Comments on: Arthur Murray Dancer Jailed For Being Footloose

By: madmilker

madmilker — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:53:18 +0000

People in America need to realize jus what got America in this shape…”cheap” yes so-call cheap items from a foreign land.

quote*Wal-Mart firmly believes in local procurement. We recognize that by purchasing quality products, we can generate more job opportunities, support local manufacturing and boost economic development. Over 95% of the merchandise in our stores in China is sourced locally. We have established partnerships with nearly 20,000 suppliers in China. *end quote!

Now! if there be 182 country’s making items for the world to buy and they have only 5% of the pie in China…duh! This company makes the nice people of China support their currency(yuan) by keeping it in their country working for the people there…. but with the “yuan” going up in value and the US dollar going down…all the foreign items that the American consumer buys thinking it is cheap has went up in price.

People…its all about the currency and to keep a currency strong you got to keep it floating around the country you live in so it can work for you. For the past 12 years all them US dollars are being shipped overseas to a foreign bank and with the American worker not making anything for the foreigner to buy the “we the people” have to turn to the “second” largest employer in America(Uncle Sam) to sell “we the people” debt in order to get all them dollars back!

50 years ago a foreigner would had given their left nut for a US dollar or a Hershey’s chocolate bar and today the same foreigner has got Uncle Sam and the American consumer by both all the while Hershey is moving the chocolate factory to Mexico. Wake up! America and think “MADE IN AMERICA.”

By: Brian Cuban

Brian Cuban — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:54:17 +0000

ok- a little commentary for all the form over substance hypertech people. Yes, he is in jail for contempt because he violated a court order(allegedly repeatedly). What was the substance of the court order? Don’t violate the non-compete. What did the non compete say? Don’t solicit clients within 25 miles and current client of Aurthur Murray. So one more time…. Why is he in jail?

By: Bill V.

Bill V. — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:30:35 +0000

This is not about jail time from teaching dance. It is about making the judge mad. I assume there is something in the non-compete that says; we teach you, you don’t teach for a year with-in 25 miles of us after you leave.
From the Dallas Morning News:
“Last week, a Collin County district judge ordered Mr. Rush to serve 30 days in the county jail for contempt of court after violating an order prohibiting him from teaching dance lessons within 25 miles of a Plano dance studio.”

By: Matt P

Matt P — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:51:43 +0000

“Agreements not to compete and solicit clients of a former employer are serious business.”

They are civil matters. I have to assume that the violation of court order is what got him into real trouble. A no compete clause (I have signed a few) is rarely worth pursuing. It wouldn’t end in a jail sentence either way and for punitive damages you would have to prove that it affected the business, not that he simply violated it.

I honestly have to think something is miss-stated here, there’s no way he could have gone to jail simply for the breach of contract. It states that he had been ordered to stop by a court before, so I’m guessing that’s what he was incarcerated for.