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http://www.concordmonitor.com. May 10, 2005 Concord Man arrested for manicure Free-Stater protesting licensing rules The Associated Press
A young self-taught manicurist who said he was inspired by the movie Gandhi manicured without a license outside the state licensing office yesterday, earning himself a date in court and a trip to jail.
Michael Fisher had advertised his protest and planned to get arrested to call attention to what he considers needless obstacles facing small-time entrepreneurs. Among them, he counts the requirement to get a license from the state Board of Barbering, Cosmetology and Esthetics.
"These types of restrictions, anything that gets in the way, deter or kill businesses," he told the Exeter News-Letter for a story published Friday. "People who just start a business just want to do it."
Fisher said he and his wife moved from Burlington, Vt., to Newmarket last year to start a home-based computer troubleshooting business.
"It's hard in Vermont to start a business," he told the paper, which is published three times a week. "In New Hampshire, it was just a $50 fee and a trade-name registration."
He said licensing laws are well-intentioned, but it took him only half an hour to learn sanitary manicure procedures on the Internet. His customer yesterday identified herself as Kat Dillon of Frost, Texas. Like Fisher, she is a member of the Free State Project that has chosen New Hampshire, where it hopes to make itself a political force by having members move to the state and agitate against taxation, regulation and infringement of personal liberty. Free Staters favor minimal government and maximum personal freedom.
Anne Dalton, manicurist member of the state board, said licensed manicurists must know much more than clipping, filing and painting nails.
Before qualifying for a license, would-be manicurists in New Hampshire must log hundreds of hours of hands-on work and pass written and practical exams on sanitation, sterilization and skin and nail infections, she said.
Manicurists are trained to identify skin and nail infections and symptoms of more serious conditions that manifest in the feet, such as diabetes and heart problems, Dalton said.
"I just shake my head" said Dalton of Fisher's crusade against licensing. "He's not talking about small business, he's specifically talking about, 'I don't feel that you need a license to work on something.'"
She said manicure licensing is common in most, if not all, states.
Lt. Jay Brown said the Concord police got a call from the board after inspectors verified that Fisher was performing a manicure outside their offices.
Fisher would not see a bail commissioner, so he was taken to the Merrimack County jail pending his arraignment today in Concord District Court for violating the licensing law, a misdemeanor.
"It's obviously a statute we don't deal with a lot," Brown said.
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Whome?
2005-05-10 11:24:44 EST
Dan Clore wrote: > News & Views for Anarchists & Activists: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo > > ***** > > http://www.concordmonitor.com. > May 10, 2005 > Concord > Man arrested for manicure Free-Stater protesting licensing rules > The Associated Press > > A young self-taught manicurist who said he was inspired by the movie > Gandhi manicured without a license outside the state licensing office > yesterday, earning himself a date in court and a trip to jail. > > Michael Fisher had advertised his protest and planned to get arrested to > call attention to what he considers needless obstacles facing small-time > entrepreneurs. Among them, he counts the requirement to get a license > from the state Board of Barbering, Cosmetology and Esthetics. > > "These types of restrictions, anything that gets in the way, deter or > kill businesses," he told the Exeter News-Letter for a story published > Friday. "People who just start a business just want to do it." > > Fisher said he and his wife moved from Burlington, Vt., to Newmarket > last year to start a home-based computer troubleshooting business. > > "It's hard in Vermont to start a business," he told the paper, which is > published three times a week. "In New Hampshire, it was just a $50 fee > and a trade-name registration." > > He said licensing laws are well-intentioned, but it took him only half > an hour to learn sanitary manicure procedures on the Internet. His > customer yesterday identified herself as Kat Dillon of Frost, Texas. > Like Fisher, she is a member of the Free State Project that has chosen > New Hampshire, where it hopes to make itself a political force by having > members move to the state and agitate against taxation, regulation and > infringement of personal liberty. Free Staters favor minimal government > and maximum personal freedom. > > Anne Dalton, manicurist member of the state board, said licensed > manicurists must know much more than clipping, filing and painting nails. > > Before qualifying for a license, would-be manicurists in New Hampshire > must log hundreds of hours of hands-on work and pass written and > practical exams on sanitation, sterilization and skin and nail > infections, she said. > > Manicurists are trained to identify skin and nail infections and > symptoms of more serious conditions that manifest in the feet, such as > diabetes and heart problems, Dalton said. > > "I just shake my head" said Dalton of Fisher's crusade against > licensing. "He's not talking about small business, he's specifically > talking about, 'I don't feel that you need a license to work on > something.'" > > She said manicure licensing is common in most, if not all, states. > > Lt. Jay Brown said the Concord police got a call from the board after > inspectors verified that Fisher was performing a manicure outside their > offices. > > Fisher would not see a bail commissioner, so he was taken to the > Merrimack County jail pending his arraignment today in Concord District > Court for violating the licensing law, a misdemeanor. > > "It's obviously a statute we don't deal with a lot," Brown said. > > ***** > Excellent, I hope he gets his day in court and stirs some interest in putting down the ridiculous licensing laws on non-safety oriented businesses.
