VFW post scraps male dancers

O'FALLON IL [AP] -- A Veterans of Foreign Wars post has scrapped plans to hire a male dance troupe in G-strings as part of a fund-raiser for U-S military personnel and their families.

VFW Post 805's cancelation of the all-ladies event dubbed "Hot August Night" came after administrators in O'Fallon questioned the event's decency.

The show was to have taken place Saturday, featuring scantily clad performers from a group called "Men of the USA."

Post commander Chip Shaffer says the event would have raised $3,000 to $4,000.

O'Fallon officials say the show didn't seem appropriate and would violate city codes regulating illicit dancing, sexually oriented establishments and alcohol sales or consumption within certain distances of a school.