LA Asks for Donations to Help with Costs of Jackson Memorial

What a spectacle. I hope in death I am not a burden on society.

This is Insane ! in this economic time with all of the homeless people we can not care for, and people are going to spend 3.8 million on a memorial. Only in America

Bravo to the comments posted. Why should we pay for the funeral and police support for a bankrupt, drug abuser who didn’t know if he wanted to be a man or a woman and child molester! Let his family pay for this big mess. Where were they the entire time he was abusing drugs? Yes, he was a great entertainer, but had more problems that drew attention to him. Shame on ABC, NBC and CBS and all the major networks for making a specticle of this situation. Where are the priorities of the American people? How do you admire a person who was so emotionally sick in the head? Let us have a normal day once again without the Jackson hoopla!

RIP, Michael Jackson.
LA’s mayor must have been too busy having affairs with all of the pretty newscasters around town to have the foresight to make sure the funeral didn’t lead to financial problems. A mayor with any intelligence would have suggested a small charge to attend the service, to pay for city costs with all extra proceeds going to charity.

Jackson was declared not guilty of all charges.

I just want 2 say this 2 everyone who have something negative 2 say about Michael Jackson, Fa one stop judging him he was very awesome 2 me and my family and we are really gone 2 miss him and his music. He did not molest any children becuz his life was about helping children and 2 have a good future. So Y dont all of you step yur game up and get money like Michael I bet you can’t. and mind your own dam business.

First of all this is what you ‘Hollywood’ people get for voting for a bad actor, who still cannot speak clear English, for a Governor…that’s why LA is broke. Don’t be a racist hater…LA should be happy they are making A LOT of money this past week and a half from the sudden flood of tourism due to MJ’s unfortunate death. People should learn to stop judging others because when someone does it to you, it may not you will have no mercy or grace.

You must be joking! WE pay for a memorial for someone who had more money than God and blew it!! PLEEEEAZE!! Absolutely NOT! I could give a flying flip and a squirt that this perv is gone…and quite frankly, I’m pissed AMC too a hit for it (as usual). Charlie Gibson is just RUNNING HIS MOUTH waisting time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once you cross over, then God does the judging.
I’m thinking about dollars and cents now. It’s not most people’s concern what MJ did or didn’t do.
However, now it comes down to money.
Either the Jackson family pays for it or his fans should pay. Bottom line.
Whatever way CA became broke, the fact still remains: CA is busted.

It’s sad that people are so hate-filled.
RIP, Michael Jackson.

Who’s judging…???
My point is if the Jackson family wanted the fans to have this big event then they should pay for it!! They’ve got money…and it was their family member not the state of California’s!
Who’s gonna step up and take donations when you or I are gone?? Certainly not the state!! Most of us “want” a lot of things for our family and we have to provide it. If Jackson “wanted” this for his fans he should have put that in the will and provided for it! The state has no business paying for a memorial for him…after all there were two other people that died the same week and I don’t see a big TV event for either of them…Michael Jackson was just a man and not much of one either!

This whole scenario speaks more about the ignorance of Los Angeles government and the narcissism of the Jackson family than it does Michael Jackson himself. MJ had public problems, but his life was sad.
If anyone listened to QJ, Madonna, Usher, all of those celebrities who memorialized MJ this week, you know they are in favor of this memorial. So let them pay for it, along with those who are attending.

This has been a poorly staged circus. It was real simple. The City of LA could have said no, unless you pay. Where are all of Jacksons rich friends? Warning to my councilman. Get on board and no money out of the City Treasury.

They’re right to ask people to send in donations vs. tax dollars being used for this. Those who want to honor him and support the funeral ritual, send in some money to back this. The only trouble is that they didn’t ask for it BEFORE they made the plans, rather than AFTEr. Lawd knows there has been time to make this decision.
The hate and revenge that is spewed by so many here is abominable. What’s in your own closet that you could project such vile energy.
RIP, Michael…. and thanks for the good grooves.

