Contribution of Funeral Jackson Discontinued

OS ANGELES – Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa asserted, the city government will bear the costs related to funeral Michael Jackson last week is worth 1.4 million U.S. dollars (about Rp 14.2 billion).

He is also a criticism of the government’s efforts to gather support through the Internet site.

“This is a world-class city, and we provide protection for police and fire officers,” Villaraigosa said in first public appearance after returning from a vacation in South Africa. “The idea that the family will collect (deceased Jackson) for the funeral is not reasonable,” he added.

Villaraigosa says he will not ask the Jackson family, AEG Live, the Staples Center where the event took place, or the people to pay for police overtime, traffic officers, and sanitation kru worth Rp 14.2 billion are.

He mentions, such a big event often takes place in Los Angeles and major cities other. “New York and Chicago do not ask other people to pay,” he said.

The Mayor of mention that the collection of donations through the site is “encourage.” Not clear whether the money donated will be returned. Matt Szabo, spokesman guardian of the city, said it stopped collecting donations, Fri.

Szabo explained that the idea to gather donations come from members of the Board, Jan Perry, who act as the official guardian of the city when Villaraigosa and City Council of the President Eric Garcetti abroad.