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Oh, You Don't Want To Get Mugged? That'll Cost You
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The bars and merchants on Memphis' Beale Street have what they think is the answer to the need to pay for heightened security when crowds get big and unruly there: a $10 cover charge dedicated to paying for the extra guards, charged only when big crowds assemble. The City Council is debating whether the merchants' association can do that, maybe because if anyone's going to collect ten bucks a head, they think it should be them. But this is like a user fee: If you're part of the overcrowding, you pay for the added cost of handling you. (WREG-TV/Memphis)
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