Poling place
With all the serious business facing lawmakers in this year of economic challenge, the plight of the barber pole may seem insignificant. But those revolving striped poles are serious business year-round for barbers. State Rep. Gary Banz, R-Midwest City, wants to make sure the poles stay exclusively linked to the barbering business, the Tulsa World reports. Banz got the idea from his barber, who is also chairman of the Oklahoma Barber Advisory Board. The bill would restrict barber poles to shops with licensed barbers, preventing other hair cut providers from using them. First offense would carry a warning. Subsequent violations would carry a fine. We must admit to ignorance when it comes to knowing this was a problem or even that the state has a Barber Advisory Board, one of more than 500 state agencies, boards and commissions. If anything needs a shave, it’s that number. Still, trimming the inappropriate use of barber poles may be worth a hearing in the 2009 legislative session. We hope, though, that lawmakers won’t take too much off the sides of time when they mull this hairy issue.
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