“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?”
Discrimination settlement over free floppy sun hats
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A California lawyer has won a $510,000 discrimination settlement from the Oakland Athletics because the team gave free floppy sun hats to female fans to promote breast cancer awareness. Thanks to Alfred Rava, who has filed numerous similar suits in the past, male fans who attended the Mother’s Day game can claim a share of the judgment by calling a toll-free number, though the operator on that line says, “I haven’t taken a single call so far, and I’m here just about every day.”
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