Spotlight: Strip Clubs - 'Pole Tax' Bares Bump-Grind Battle -- Texas Owners Sue, Wrap Issue in First Amendment
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › December 24, 2007
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DALLAS - Texas, where strip clubs have given rise to Anna Nicole Smith and many other less-generously endowed performers, is about to make it more expensive to watch a little bump and grind.
In what some have dubbed the "pole tax," the Lone Star State will require its 150 or so strip clubs to collect a $5-per-customer levy, with most of the proceeds going to help rape victims. The tax goes into effect on New Year's Day.See the full content of this document
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Spotlight: Strip Clubs - 'Pole Tax' Bares Bump-Grind Battle -- Texas Owners Sue, Wrap Issue in First Amendment
OK, it's a good cause, but ...
Free speech infringement: Club owners and some of their customers say the money is...See the full content of this document
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