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Gary Mayor to Announce "Move Forward" For Jackson Center *Merged*

In his will and trust documents:
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/michael_jackson/830743/Michael-Jacksons-will.html
Michael Jackson requested that 20% of his assets (now, estimated to be more than $300-500 million) used to establish or donate to childrens charities.
Rather than to spend her time establishing a " Family Museum", he requested that his mother, Katherine Jackson help develop these children's charities as his legacy.

The mayor of Gary, Indiana should request to be a recipient of an award from the Michael Jackson Children's Charitable Trust. :better:
 
respect77 said:
This one:

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It's this picture of E'Casanova:

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It's like they downloaded a bunch of pics from the Internet. I don't think they even have the right to use them.
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awwwwfuuuuahhhhh ewwww oh god....
you know this is gonna end up with the ppl of Gary like this..
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because you can's keep folling aroung with poor folks with promises of jobs and wealth....because that's the part of this mess I'm more afraid of..thay are promising the impossible and offering smoke...
 
I like that there is a picture of him with Diana Ross there :)
 
respect77 said:
This one:

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It's this picture of E'Casanova:

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It's like they downloaded a bunch of pics from the Internet. I don't think they even have the right to use them.
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u have hawk eyes .i have :stars: in front of my eyes.
i am just speechless.
 
no offense to any one but i really don't want Michaels legacy turning in elvis legacy.
we can see how some member ran to presley to take lesson on preserving legacy ,joe was one of them i guess and see the out come.:doh:
i want his legacy to be continued with his music ,dance and his humanitarian work. :praying:
 
theres more chance of one of jerms tribute concerts happening than this
 
blankyluvdoodoo said:
no offense to any one but i really don't want Michaels legacy turning in elvis legacy.
we can see how some member ran to presley to take lesson on preserving legacy ,joe was one of them i guess and see the out come.:doh:
i want his legacy to be continued with his music ,dance and his humanitarian work. :praying:
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Thank you,I dont want michael to be turned into a product and his music relegated to the background.want his music to still be relevant in a century from now.
 
respect77 said:
This one:

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It's this picture of E'Casanova:

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It's like they downloaded a bunch of pics from the Internet. I don't think they even have the right to use them.
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OMFG...I'm sorry but that is just low and ultra cringeworthy. Please tell me Joe and co didn't think that was Michael. :doh: SMDH....I've actually seen it all.

Michael, we LOVE you.
 
StaceyMJ said:
OMFG...I'm sorry but that is just low and ultra cringeworthy. Please tell me Joe and co didn't think that was Michael. :doh: SMDH....I've actually seen it all.

Michael, we LOVE you.
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I am not in the business of defending Joe Jackson and his "money schemes"..but I don't think this is his fault.

A company donated the memorial. As far as I know, Joe wasn't involved in picking the pictures. The memorial company made the mistake.
 
well, let's look on the bright side of this, it the musem and performing arts center come to pass it will probably help clean the city up by giving these kids who are living in poverty postive actvites to do after school and during the summer with their familes and give give them oppourtunies to express themselves through music and art instead committing crimes and selling drugs, gary can improve in that way and clean their neighbor hoods up and more people will visit there but that's just my opinion
 
elusive moonwalker said:
theres more chance of one of jerms tribute concerts happening than this
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:giggle:

As much as I'd like to see the museum/complex happening to me it doesn't sound quite promising when the Estate is not involved with the project and after all they own Michael's name and everything. We'll see what's going to happen.
 
Reeta said:
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As much as I'd like to see the museum/complex happening to me it doesn't sound quite promising when the Estate is not involved with the project and after all they own Michael's name and everything. We'll see what's going to happen.
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It could happen, but not in the manner Joe Jackson has planned.
It would have to have the support of the Michael Jackson Estate and be changed to become a support program to better the lives of the children of Gary, Indiana.
 
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I sincerely hope Joe never saw the booklet which had the picture of e-cas. If he did see it and he didn't twig when fans can notice straight away then that's just so awful and sad. Michael, we'll always love you.
 
Memefan said:
I am not in the business of defending Joe Jackson and his "money schemes"..but I don't think this is his fault.

A company donated the memorial. As far as I know, Joe wasn't involved in picking the pictures. The memorial company made the mistake.
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OK yeah I see that. I hope that's the case. The fact that I even think that could have happened is a damn shame and so sad.
 
"The city has worked under the impression that the Jackson Family is the direct line of contact with the estate and those individuals running the estate," Severtson said.

Lord Jesus take the case!:smilerolleyes: you know what this means right? Joseph made them think he was the be all and end all where permission is concerned.

Sahouri said that dream will actually take between three and five years to build. First, he said, a feasibility study will be conducted on the project.

Should'nt a feasibility study have been done already?:doh:


Clay said money won't be a problem. The project is privately funded by the Jackson Family Foundation, he said.