Wow, Michael Jackson was a man who only wanted acceptance and love. He wanted to be able to trust someone and know for absolute sure that someone loved him unconditionally. I think Elizabeth Taylor did. I am sure his children did. But I can see why he never felt sure about anyone else. So, a big send off from people who may or may not truly love him and a memorial from a city (how cold). Not so great when you truly think about it. It’s almost like it’s not for Michael or his children that this is done, but for all those people who in life could not truly love him unconditionally (and hence cause his misery and death), so in death they think they can make up for it by spending a lot of money to show the world how much they cared. You people are not fooling God, and he is the one who is judging you for the way you tormented that boy with your wants and desires. You were given a talented young man and that was not enough, you always wanted more from him. I think he is the wealthiest, poor man I have ever seen; so rich in talent and money and so poor in self esteem and spirit, and not his fault.
I bet Michael would have preferred just his little ones and Elizabeth to send him off.
There may have been a few others that I am not privileged to know about, but finding people who are not asking anything from you, in any way, is so rare. They are the ones you want around you in life and death.

All of you people that have only negative things to say…why don’t you keep your comments to yourself. Show some respect if your parents ever showed you how. If you don’t have anything nice to say why say anything at all!! They are asking for donations it’s up to you if you want to donate money, it’s not as if they are garnishing your wages…come on, GROW UP. SHOW SOME RESPECT YOU ARE NO ONE TO JUDGE ANYONE!

HAHA, why are you all getting mad at the people who have something to say about this circus. So what some of us didn’t like MJ or like what he did to children, yea lets pay off the family 20million so it will go away. Or how about when he hung his baby over a balcony. Guess its wrong for the average joe but not for STARS who sing and dance huh. How many of you paid attention to the American Clean Energy and Security Act while MJ died on the same day. I bet you were one of the people who crashed google trying to search for MJ. LOL your savior Obama is the same as GWB, check who spent more money then all presidents put together. Hmm good going with this Depression, maybe the unemployed will pay for this funeral.

Don’t you think the person or persons responsible for putting on this fiasco should be the ones paying for it.

It is not only sad but shameful for people to have such harsh expressions. It doesn’t matter if your black or white. What kind of world are we living in and what are we teaching our children when so many adults have such cold/bitter comments to make. Freedom of expression is free but IGNORANCE is costly. If you do not support the efforts to give charitably then don’t, but please some of the descriptors really speak and/or suggest your mentality and spirit is SADDEN and you should try praying. MJ

Me again. What is wrong with voluntary donations, ya’ll? They are not taking it out of the taxpayer pocket or yours.
And to everyone who’s slamming God-knows-who for the coverage, let me ask you this: are you a sports fan(atic)? Look at the incredible amount of obsession our culture has for sports, Idol, Talent, Paris Hilton and the silly couple that is getting divorced.
This is not an aberration — it is not unique to Michael. This is America. Stop laying it all at his feet.

How dare the mayor ask Jackson fans to help foot the bill for expenses the city incurred due to the Michael Jackson’s Memorial and Burial?
How dare he put up a site asking for donations from fans to pay for these events!
The city should Never have spent the money on private events. Monies the city and the state do NOT have.
Taxpayers do not need to foot this bill, the Jackson family and AEG promoters need to foot this bill! They are the individuals with the money .. Not Taxpayers who are already strapped by this economy and the unemployment rate of this state.
It is Incomprehensible of the mayor to request this of taxpayers or Jackson fans.
Go get the money from the Jackson family and AEG promoters who organized and promoted these events!

I’m wondering if the coffin in front of millions of people was empty? While everyone was watching/attending the public service, was MJ secretly being buried at an undisclosed location so he could R.I.P. without threat of his body being stolen? The Jackson family had a private service for MJ at Forrest Lawn Cemetery. I’m thinking the coffin was switched out at the private service, then the family escorted the empty coffin to Staples for the public service. Just sayin………

Why can’t the mega rich in attendance pay the bill. They could easily afford it.