Gary, Ind. paid Jackson's father to come to JACKO memorial

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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Gary, Ind. paid airfare for Jackson's father
The Times / NWI.com

The mayor of Gary, Ind. said Friday his cash-strapped city paid $5,000 to fly Michael Jackson's father and seven other people out from Los Angeles to attend a July memorial for his son in the pop star's hometown.

Mayor Rudy Clay insisted that Joe Jackson wasn't paid any money to attend the July 10 memorial in downtown Gary, a couple miles from the Jackson family's former two-bedroom boyhood home.

"Joe Jackson came in here for one reason: for his son, and he wanted to be with his 31 other family members who live in Gary," he said. "There was no fee for Joe Jackson to appear. Absolutely not."

A call seeking comment was left Friday with a spokesman for the Jackson family.

While city money helped pay to fly Jackson, the musical group the Chi-Lites and security from Los Angeles to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Clay said donations already made or promised to the city will cover all of the memorial's expenses.

He said Gary is currently about $2,000 short of breaking even on the memorial's costs, though he could not provide the total cost for the tribute held at a minor league baseball park.

http://nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regi ... 6ce54.html

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

Anyone notice there is NO DISCUSSION tab on this story?

LoisLane · **Joined:** Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:23 am **Posts:** 1641

Yeah, what's with that?

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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Gary to pay $5K for Joe Jackson group's trip to memorial service
JUL 10 EVENT | Local firms gave meals, limo service, rooms

August 15, 2009
JON SEIDEL Post-Tribune

Gary Mayor Rudy Clay on Friday denied that a pending $5,000 payment from City Hall to Joe Jackson and a Chicago-based R&B group was compensation for their appearance at a Michael Jackson memorial in Gary last month.

"Joe Jackson did not receive one penny for coming into Gary," Clay said.

Michael Jackson's father, Joe, waves as he takes
the stage at the July 10 memorial in Gary. The town
paid a $5,000 "donation" to Jackson and an R & B
group for them to appear.
(AP)

The cost for Joe Jackson, the Chi-Lites and a security detail, eight people in all, to fly to the area exceeded the amount Gary provided, Clay said. "It cost more than $5,000 coming out of Los Angeles," he said.

City spokeswoman LaLosa Burns said the $5,000 is a "donation" to Jackson and the others. "It was a donation and we have record of our donation," Burns said.

The mayor's staff released records Thursday afternoon outlining the preliminary cost of the city's memorial for Michael Jackson, a Gary native, July 10 at the U.S. Steel Yard baseball stadium.

Included with the records was a claim form that indicated that a $5,000 payment is pending for "Joe Jackson, Marshall Thompson and the Chi-Lites."

http://www.suntimes.com/1717557,CST-NWS ... 15.article

"Joe Jackson did not receive one penny for coming into Gary,"

poor Griffith.

Dyerbill · **Joined:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:58 am **Posts:** 47

It's "The Pimp", Joe Jackass and Gary what do you expect from these leeches?????

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