$132K of Grant to Combat Goth Returned

From the AP via Yahoo, courtesy of Eschaton:

Almost half of a $273,000 grant awarded in 2002 to fight the Goth culture in Blue Springs has been returned because of a lack of interest — and the absence of a real problem.

Blue Springs received the grant two years ago from the Youth Outreach Unit, money the city and U.S. Rep. Sam Graves trumpeted proudly as a way to fight a perceived Goth problem.

But $132,000 of the grant was returned because officials never found much of a problem with the Goth culture, which some students called a fad that most people eventually outgrow.

Fight the Goths? They're a bunch of wussies! Snotty, yes, but dangerous? Gimme a break. Talk about pork barrel politics...

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