Bert Hyman
2005-05-10 11:31:27 EST
c*e@columbia-center.org (Dan Clore) wrote in news:4280D05A.5010800@columbia-center.org:
> http://www.concordmonitor.com. > May 10, 2005 > Concord > Man arrested for manicure Free-Stater protesting licensing rules > The Associated Press > > A young self-taught manicurist who said he was inspired by > the movie Gandhi manicured without a license outside the > state licensing office yesterday, earning himself a date in > court and a trip to jail.
Nobody's been arrested yet, but there's a similar fight going on here in St. Paul:
04/27/2005 12:37:07 AM EDT -- St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minnesota license requirements often don't line up with reality
Nothing stirs the soul like a ringing de- fense of the rights of man. The more high-minded the principle, the more moving; the more grand the cause, the more noble.
And yet, it is on the ebb and flow of everyday affairs that the tides of individual freedom rise and fall. Take the case of Lillian Anderson, a hair braider with no grander cause than to practice her craft and earn a living.
This is America, right? Where we prize the entrepreneurial spirit? Yet in order to earn a living with a skill she learned and practiced for years in her native Cameroon, Anderson must first meet the demands of the Minnesota Board of Barber and Cosmetologist Examiners.
She must attend 1,550 hours of government-mandated training over 10 months at a tuition cost of $15,000. She must pass a government-mandated test. Not a single minute of those 1,550 hours nor a single area of the test relates to natural braiding, twisting and locking of hair, which is all Anderson does.
Should she elect to practice without a license, she is subject to up to $1,000 in fines and 90 days in jail plus bearing the stigma of having broken the law.
On April 20, the Institute for Justice Minnesota Chapter, a public interest law firm that is representing Anderson and two other Minnesota braiders, filed suit in Hennepin County District Court challenging the constitutionality of Minnesota's hair braiding license requirements.
"Hard-working and industrious individuals like Lillian should be able to work without having to look over their shoulders or listen for that dreaded knock on the door from a government regulator," said Nick Dranias, an attorney with the Minnesota chapter.
-- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com
Michael A. Clem
2005-05-10 13:34:39 EST
Dan Clore wrote:
> > http://www.concordmonitor.com. > May 10, 2005 > Concord > Man arrested for manicure Free-Stater protesting licensing rules > The Associated Press > <snip>
> Anne Dalton, manicurist member of the state board, said licensed > manicurists must know much more than clipping, filing and painting nails. > > Before qualifying for a license, would-be manicurists in New Hampshire > must log hundreds of hours of hands-on work and pass written and > practical exams on sanitation, sterilization and skin and nail > infections, she said. > > Manicurists are trained to identify skin and nail infections and > symptoms of more serious conditions that manifest in the feet, such as > diabetes and heart problems, Dalton said. > > "I just shake my head" said Dalton of Fisher's crusade against > licensing. "He's not talking about small business, he's specifically > talking about, 'I don't feel that you need a license to work on > something.'" > > She said manicure licensing is common in most, if not all, states. >
The customer obviously didn't care that he didn't have a license. So who are they protecting, again?
Bb Dayorder Doubleplusungood
2005-05-10 23:20:17 EST
"Dan Clore" <clore@columbia-center.org> wrote... > Michael Fisher had advertised his protest and planned to get > arrested to call attention to what he considers needless > obstacles facing small-time entrepreneurs. Among them, he > counts the requirement to get a license from the state Board > of Barbering, Cosmetology and Esthetics. > > "These types of restrictions, anything that gets in the way, > deter or kill businesses," he told the Exeter News-Letter > for a story published Friday. "People who just start a > business just want to do it."
And what's wrong with requiring proper licensing for small businesses? I'm all for health, sanitation, and safety regulations. And having lived next to Mexico much of my life and currently living on the border I can firsthand what lax enforcement of such regulations means.
