Comments on: Help pay for Michael Jackson’s Memorial http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Burns! http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19288 Burns! Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:30:43 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19288 For the record, I'm OK with accepting donations, as well. My beef with with the lack of contribution from AEG and the Jackson family. Luckily, I understand the LA City Attorney's office is looking into how to get those two groups to pay for their own event. For the record, I’m OK with accepting donations, as well. My beef with with the lack of contribution from AEG and the Jackson family. Luckily, I understand the LA City Attorney’s office is looking into how to get those two groups to pay for their own event.

]]> By: jozjozjoz http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19287 jozjozjoz Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:19:50 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19287 @rodger Did you read the entire post? I DID call upon the Jackson Family and AEG to pay for this. But I also have no problem with the City of Los Angeles begging for help. If people around the world felt that they got something out of today's service, I am A-OK with the City accepting donations from around the world to defray costs. @rodger
Did you read the entire post?

I DID call upon the Jackson Family and AEG to pay for this.

But I also have no problem with the City of Los Angeles begging for help. If people around the world felt that they got something out of today’s service, I am A-OK with the City accepting donations from around the world to defray costs.

]]> By: rodger http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19286 rodger Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:46:01 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19286 Are you freaking kidding me? This is for the Jacksons and AEG to pay for. Or maybe Al Sharpton can raise some funds, the man who proclaimed at the Apollo Theater tribute last week that Michael Jackson "paved the way for Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama." Really? So screw Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Robert Johnson, James Brown, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong ... need I go on? Some perspective is very, very much lacking here. Are you freaking kidding me? This is for the Jacksons and AEG to pay for. Or maybe Al Sharpton can raise some funds, the man who proclaimed at the Apollo Theater tribute last week that Michael Jackson “paved the way for Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama.” Really? So screw Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Robert Johnson, James Brown, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong … need I go on? Some perspective is very, very much lacking here.

]]> By: Burns! http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19285 Burns! Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:59:11 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19285 Sorry. /rant Sorry.
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]]> By: Burns! http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19284 Burns! Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:58:48 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19284 The Jackson family withheld 9,000 tickets (nearly half) for their invited guests. They will continue to receive income for generations from Michael's royalties. They have (apparently) not paid a single dime toward the great expense that this memorial will bring to this city. AEG has their name plastered all over this. They are currently receiving untold benefits from the publicity. They will undoubtedly make enormous amounts of money from DVDs of the memorial, rehearsal footage, etc. They have (apparently) not paid a single dime toward the great expense that this memorial will bring to this city. The city (the tax payers) of Los Angeles will pay upwards of $3.5 million for security and other services. Those residents not "lucky" enough to get tickets through the online distribution have been told repeatedly to stay away from the area entirely. And now we (and others) are being asked to donate money for an event we were told to stay away from. How many businesses lost a full day of productivity (and income/wages) because they had to tell their employees to stay home today? I don't deny the importance of Michael Jackson's legacy, nor the importance of properly memorializing him. It just pisses me off that those who stand to profit the most (AEG; sales and publicity) and those who received other benefits (Jackson family; half of all tickets, on-going security at event, home(s), cemetery, etc.) are contributing nothing to this while the cash-strapped residents of L.A. foot the bill. The Jackson family withheld 9,000 tickets (nearly half) for their invited guests. They will continue to receive income for generations from Michael’s royalties. They have (apparently) not paid a single dime toward the great expense that this memorial will bring to this city.

AEG has their name plastered all over this. They are currently receiving untold benefits from the publicity. They will undoubtedly make enormous amounts of money from DVDs of the memorial, rehearsal footage, etc. They have (apparently) not paid a single dime toward the great expense that this memorial will bring to this city.

The city (the tax payers) of Los Angeles will pay upwards of $3.5 million for security and other services. Those residents not “lucky” enough to get tickets through the online distribution have been told repeatedly to stay away from the area entirely. And now we (and others) are being asked to donate money for an event we were told to stay away from. How many businesses lost a full day of productivity (and income/wages) because they had to tell their employees to stay home today?

I don’t deny the importance of Michael Jackson’s legacy, nor the importance of properly memorializing him. It just pisses me off that those who stand to profit the most (AEG; sales and publicity) and those who received other benefits (Jackson family; half of all tickets, on-going security at event, home(s), cemetery, etc.) are contributing nothing to this while the cash-strapped residents of L.A. foot the bill.

]]> By: bsn5750 http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19283 bsn5750 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:09:10 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19283 i'm saving my money for my OWN funeral! i’m saving my money for my OWN funeral!

]]> By: bromike666 http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19282 bromike666 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:21:09 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19282 I wish MJ was alive again. At least when he was alive I didn't have to read, see or hear about him. Use his f'ing royalties to pay for this f'ing mess. I wish MJ was alive again. At least when he was alive I didn’t have to read, see or hear about him. Use his f’ing royalties to pay for this f’ing mess.

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2009/07/07/help-pay-for-michael-jacksons-memorial/comment-page-1/#comment-19281 frazgo Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:25:47 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30661#comment-19281 Nice post, I wonder who came up with the idea and who made it happen so fast. Nice to see some potential offset on the costs since it doesn't appear AEG or the Jackson family so far have given a penny towards the city costs. Nice post, I wonder who came up with the idea and who made it happen so fast. Nice to see some potential offset on the costs since it doesn’t appear AEG or the Jackson family so far have given a penny towards the city costs.

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