Harris County has a whorehouse for sale.

Commissioners Court has on its hands the Velvet Touch, a business that operated on Highway 6 South, and will consider this morning how to dispose of it.

The county came into possession of the brothel after Houston police shut it down in April 2008. A three-year investigation included a confession from the owner that she worked there as both prostitute and madam, according to court documents.

via For sale: one brothel. Contact Harris County | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle.

Ok, After almost drenching my laptop in coffee I could not resist the headline and had to follow the link to the story in the Houston Chronicle. Only in Texas…