"Come to Brooksville: We've Covered Our Wounds!"

It's stories like this that make satire harder to do. [Link]

The city council of Brooksville, located about 45 miles north of Tampa, voted recently to overhaul its personnel policies, and as part of that it approved a new dress code. After consulting with "a number of sources," city officials and attorneys came up with a series of guidelines that they hope will improve the government's "public image." Some idea of the government's current public image might be gleaned from what they felt it necessary to have the new code deal with:

• underwear is now required;
• employees must use deodorant;
• no halter tops or Spandex at work;
• no skirts worn "below the waistline";
• no other clothing that may be "distracting, offensive or revealing";
• only ears may be visibly pierced; and, perhaps most disturbingly,
• all cuts or wounds must now be covered.

There's your new tourism slogan: "Come to Brooksville: We've Covered Our Wounds!"

Only in Florida.