Elspeth
07-04-2009, 12:44 PM
Have we ever seen this much to-do over the death of a pedophile? It turns my stomach, but, like a car accident, it's hard not to look at it.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jackson-memorial4-2009jul04,0,5053375.story
L.A. aims to limit Jackson crowd
By Cara Mia DiMassa, Richard Winton and David Zahniser
July 4, 2009
Facing overwhelming demand for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service, officials are warning those who do not win seats for Tuesday morning's Staples Center event to stay away as police plan a massive deployment around the downtown arena.
A total of 17,500 free tickets will be distributed to people selected at random from among those who register by 6 p.m. today at www.staplescenter.com.
So many people tried to register for the lottery that the website's server briefly crashed Friday morning as the ticketing process was announced. More than 500,000 people had registered for the lottery by Friday evening, a spokesman for the Jackson family said. They can't all be NAMBLA members!
Seeking to discourage massive throngs, officials said that there would be no funeral procession and that no one would be allowed inside a large area around Staples unless they had a ticket and a wristband, a media credential or could prove they live or work there. That's gonna work.:rolleyes:
"You must have a ticket to be admitted to the venue," Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger said at a news conference outside Staples Center attended by journalists from around the globe. "There's no way to get to this venue if you don't have a ticket."Has he seen the Laker celebration footage?
The restricted area is bounded by Flower Street on the east, Olympic Boulevard on the north, Pico Boulevard to the south and Blaine Street to the west.
The memorial will be staged in a "safe and calm manner," L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry said. "That should ease the potential burden enormously" for taxpayers, she added. Yeah, right. I pity the cops who have been asked to work overtime for this crap.
Perry said the extra police deployment will be paid for out of an LAPD fund reserved for overtime costs of special events such as "1st Amendment marches, protests and funerals and other special events large in scope and that have a potential to impact public safety."Does this fund really cover funerals for pedophiles? Maybe it should pay for every gang member funeral too.
Because the fiscal year started July 1, the fund for all police overtime -- which according to one source covers 1.6 million hours, or nearly $90 million -- is flush. But some city officials questioned the wisdom of spending possibly more than $1 million in overtime funds so early in the fiscal year, noting that the city could find itself cash-strapped later in the event of a fire, earthquake or other major disaster.Great. A ton of money for a celebrity pedophile funeral and no money if anything above a 6.0 hits the city.:mad:
"Do we want to blow our money at the first week of the fiscal year?" asked Police Administrator Rhonda Sims-Lewis. "No. We would prefer to get some reimbursement. That would mean we would be prepared as we go through the rest of the year. I believe they are working on trying to work this whole thing out. I hope it gets worked out."Yeah, ask Joe Jackson to pay up. Isn't he starting that new record company with his buddy?:cool:
Sims-Lewis said that each year, police officials expect a few extraordinary events. Last year saw marches for and against Proposition 8, a Metrolink crash and a few immigration protests, among other things. But "if we have something huge like an earthquake or a flood and a string of incidents, that could devastate us," she said.
In the case of a large-scale disaster, some expenditures could be reimbursed by the federal government.Great, we'll have to beg Obama for more money because Jackson's family, Al Sharpton, and AEG (the concert promoters) couldn't do the moral and tasteful thing and bury Jackson quietly.
Sims-Lewis said that last year, the LAPD did not use all of its allotted 1.6 million hours of overtime -- in part because about 100,000 hours -- or $6.7 million -- was returned midyear after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked city departments to tighten their belts.And we are still belt-tightening here in SoCal. Hence the fight in Sacramento over the budget. Don't act like this money is there; it's not.
Perry said city officials don't know the public cost of the Jackson memorial but are using last month's Lakers championship parade -- which cost $2 million and was ultimately covered by private contributors -- as one benchmark. Nearly half of the money was for public works and law enforcement, the largest deployment of LAPD forces in approximately a decade.It's gonna be worse than the Lakers. Lots of Europeans have already started arriving. And every crazy fan of this pedophile is going to come out of the woodwork.
