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'Pole' tax stripped away
It brought a tear to TS' eye after a Texas judge struck a blow for good old fashioned common sense by declaring a $5-per-customer top-up fee on strip club patrons was unconstitutional.
Judge Scott Jenkins ruled that the charge, dubbed the 'pole tax' 'violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and is therefore invalid.'
Cultural aficionados across the Lone Star state will now be breathing a huge sigh of relief that the law has been overturned, mainly through the efforts of The Texas Entertainment Association.
The group of topless clubs fought against the law, calling it a 'sin tax' that unfairly targeted dancing clubs.
TS will now take on the heavy burden of making sure that the U-turn is being observed by personally visiting each and every one of the estimated 150 dancing emporiums in Texas.
Sometimes the interests of others have just got to be put before TS's …
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