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 …
Archive for December 22nd, 2007
Texas strip club owners trying to block $40M ‘pole tax’ (Lawrence Journal-World)
Published by December 22nd, 2007 in Anna Nicole News. 0 CommentsIf we’re here, we’re older - but wiser? Each year around this time, it’s customary to look back on the names, faces and voices no longer with us. Scour the 2007 list and you’ll find Anna Nicole Smith and Boris Yeltsin, Lady Bird Johnson and Luciano Pavarotti, Bill Walsh and Mr. Whipple.
Texas strip-club owners object to “pole tax” (Seattle Times)
Published by December 22nd, 2007 in Anna Nicole News. 0 CommentsTexas, where strip clubs have given rise to Anna Nicole Smith and many other less-generously endowed performers, is about to make it more…
‘Celebrity Rehab’: For the truly desperate (New York Daily News)
Published by December 22nd, 2007 in Anna Nicole News. 0 CommentsJust when we’ve gotten used to not having Anna Nicole Smith around, there’s VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab,” a new reality show jam-packed with substance-addled C-level celebrities.
