Tattoo who? Legitimate parlors would welcome state health regulation to weed out unsafe and...

The handwritten sign taped to the wall behind the counter at Body Branding Tattoo Emporiums says: “Want a cheap tattoo? Go to jail.” That’s the store’s unofficial motto, scrawled in a black Magic Marker. There’s a lot of meaning behind the words. People released from jail a few blocks away want their jailhouse tattoos fixed. Others may be looking for something cheap and on the fly. They’ve come to the wrong place, said owner Jimbo Carriero, who opened Collier County’s first tattoo parlor in 1994 on Davis Boulevard. In 1999 he moved to his present location at 1650 Airport-Pulling Road S. in East Naples. “The good guys have to live down the bad guys, what they are doing wrong,” he said. “They are very short-lived, one or two years and they are gone.” Forget minors, even if they have a consent form signed by a parent or bring a... [read full story]