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    ^OIC. Wow, I was having an epilism there for a second.

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    ... and you can chill and smoke there (some are "lounge" style), rent a bong or a pipe. Some are cool themes, the one I go to is a space theme. LoL. There's a kickass deli/cafe there too for when you have the munchies. I love the Bay Area!!!
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    I just found out that due to the SIN tax, our town's only all-nude club now requires dancers to wear full tops and bottoms. Not even t-backs are allowed anymore! WTF?!

    AND, I know they said the money is going for rape victims, but our club owner told me that some of the money from this tax is going to be allocated for a group whos only goal is to shut down gentlemen's clubs. He's suing the state over this, so they had to give him a list of all the crap the money's going for, officially. It's a bunch of bullshit.

    AND not only do clubs have to pay $5 a head for the customers, they have to pay a tax ON TOP OF IT!

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS FUCKING SYSTEM?!

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    The Cali Med. Marijuana IS taxed if it is imported. When illegal imported drugs are confiscated, and the dealers count, import and excise taxes are charged to them. The gov. makes their cut all the way down the chain.

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    *Prays this doesn't spread up to Oklahoma*

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    I'm surprised it didn't start there, c_s!

    So I asked my house mom about this today and she hadn't even heard of it. Hmmmm.....


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    ^I thought it was state-wide? You're in SA, right?

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    It is and I am...I don't know if she's just ign'ant, or if the management hasn't figured out how they're gonna work with it yet, or what.


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    ^They haven't done anything like raise prices or cover? My club started as soon as 2008 began. Well not technically, but on January 1st anyways. If they don't want to pay the tax, apparently they can turn it into a bikini bar like THREE clubs in my city have done thus far. But that changes things like if there's more than one person in VIP at a time, they have to charge $5 for every person in the club. I don't understand all of it, but it's very complicated and very retarded. *tsk tsk*

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    Well, ours doesn't show nipple (liquid latex) and the panties have to be the 3/4 coverage rather than t-back thongs and such, so I'm wondering if we're somehow skirting the law as "bikini clubs."

    Ahhh I just don't know. Next time I go in to work, I'll ask one of the managers.


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    ^Oh, yeah I think that counts as a bikini bar, then. That's what some clubs up here have done, and they're not planning on paying the tax.

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    This is the biggest fuckin' bullshit I've ever read.

    Adam & Eve were nude in the first chapter of the bible. Perhaps the god fearing folk who created this law should charge a 'sin tax' for reading the bible too.


    And if they're so dead set on policing the publics morality, they should tax cheerleaders, drunk 'sluts' at nightclubs, ballet dancers, and swimmers who these days are just as scanitly clad as strippers..... only they subject a greater percentage of the population to their suggestive behavior - including underage kids! Hell, why not charge a tax each time a person watches MTV, or sees the Pussycat Dolls live?

    If anything, strip clubs are possibly preventing rape. I'd rather someone be so sexually frustrated that they go out and buy a bunch of lap dances, than be so sexually frustrated they go out and rape someone. Thats what strip clubs are ultimately for; to provide a form of sexual release in a safe, controlled envirornment. While donating to rape victims is a noble cause, we all know thats just the excuse they're using. Over time, more and more of the tax collected will funnel it's way into the pockets of government and special interest groups who created it.

    I'm glad to hear clubs are sueing the state. I just hope they win.

    Here in AZ, theres a lot of clubs that don't even enforce admission fees, namely during the dayshift. While $ in AZ has been going downhill at a frightful pace for some time now, the lack of an admission charge surely helps keeps these clubs afloat. If an extra $5.00 were tacked on to each patrons night out in AZ, we'd be even more fucked.

    With that said, I fear for the fate of your TX dancers. I fear that greedy club owners will use the tax as an excuse to exploit dancers further. Adding $5.00 to the cost of each dance is just DUMB, and will alienate a lot of business. If clubs care about their drink sales, they won't do that, if they'd think in terms of 'the longer they stick around and get dances, the more drinks they buy' (the way they SHOULD look at things) When was the last time a guy bought champage and no dances/time for company anyway? And if they care about the future of their business, period, they won't increase house fees. How many customers does a club see per day anyway? I'm guessing that to stick dancers with the tax instead would mean doubling house fees, which could only lead to increased prostitution/illegal conduct within the clubs. Then ALL of Texas would experiance vice raids like Houston did last year. A lil' something club owners should keep in mind, if they want their club to be around in years to come.

    In the meantime, I think a wise club owner should charge the $5.00 tax at the door, but do away with the admission fee (or greatly reduce it to say, $1.00), and up drink prices by only 25-50 cents. Then said club would have a competitive edge over other clubs, which would generate more business for itself and more than make up for the loss of admission fees through greater volumes of customers/drink sales. I can't think of a better way for a non-upscale club to stay afloat without price gouging it's customers (thus alienating them) or exploiting it's dancers. Maybe clubs that cater to the upper crust won't be affected by that extra $5.00, but other clubs will be. Wise club owners/managers though, in what world to they exist?

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    My manager was telling me last night that my club and our sister club are members of Texas Entertainment something.. I forget the name, but it's a group where a club pays a membership fee every month, and the group provides legal protection, attorneys, whatever. There are 150 gentlemen's clubs in Texas who are part of this group, and this group is the one who is actually suing the state. I'm glad to know something is being done. The group even sent us a sign explaining the law, and how we believe it's unconstitutional. "Write Your Congressman!"

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