Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

You can imagine the brainstorm for this idea…

“I got it! A “Hooters” style barber shop! - A salon and day spa, with scantily-clad women doing the work. Guys will come in for miles around for this. I can see it now. We’ll have bikini-clad hairdressers cutting hair, and everything! Ooooh! We’ll call the place Double Dee’s!”

So he bought a piece of property in Sarasota, and began to fulfill his grand plan. Alas, the place is near a residential neighborhood, and less than two hundred yards from an elementary school. Those neighbors didn’t share his enthusiasm for the business plan, and he couldn’t get the proper permits he needed without their approval.

So in protest, he took his female mannequins, removed their bikinis, and stuck them in the window.

Arnold Herbst, a neighbor to the windows, says “one day, he’ll put the tops on the mannequins, the next day he’ll just take them down.” Herbst lives in the neighborhood and says the women are often placed in different… positions.

For some reason, the neighborhood isn’t taking too kindly to that move, either. They have written letters to Sarasota city commissioners asking them to help get rid of the mannequins. Problem is, he is not violating any city code. It’s perfectly legal to put naked fake people in store windows. Even if it’s close to an elementary school.

You can find Double Dee’s myspace page, and the TV station has the video report.

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