Chatham moving to bar tattoo and piercing shops from downtown

Dressing for Pleasure, a Montclair landmark dating back to the mid-eighties, is going out of business after a summer battle with the town over zoning issues.

[Chatbornraised]

Loving this story about Chatham banning tattoo and piercing shops...just when we had the opportunity for a bit of variety....Can the town may be take a better look at controlling the formula businesses?? Many formula restaurants are extremely unhealthy and not places from which we should be feeding our children.

[Sarah aka kRaZi]

"By family-oriented, Vaughn said, he meant places where minors wouldn’t be involved." Thats all bull crap. Every family has its problems, and besides kids are going to be exposed to "adult material" anyways, so whats the big deal?? If parents think that they can constrict their children from the things they did in the past, then let them, but sooner or later little Lillie, or Young Willy is going to come home with a different color of hair, a piercing/and or tattoo. You wont like it, but kids will eventually grow out of it. If your kid wants to get a piercing or tattoo, and you restrict them, they are going to want it more. And they will probably eventually end up piercing themselves because their parents' said no. It should all just be legal. I'm just telling it how it is. I'm sorry if this offends you. But still...its true.