Never look a gift horse in the mouth, even if it's wearing a G-string.
A South Florida elementary school strapped for cash has decided to keep $20,000 in donations from a strip club mogul, despite objections from the school board.
Roosevelt Elementary Principal Glenda Garrett said she personally doesn't care how the money was scraped up because she can't afford to be worried about it.
"When you run a school as poor as this one and you get a donation, that’s not the kind of question you ask. You’re just grateful for what you get,” Garrett told the Palm Beach Post.
Last week, the owner of the Cheetah strip club franchise Joe Rodriguez opened his wallet and gave the financially-challenged Palm Beach school a hefty donation to help pay for school lunches for the impoverished students that attend the inner-city school.
It wasn't until officials found out that the money was raised at a strip club golf tournament that some school board members felt the gift was inappropriate.
Rodriguez, who also owns Pure Platinum in Fort Lauderdale, argued the money was from his nonprofit charity, not from proceeds of lunch table dances.
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But kids, just like exotic dancers, have to eat, right?
Garrett said she came to the conclusion to keep the tip drill after a PTA meeting where the parents said they would be OK with keeping the money.
School board officials said although the donation appears to violate rules prohibiting a school from accepting a donation from any establishment that sells a product that can't be used by minors, they might bend around the pole on this one.
A school board spokesperson said they would not challenge the principal's decision.
