Los Angeles Pays For Memorial

Now that the Michael Jackson memorial is over and the traffic is almost back to normal, can anyone tell me who paid for it? It was the city of Los Angeles. The same city that couldn't pay 1 million for a parade when their own lakers won their 4th NBA finals title. The city that's part of the near bankrupt state of California. This memorial cost more than 4 million and the family didn't pay for any of it. Even Michael payed for his own caskett. As expected the city has set up a website for people to make donations to help fund the memorial service but why should the city try to make regular people feel obligated to pay for this memorial? Isn't that the family's job? This thing did make the city money from the all the hotel revenues and eateries that were patronized by the hundreds of thousands of people that flew in to do nothing more than stand outside. Make those people pay to stand. Make all the celebrities who were there pitch in. I'm sure they could cover 4 mil no problem. All I know about donating to this is that I won't be doing it. I wonder where California super celebrities will have their future memorials after the state sells off all the historic and famous venues like the staples center because the state is losing money like never before. Just something they should plan for.

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