“Who’s going to be the judge of that?” and more

City employees in Brooksville, Fla., are now legally required to wear underwear and deodorant.

“Who’s going to be the judge of that?”

City employees in Brooksville, Fla., are now legally required to wear underwear and deodorant. A new law approved by the Brooksville City Council by a 4–1 vote also bans “revealing” clothes, the display of open wounds, and body piercings. Brooksville’s mayor, Joe Bernadini, cast the only dissenting vote. “They said you had to wear undergarments,” said Bernadini. “Who’s going to be the judge of that?”

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