Protection money.

Jonesboro begins skimming money off the top from private clubs.

Yates says most of the items in the ordinance were already state law. However there are several items like the 3% tax on alcohol revenue that will be new for city clubs.

"In my mind it is the fairest tax there is because it is specifically user based," said Yates.

No, the fairest tax would be a tax on criminal convictions.

What is being paid, the cost to the city to investigate and prosecuted alcohol-related offenses, is not what is being used, alcohol.