At the news conference, Perry asked for donations to help pay the city's non-law enforcement costs. "The city would deeply appreciate" the help, said Perry, who was acting as mayor since Villaraigosa was in South Africa and City Council President Eric Garcetti was in Japan.Two cowards that got outta dodge before this crap hits. Wasn't Eric's dad the guy that blew the OJ case?
Tim Leiweke, president and chief executive of AEG, the company that owns and operates Staples Center and that was producing Jackson's comeback concerts in London, said the service will be carried live on television and the Internet. Further details about the service were still being discussed, he said.
Jackson family publicist Ken Sunshine said the event and the distribution of tickets are being orchestrated with the fans in mind. "Sunshine"? You gotta be joking.
"Everything about the memorial has to do with the fans," Sunshine said.I guess not
Late Friday, AEG announced that the random drawing, originally limited to U.S. residents, had been expanded to those living in other countries.HOLY CRAP. Crazed Eurofans of the pedophile descend on LA.
Staples Center, site of Jackson's last rehearsal, can hold as many as 20,000 people, depending on its configuration.But 500,000 fans want to come. They crashed the server.
Organizers plan to select 8,750 names at random from the list of people who register on the Staples Center website; those selected will be notified between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday and told where to go on Monday to pick up two tickets and wristbands guaranteeing them seats at the event. Of the 17,500 tickets available, 11,000 are for the Staples Center and 6,500 are for Nokia Theatre, across the street, where the service will be shown on a jumbo screen.Mark my words: the fans will clog every city sidewalk in the vicinity. I pity the small business owners in that area. A number of stores got robbed during the Lakers fiasco. This will be much worse.
The rest of the available tickets will be given to "family, and friends of the family, for their use," Sunshine said.Members of the LA chapter of NAMBLA maybe?
Both Leiweke and Sunshine said they do not want anyone to try to scalp tickets.HA HA HA HA..:D
"We're hoping people have dignity," Leiweke said. ". . . Those who would take advantage of this, shame on them." These are fans of a PEDOPHILE. DIGNITY?? You've got to be shitting me.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jackson-memorial4-2009jul04,0,5053375.story
L.A. aims to limit Jackson crowd
By Cara Mia DiMassa, Richard Winton and David Zahniser
July 4, 2009
Facing overwhelming demand for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service, officials are warning those who do not win seats for Tuesday morning's Staples Center event to stay away as police plan a massive deployment around the downtown arena.
A total of 17,500 free tickets will be distributed to people selected at random from among those who register by 6 p.m. today at www.staplescenter.com.
So many people tried to register for the lottery that the website's server briefly crashed Friday morning as the ticketing process was announced. More than 500,000 people had registered for the lottery by Friday evening, a spokesman for the Jackson family said. They can't all be NAMBLA members!
Seeking to discourage massive throngs, officials said that there would be no funeral procession and that no one would be allowed inside a large area around Staples unless they had a ticket and a wristband, a media credential or could prove they live or work there. That's gonna work.:rolleyes:
"You must have a ticket to be admitted to the venue," Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger said at a news conference outside Staples Center attended by journalists from around the globe. "There's no way to get to this venue if you don't have a ticket."Has he seen the Laker celebration footage?
The restricted area is bounded by Flower Street on the east, Olympic Boulevard on the north, Pico Boulevard to the south and Blaine Street to the west.
The memorial will be staged in a "safe and calm manner," L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry said. "That should ease the potential burden enormously" for taxpayers, she added. Yeah, right. I pity the cops who have been asked to work overtime for this crap.
Perry said the extra police deployment will be paid for out of an LAPD fund reserved for overtime costs of special events such as "1st Amendment marches, protests and funerals and other special events large in scope and that have a potential to impact public safety."Does this fund really cover funerals for pedophiles? Maybe it should pay for every gang member funeral too.