Mexico is a libertarian's wet dream, underneath its police state exterior is a freewheeling, largely unregulated economy where even the few regulations that exist on the books are ignored - either through lack of resources to enforce or bribery gets the violations ignored. The sidewalks of every Mexican city are crowded with vendors who make them unpassable, food vendors whose hygienic standards are appalling, and any quack who can purchase a lofty UNAM medical degree can set up shop and write prescreeptions for painkillers and valium for American turistas. It is fun to visit but annoying after a while and you do not want something similar in the U.S. ever.
But my point is that this guy who thinks he has some sort of god- given right to manicure people's fingernails without a license is an idiot. The state has every right to ensure proper training in standard health and safety practices; the guy will be cutting people's nails and people do have nail fungus which I imagine is transmissable as well as Hepatitis, HIV, etc. which could easily be transmitted through the sharp scissors and other metal instruments if they were not properly sterilized between clients. This requirement is no more unnecessary, illogical, or onerous than requiring restaurant workers take a food handlers class and get the health card permit.
G*rd*n
2005-05-10 23:26:48 EST
> Dan Clore wrote: > > > > http://www.concordmonitor.com. > > May 10, 2005 > > Concord > > Man arrested for manicure Free-Stater protesting licensing rules > > The Associated Press > > > <snip> > > > Anne Dalton, manicurist member of the state board, said licensed > > manicurists must know much more than clipping, filing and painting nails. > > > > Before qualifying for a license, would-be manicurists in New Hampshire > > must log hundreds of hours of hands-on work and pass written and > > practical exams on sanitation, sterilization and skin and nail > > infections, she said. > > > > Manicurists are trained to identify skin and nail infections and > > symptoms of more serious conditions that manifest in the feet, such as > > diabetes and heart problems, Dalton said. > > > > "I just shake my head" said Dalton of Fisher's crusade against > > licensing. "He's not talking about small business, he's specifically > > talking about, 'I don't feel that you need a license to work on > > something.'" > > > > She said manicure licensing is common in most, if not all, states.
"Michael A. Clem" <macsnafuatintergatedotcom>: > The customer obviously didn't care that he didn't have a license. So > who are they protecting, again?
The jobs of the people who issue licenses, obviously. And this indicates a way to solve the problem: have them issue licenses to issue licenses (to issue licenses, etc.) to one another.
Bb Dayorder Doubleplusungood
2005-05-10 23:28:50 EST
"Michael A. Clem" <macsnafuatintergatedotcom> wrote... > The customer obviously didn't care that he didn't have a license. So > who are they protecting, again?
Across the river in Nuevo Laredo there is a guy who calls himself "Dr. Dave" and performs plastic surgery at a clinic for a fraction of the U.S. price. When pressed, "Dr." Dave will admit he's not a "real" doctor, but he did briefly attend medical school in Monterrey (a few months) but didn't graduate. The Mexican gov't doesn't seem to care that an untrained, unlicensed doctor is performing complex surgery as they allow him to continue operating, and his patients don't seem to care either. It would be just terrible if the state were to require him to be licensed, to have a medical degree, to know the proper sanitation standards (don't reuse needles), etc. Who would they be protecting?
Maybe poor oppressed Fisher also performs unlicensed anal wart removal for AIDS patients using the same instruments he then uses to manicure your pretty little fingernails. I'm sure you don't mind...
Joshua Holmes
2005-05-11 02:14:44 EST
In alt.society.anarchy bb dayorder doubleplusungood <bb@minitrue.gov> wrote:
: And what's wrong with requiring proper licensing for small businesses?
I'm sorry, you posted to the anarchy newsgroup without an official Anarchy Poster Licence. That will be $50.
-- Joshua Holmes j*s@force.stwing.upenn.edu
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Curly Surmudgeon
2005-05-11 04:50:55 EST
On Wed, 11 May 2005 03:20:17 +0000, bb dayorder doubleplusungood wrote: ---snip irrelevant, argumentative, observations on Mexico--- > But my point is that this guy who thinks he has some sort of god- > given right to manicure people's fingernails without a license is > an idiot.
How about the client, don't they have a right to patronize the vendor of choice?
"bb dayorder doubleplusungood" <bb@minitrue.gov>: > ... > Mexico is a libertarian's wet dream, underneath its police state > exterior is a freewheeling, largely unregulated economy where even > the few regulations that exist on the books are ignored - either > through lack of resources to enforce or bribery gets the violations > ignored. ...
You're contradicting yourself. Either Mexico is a police state or it's a libertarian's wet dream, but it can't be both at once unless you have a very odd libertarian doing the dreaming.