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."
Say hello to free expression and pole dancing. Two phrases that you never thought you'd see uttered in the same sentence, let alone mentioned in relation to a tax designed to fund sexual assault prevention programs.
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