Because the fiscal year started July 1, the fund for all police overtime -- which according to one source covers 1.6 million hours, or nearly $90 million -- is flush. But some city officials questioned the wisdom of spending possibly more than $1 million in overtime funds so early in the fiscal year, noting that the city could find itself cash-strapped later in the event of a fire, earthquake or other major disaster.Great. A ton of money for a celebrity pedophile funeral and no money if anything above a 6.0 hits the city.:mad:
"Do we want to blow our money at the first week of the fiscal year?" asked Police Administrator Rhonda Sims-Lewis. "No. We would prefer to get some reimbursement. That would mean we would be prepared as we go through the rest of the year. I believe they are working on trying to work this whole thing out. I hope it gets worked out."Yeah, ask Joe Jackson to pay up. Isn't he starting that new record company with his buddy?:cool:
Sims-Lewis said that each year, police officials expect a few extraordinary events. Last year saw marches for and against Proposition 8, a Metrolink crash and a few immigration protests, among other things. But "if we have something huge like an earthquake or a flood and a string of incidents, that could devastate us," she said.
In the case of a large-scale disaster, some expenditures could be reimbursed by the federal government.Great, we'll have to beg Obama for more money because Jackson's family, Al Sharpton, and AEG (the concert promoters) couldn't do the moral and tasteful thing and bury Jackson quietly.
Sims-Lewis said that last year, the LAPD did not use all of its allotted 1.6 million hours of overtime -- in part because about 100,000 hours -- or $6.7 million -- was returned midyear after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked city departments to tighten their belts.And we are still belt-tightening here in SoCal. Hence the fight in Sacramento over the budget. Don't act like this money is there; it's not.
Perry said city officials don't know the public cost of the Jackson memorial but are using last month's Lakers championship parade -- which cost $2 million and was ultimately covered by private contributors -- as one benchmark. Nearly half of the money was for public works and law enforcement, the largest deployment of LAPD forces in approximately a decade.It's gonna be worse than the Lakers. Lots of Europeans have already started arriving. And every crazy fan of this pedophile is going to come out of the woodwork.
At the news conference, Perry asked for donations to help pay the city's non-law enforcement costs. "The city would deeply appreciate" the help, said Perry, who was acting as mayor since Villaraigosa was in South Africa and City Council President Eric Garcetti was in Japan.Two cowards that got outta dodge before this crap hits. Wasn't Eric's dad the guy that blew the OJ case?
Tim Leiweke, president and chief executive of AEG, the company that owns and operates Staples Center and that was producing Jackson's comeback concerts in London, said the service will be carried live on television and the Internet. Further details about the service were still being discussed, he said.
Jackson family publicist Ken Sunshine said the event and the distribution of tickets are being orchestrated with the fans in mind. "Sunshine"? You gotta be joking.
"Everything about the memorial has to do with the fans," Sunshine said.I guess not
Late Friday, AEG announced that the random drawing, originally limited to U.S. residents, had been expanded to those living in other countries.HOLY CRAP. Crazed Eurofans of the pedophile descend on LA.
Staples Center, site of Jackson's last rehearsal, can hold as many as 20,000 people, depending on its configuration.But 500,000 fans want to come. They crashed the server.
Organizers plan to select 8,750 names at random from the list of people who register on the Staples Center website; those selected will be notified between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday and told where to go on Monday to pick up two tickets and wristbands guaranteeing them seats at the event. Of the 17,500 tickets available, 11,000 are for the Staples Center and 6,500 are for Nokia Theatre, across the street, where the service will be shown on a jumbo screen.Mark my words: the fans will clog every city sidewalk in the vicinity. I pity the small business owners in that area. A number of stores got robbed during the Lakers fiasco. This will be much worse.
The rest of the available tickets will be given to "family, and friends of the family, for their use," Sunshine said.Members of the LA chapter of NAMBLA maybe?
Both Leiweke and Sunshine said they do not want anyone to try to scalp tickets.HA HA HA HA..:D
"We're hoping people have dignity," Leiweke said. ". . . Those who would take advantage of this, shame on them." These are fans of a PEDOPHILE. DIGNITY?? You've got to be shitting me.