was doing NOTHING wrong and they wouldn't leave me alone not to mention making it impossible for bars to hire and yes they do want to hire me they tell me that all the time but they are worried about the police punishing them for doing it. I sell out every event I do so trust me there is plenty out there that still want to see me! They can not just assume that because I have been ticketed twice for public nudity that now every time I am in the public I am getting nude. That would be no different then if they caught someone stealing at the store they would watch that person every time they for years when they went shopping to make sure they didn't steal again. Listen I didn't file this and then send it to the papers they went and found it. They were then talking about it within an hour of me handing it to the office I didn't ask for that at all! I can't help every move I make makes the news it’s because of people like you it does. All of you have so much to say about big bad Melissa that’s why the newspaper keeps writing stories because it makes for good news. Love me or hate me I am here to stay! Melissa "

" Why don’t you people get a clue!!! You can bash LDP all you want and say this would not happen anywhere else but that is way I chose to live in Lincoln and raise my family here. I would not want to live in Omaha or KC. Compare their crime rates to ours. The kind of behavior Melissa is displaying only leads to trouble. WAY TO GO LPD!!! KEEP UP THE HARD WORK!!!! "

" seriously, give up already! everyone knows who you are, do you really think you need get money from the city, you already have enough money from previous things, use that! "

" I was at the same softball game and I was absolutely disgusted by what she was doing. It's pretty sad when my friends daughter, who is 7 years old comes over and says "that girl over there is doing naughty things". It's not a big secret that Lincoln is a conservative city (I hate it too). I don't care what Melissa does behind closed doors, but that's where it needs to stay. Keep your clothes on Melissa. Especially in front of children. "

" Hey Melissa-Since you are such a good citizen and have so much money(more than most of us will have in a lifetime). Why do you need to sue the city for money to give to the mission. Maybe you can just give to the mission out of the millions that you already have-oh wait- Im sure that a decent person like yourself already gives time and money to charity. But I guess you want to take the money from the hard working tax payers who actually pay your mega salary. "

" If people would focus this rage twords Melissa into fixing the problems with this city...we would have a great town. Melissa can do what ever she wants. It is no ones business what she does. Focus your attention at fixing the real problems that exist in this city, that have way more of an impact. Because really right now...all we have is Melissa entertaining us. "

" I understand your point Melissa. I think that the point is, to tell the LPD that they are not going to push you around. So many people are abused by the system, and they either do not know it, or are not strong enough to fix it or give it a try! Way to go Melissa! "

" To Melissa, If you don't like the comments made to you about what you do, then don't read them. We are entitled to think you're white trash. You are so self absorbed you have posted on here twice! Checking your publicity are we? "

" LPD should go solve real crimes! Like solving multiple vandalisms to cars - oh wait - they did that already. They should go solve the murders in Lincoln like somebody else pointed out! - oh wait- they've solved 15 of the last 16 between 2003 and 2005. I guess since that's done - the last thing to solve is all the public indecency complaints. It seems like simple law enforcement - go to where the violations are occuring! Great job LPD! "

" Way to go Melissa. This is the USA and not Nazi Germany. You have the same rights as any other citizen and that includes the right to use the court system to force law enforcement to follow the law. I give no respect to any law enforcement officer who does not earn it. Unfortunately, I have met very few who I would be proud to call my son or son-in-law. The experiences of my extended family reveals the system for mentally screening applicants for law enforcement duty needs an over haul. I have never been arrested but have known a few distant relatives who were and each of the five times that happened over the past twenty years the judicial system had to repremand the officers involved because they lied about the circumstances leading to the arrest. I absolutely disagree with MM's occupation but in the USA her right to pursue her chosen occupation are the same as mine. "

" Melissa-I can't believe that this is the lifestyle you have chosen. Do you have any idea the hurt and embarrassment you have caused your family? I remember handing out with you in jr. high and thinking you were such a great role model, and now I am embarrassed to that I once knew you. I wish you would just leave the Midwest so that you would stop putting your family through all this pain and humiliation. Thank goodness you are using Harrington as your last name and noth some of your other family members. "

" This is the USA and I should be able to goto a public park and enjoy the day and not have to watch someone perform a sex act on a baseball bat. What she did was illegal - and was found guilty. Obviously the cops were right. What does mentally screening law enforcement have to do with this? Maybe internet models need to be mentally screened before being let into a bar. "

" Way to go Melissa! "

" I have enough money put away to never have to work again... NO YOU DON'T!! If you did, you would not be trying to get free publicity. Your 15 minutes of fame has passed... "

" Go Melissa! If these people dont like it they dont have to read it. Good luck to you in your future endeavors. "

" For all of those whole complain about the man hours 'wasted' by the LPD...anyone ever stop to consider what a lawsuit from a offended patron would cost (lawyers cost more than cops). If you are upset about that wasted cost, then tell Melissa needs to find another venue. She creats a lose-lose situation for the City. I could respect the premise of her lawsuit more if she was keeping the money. She does no damage to anyone but the City's taxpayers with this and is a waste. More power to her to make as much as the market will give, if I could, I would. Maybe this girl, who has enough money at 24, but chooses to go to school anyways should look into the term 'cost of doing business'. "

" 100% support for Melissa! "

" LPD is a joke. thats all "

" You people in Lincoln, Nebraska are amazing!! Talk about prudes! You sound like Cincinnati people. I support Melissa and think the Lincoln Police are like the Cincinnati Police - a bunch of little boys with big egos trying to make themselves look important (or even relevant) by harassing citizens! You Go Melissa!!!! "