Jackson's claim weekday funeral is 3 times more expensive...Proof that it isn't.

http://www.forestlawn.com/Downloads/GPLLA.pdf

I found this on Forest Lawn's website. Scroll to page 9 and see what it says about Saturday Service.

Looks like the Jackson's, or somebody, is at it again!

Posted Aug 27th 2009 2:00AM by TMZ Staff
The Jackson family's decision to move Michael's burial from a Saturday to a Thursday is gonna cost some serious dough -- at least three times the original price!

According
to the Glendale police, the cost for the weekend service would have ran
about $50,000 -- 90% of which goes to police handling street closures,
security and perimeter control.

But officials say the Jackson
family will now have to fork over "at least triple the price" to
contract the cops for a weekday burial.

As for the cemetery,
we're told it will be on total lockdown -- with security patrolling
from the ground and from the air. At least one police chopper will be
keeping an eye from the sky.

And just to prove the cops mean business, Sergeant Tom Lorenz is warning uninvited fans, "Don't even try and come, because you won't even be able to see the green of the Forest Lawn."
Read more: http://22.tmz.com/tag/MichaelJackson/#ixzz0PmSjmo5X


(ohh, TMZ AGAIN!)

***Thank you to IWSICS for providing the story from TMZ because I could not remember where I had heard it***

I edited the above to add the TMZ story because I didn't have it on the original post.

And just to prove the cops mean business, Sergeant Tom Lorenz is warning uninvited fans, "Don't even try and come, because you won't even be able to see the green of the Forest Lawn."

~This is exactly what they said to the Fans about coming to the Memorial~

~A Friend of mine saw footage on the News of Police in L.A. actually Dragging one of the Fans on the Ground away from the perimeter blocks that were set up in a Four Block radius around The Staples Center~

~All this Fan wanted was to Say Goodbye to Michael~

~And the Police Dragged him on the ground~

DreamChild wrote:

And just to prove the cops mean business, Sergeant Tom Lorenz is warning uninvited fans, "Don't even try and come, because you won't even be able to see the green of the Forest Lawn."

~This is exactly what they said to the Fans about coming to the Memorial~

~A Friend of mine saw footage on the News of Police in L.A. actually Dragging one of the Fans on the Ground away from the perimeter blocks that were set up in a Four Block radius around The Staples Center~

~All this Fan wanted was to Say Goodbye to Michael~

~And the Police Dragged him on the ground~

That breaks my heart
Michael would never approve of this!!!

Michael would want his fans to get the oppitunity to say goodbye to him. I think the Security is WAY overdone in all of this. I think its BS, that the fans cant go and pay their respects, give him a letter, roses or something to say goodbye to him. I dont think thats fair.

Michael would NOT approve of that

MyBelovedMJ wrote:Michael would want his fans to get the oppitunity to say goodbye to him. I think the Security is WAY overdone in all of this. I think its BS, that the fans cant go and pay their respects, give him a letter, roses or something to say goodbye to him. I dont think thats fair.

Michael would NOT approve of that

UNLESS...they were so afraid the fans might see something they're not suppossed to ..like the Jackson family eating milk and cookies instead of having a funeral..because MJ is alive

Personally, I don't care anymore about the graveside burial. They never wanted the fans to say goodbye to MJ from the start. Why would they? He's very much alive. The only problem I had was them not opening the coffin at the Memorial Service so he could be viewed. I guess they thought fans was going to grab the body from the coffin and run away with it. Keep the Faith!

Milk & Cookies as an alternative to the funeral! I LOVE IT!!!!

Aren't they referring to the price of police providing security being double, not the funeral arrangements?

PinkLizard wrote:Milk & Cookies as an alternative to the funeral! I LOVE IT!!!!