LA mayor at center of Jackson donation flap
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was not in the country on the day of Michael Jackson’s memorial service, but his grinning face popped up on his Twitter site with a message urging fans to help the financially desperate city pay the tab for police and services. “Help LA give Michael the safe and orderly send-off he deserves,” said a tweet in his name. But when Villaraigosa returned from his nine-day getaway in South Africa, he changed his message. He ridiculed the fundraising drive and said the city will pick up the estimated $1.4 million bill for the Jackson event, even though he helped enlist billionaires and corporations to bankroll a public celebration for…
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