Fun Size Bytes (from @Tj)Judge Rules Pole Dancing Is Art Qualifying for Sales Tax Exemption
After reviewing DVDs of exotic dancers, an administrative law judge has determined that pole dancing is “no small feat”—and it’s also art qualifying for a tax exemption.
First of all, you know this judge has some young male clerk who now refers to this judge as BBE: “Best Boss Ever”
The judge, Catherine Bennett, ruled the Albany-area club Nite Moves was entitled to a “dramatic arts” tax exemption and did not have to pay $129,000 in sales taxes, the New York Law Journal reports.
In a related story: OMFG ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Bennett ruled after hearing from a University of Maryland dance scholar and watching videos of dance routines at the club, the story said.
“The videos depicted dance routines that incorporated acrobatic pole maneuvers, splits and other patterned repetitions,” Bennett said. “The pole maneuvers in particular are no small feat to accomplish, and attempting such a performance without the skill and a planned routine of steps could prove dangerous.” “The fact someone may believe that this entertainment is not appropriate for any audience is not the issue,” she said.
She then added “I’d hit it.”
Nite Moves’ lawyer, Andrew McCullough, is a Mormon and a board member of the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
I’m sorry, could you go back to the part about being Mormon and a member of the ACLU?
He told the New York Law Journal he sees similarities between objections to strip clubs and new Mormon temples. “They say, ‘It’s lights, it’s traffic, it’s noise,’ ” he said. “But what they really mean is, ‘We don’t like your kind.’ ”
The solution, of course, is to integrate stripper poles into a Mormon temple.
A little something to offend everyone.
p.s. — I say this with all sincerity as a 35 year old, deeply heterosexual male: I honestly do not “get” the stripper pole. I’ve seen any number of demonstrations on television, and while I agree that some of the moves are “acrobatic” I don’t get the part where it is supposed to be erotic.
thanks to @tbridge / Tom Bridge for the link to the original story
