SUBSCRIBE to Next Media Animation: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAtv<br /><br />The Houston City Council has passed a new tax on 14-1 vote that would charge strip club patrons a $5 per visitor "pole tax." The tax was supported by Mayor Annise Parker and is expected to raise $3 million per year. Houston plans to use the funds to process a backlog of 6,000 unprocessed rape kits.<br /><br />Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NMAtv<br />Webpage: http://www.nma.tv/<br />Twitter @nmatv: https://twitter.com/#!/nmatv<br />Tumblr: http://nmatv.tumblr.com/<br /><br />Rape kits cost as much as $1,200 to process. Houston believes strip clubs should help pay for rape investigations because adult entertainment establishments foster an environment leads to sexual assaults and violence against women.<br /><br />Strip clubs bristle at this suggestion, and strip club patrons aren't likely to welcome being equated to rapists.<br /><br />Texas passed a state law in 2007 that already imposes a $5 per-visitor "pole tax," so the "pole tax" is now effectively doubled for Houston strip club patrons.
