L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is asking fans of Michael Jackson to kick in and offset the $4 million it will cost the city to cover the city's costs associated with the funeral and memorial.
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31. The Mayor is a loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont give a damn how broke any city is.... Michael was a provat citizen who lived his life as a contributing tax-payer of California. I am sure the family is only having this big memorial service for the fans, so that they can say good bye. Would you charge any other citizen/star money for providing safety?? I am sure all the thousands of people who are in your city, wil be spending money of food, drinks., hotels... Maybe you should charge the vendors the extra money from this event. What else does the L.A. police have to do today??? The Mayor is a weasel, and insulting with his petty demands.
Posted at 10:46AM on Jul 7th 2009 by Jazz
32. our mayor is an idiot period...this guy speaks up now?...where the hell was he while the planning for this memorial was taking place?...out of the country?...yeah...he just blew it offf as he has w/trying to run this city we live in....fans pay for this?..hell no...the huge corporation AEG should pay for this flat out...they are the ones who will be making money on this sad situation for years and years to come....they own the sttaokes center and they are the promoters...they should pay...our mayor is just an ass...period...
Posted at 10:43AM on Jul 7th 2009 by punkin5
33. The family should cover any cost to have a public service. Everyone else does. They could have keep it private. Yes they could!!!! I love MJ, this should not be.
Posted at 10:43AM on Jul 7th 2009 by grasshopper
34. Uh, no. I say Mariah Carey, John Mayer, all the performers who are singing, etc. should pay - not the fans. And I think the CITY should have charged admission to the memorial. Not necessarily the family, but the CITY should have. Anyone crazy enough to be in CA right now for the memorial should be willing to pay $25.00 tp get om to see a dead Michael Jackson.
Posted at 10:54AM on Jul 7th 2009 by harley
35. Hey Villaregosa
How about you send all the ankor babies back to Mexico and that would more than cover the cost of this event.
We could get at least 3 Trillion back. I'm paying the their benifits medical, welfare, Section 8 Housing and all the low income housing that you provide them. KISS MY A S S.
A S S H O L E
Posted at 11:37AM on Jul 7th 2009 by MsRita
36. Ask the THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN'S CHARITIES THAT MJ GAVE TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted at 10:47AM on Jul 7th 2009 by sisterdearest09
37. Why is the city paying for this? Whoever thought of this memorial should be the one to foot the bill, not the tax payers, especially in the financial state California is in. People are getting IOU's instead of tax refunds and the city is asking poeple for money to pay for this? Really? Take it out of Jackson's estate.
Posted at 10:46AM on Jul 7th 2009 by Baltimore
38. Where are Big Al & Jesse now, get them to pass the hats. Better yet how about Puffy , Jaime Foxx, Madonna and all those claiming they owe him for their careers, let them foot the bill.
Posted at 12:38PM on Jul 7th 2009 by mm
39. What's the address to send donations?
Posted at 10:53AM on Jul 7th 2009 by MJ Fan 5
40. most people don't put funeral arrangements in their wills because the will is usually not opened (and many times not even located) until after the funeral is long over.
i was against them billing the family since this is really for the fans (i would have paid the $25 rumored in the beginning), but now that i know 9,000 seats are reserved for "jackson friends and family" that pisses me off
Posted at 11:00AM on Jul 7th 2009 by Stop your bitching
41. WOW! just when i thought the Mayor of California couldnt get any more stupid, he goes way beyond. So the State of California, The Brokest of the states is asked of its many jobless layed off residents to find change in their couchs to help pay for this so called ICONs arrangements....whats happened to this mans money. so the money he made on record sales, and the money they saved on 10 range rovers california is asked to help! And i cant imagine the people who were'nt allowed to view ol' mikey would want to pay for something they cant even be apart of. what about all the BIG STARS, who will be there and perform for him....let me guess they're broke too. and the SWAT and Police are escorting cause....they're affraid someone might want to kill Mike again. F@#$ THAT NOISE!
Posted at 11:46AM on Jul 7th 2009 by James
42. I can't believe the mayor is asking fans for help pay for the memorial. They wanted this HUGE circus for his funeral. make the rich family pay for it or out of his trust.
Posted at 11:01AM on Jul 7th 2009 by nottahugefan
43. Ha Ha!!! The people of LA will have to pay with their tax dollars. Like it or not.
California already has alot of debt as it is. This will only help.
Posted at 11:19AM on Jul 7th 2009 by Dubai
44. Let the estate pay for it! It's the families memorial
Posted at 11:04AM on Jul 7th 2009 by csrin
45. WTF. What Jerks. Take it out of the Estate. His memorial is a circus
Posted at 11:05AM on Jul 7th 2009 by nottahugefan
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