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Los Angeles should bill the Jackson family for the cost of Michael Jackson's memorial

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As reports are coming out that drugs may have directly caused Jackson's death, there are many in California with deadly diseases who only want to live.

 

 

I was taken back as I read, that a woman, named, Linnea went before "legislative panel" to plead for her life.  As she addressed this panel, she stated: "If these cuts take place, you're not just cutting money from the program -- you're cutting my life...I choose to live," she said, her voice shaking and tears falling. "Please don't make me die. My choice is life." Perhaps the doctor(s) who prescribed Jackson these harmful drugs should have said no to him and gone on to help treat patients like Linnea.  She only wants to live.

 

 

Given the hardships which many citizens in Los Angeles are facing, it is up to the city government to bill the Jackson family for the entire cost of Michael Jackson's memorial on Tuesday.

 

 

If you are a fan who has already descended on this city or have planned to, you are placing a strain on an already strained city.  You must ask yourselves: Is my presence here more important than those who will be forced to pay for it, namely the taxpayers of Los Angeles?  Is Michael Jackson more important then those who services have been cut? 

 

 

Author's email address is, xmjmac@optonline.net

 

 

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