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: Judge declares strip club 'pole tax' unconstitutional


BlazingC5
04-07-2008, 02:07 PM
This judge is awesome! Texas has some of the best clubs around.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A $5-per-customer fee on strip club patrons dubbed the "pole tax" has been declared unconstitutional.
A state district judge ruled Friday that clubs can't collect the fee. The charge went into effect in January and was expected to raise about $44 million for sexual assault prevention programs and health care for the uninsured.

Judge Scott Jenkins wrote that the fee, "while furthering laudable goals, violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and is therefore invalid."

BrooklynBoys
04-10-2008, 06:14 AM
I don't get it? Are they charging a door fee of $5? Or are they charging a door fee and a $5 fee? Ohhhh wait a minute, its not the club owners who were charging the $5, but the state or county? right??