Why has the city of Los Angeles set up a web site for Michael Jackson memorial donations?”
The city of Los Angeles has set up a Web site to allow Michael Jackson fans to help the city pay for his Staples Center memorial service. Mayor’s office spokesman Matt Szabo said the site launched Tuesday morning is linked to a PayPal account where donors can help defray the ceremony’s cost with tax deductible credit-card contributions. Szabo estimates the service will cost $1.5 million to $4 million.
Deficit-ridden Los Angeles is asking Michael Jackson fans to help pay the bill for police and other public servants needed for the entertainer’s memorial service. A Web site was posted Tuesday seeking donations to cover the costs, estimated at between $1.5 million and $4 million, according to Matt Szabo, a spokesman for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The Web page reads: “Help the City of Angels provide the extraordinary public safety resources required to give Michael the safe, orderly and respectful memorial he deserves.” The site is linked to a PayPal account where donors can make tax- deductible contributions. Thousands of police officers and other city workers were enlisted to provide security and logistical support for Jackson’s private funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills and the public memorial at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Some city officials have expressed concern about the cost, given the city’s estimated $530 million deficit. Similar complain
LOS ANGELES – Deficit-ridden Los Angeles is asking Michael Jackson fans to help pay the bill for police and other public servants needed for the entertainer’s memorial service. A Web site was posted Tuesday seeking donations to cover the costs, estimated at between $1.5 million and $4 million, according to Matt Szabo, a spokesman for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The Web page reads: “Help the City of Angels provide the extraordinary public safety resources required to give Michael the safe, orderly and respectful memorial he deserves.” The site is linked to a PayPal account where donors can make tax- deductible contributions.