Funded by The Jackson Family Foundation???? all $300 mil?:scratch:
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Again, Joseph should get off his high horse and work alongside The Estate handlers and do whats right for MJ's children and legacy, 'cause if he and the family does'nt all your gonna see is confusion punctuated by lawsuits!

Bottom line is, in trying to bypass The Estate, the hope is to have direct control of all profits made. No way Joe Jackson is'nt gonna make any money off of Michael Jackson, its his son afterall right!?!?!(said sarcastically)
 
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StaceyMJ said:
OK yeah I see that. I hope that's the case. The fact that I even think that could have happened is a damn shame and so sad.
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I agree..not only that but they should have that Picture removed from that stone..why should a pic of a MJ impersonator stay on it.....I find that as an insult to Michael be honest. That is sad that noone from the family seen that photo and didn't even know that wasn't Michael...pure disgust that is what I feel!!
 
GARY,INDIANA should be ground zero for the JACKSONS museum. Any JACKSON museum must include MJ. Someone other than JOE JACKSON should be fronting this project.

The estate and the jacksons have to find common ground. Enough of HOWARD WEISMAN.!!! Everytime he opens his mouth the immpossible happens....I feel sorry for the JACKSONS. I know he speaks for the executors. But it rubs the wrong way.
 
MJ's estate not part of Gary's 'Family' plan

GARY — Mayor Rudy Clay unveiled grand plans for a Jackson Family Center in Glen Park today featuring residential housing, elevated rail, a hotel and a “Michael Jackson Performing Arts Center and Concert Hall.”

But hours later, an attorney for Michael Jackson’s estate told the Post-Tribune it is considering its own “world-class museum” and has no connection to the Gary project.

The Gary Board of Public Works and Safety transferred land between the Borman Expressway, 35th Avenue, Grant Street and Broadway to the Jackson Family Foundation for the project minutes before Wednesday’s press conference was set to begin.

Clay, joined by Jackson Family patriarch Joe Jackson and Jackson Family Foundation President Simon Sahouri, insisted the museum would be built, ending decades of promises. The only thing that could stop it, he said, is “Gary people,” and he asked them not to “poison the soup.”

“This one is beyond politics,” Clay said.

Sahouri said a feasibility study will be conducted this year, and he said ground will be broken on the project early in 2011.

Susan Severtson, Gary’s corporation counsel, said the city and the foundation are still seeking consent from Michael Jackson’s estate to use his name and image in the project.

“We believe that that’s part and parcel of the legacy of the Jackson Family,” Severtson said.

But Howard Weitzman, the estate’s attorney, said the estate “was never consulted about, nor is it involved in, the Jackson Family museum being proposed in Gary, Indiana.”

“Michael Jackson’s music, name, likeness, memorabilia and other intellectual property are assets exclusively owned by the Estate for the benefit of his children,” Howard Weitzman said in a written statement. “These properties cannot be exploited legally without written authorization from the Estate.”

Asked about the legal issues with the estate, Clay referred to Michael Jackson’s 2003 comment that he wanted a performing arts center built in Gary. He said someone will always try to stop a positive project from happening in his city.

“It never fails,” Clay said.


http://www.post-trib.com/news/2346884,jackmus-602.article





It is absurd
And there are still those who believe in White and Testament?
How can I trust people like that?
Why are they against?
They can only have in mind profit from a museum to own Michael
Incorformada am, as you can separate Michael from his family
in a museum?
Before being who he was
Michael Jackson started with Jackson Five, his father was the great creator
After genius the Michael surpassed all
But he always had a family, he has parents and children
in the life Michael of with absurd accusations separated the love children
In death they want to separate him from his family and his children of the museum
We must do something
Cry.....cry
 
If it upsets you that much then you should be upset with Michael because that is how he wanted it
 
Justthefacts said:
If it upsets you that much then you should be upset with Michael because that is how he wanted it
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Don't bother with this particular poster. Really...don't waste your time & energy.

You can thank me later.
 
izilda said:
It is absurd
And there are still those who believe in White and Testament?
How can I trust people like that?
Why are they against?
They can only have in mind profit from a museum to own Michael
Incorformada am, as you can separate Michael from his family
in a museum?
Before being who he was
Michael Jackson started with Jackson Five, his father was the great creator
After genius the Michael surpassed all
But he always had a family, he has parents and children
in the life Michael of with absurd accusations separated the love children
In death they want to separate him from his family and his children of the museum
We must do something
Cry.....cry
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LOL

Some people seem to live in another reality.
 
I don't see why this museum needs to cost that much. There are smaller projects, less money and still very beautiful. In European towns many old houses of artists are transformed in memorial houses, mini museums and they are getting decent number visitors.

They can transform the house itself in a mini museum, eventually build another petite wing where to sell memorabilia of the Jacksons. Add a site on the internet and sell Jacksons memorabilia there, and their new works if they are having any.. For ex, Tito's cds, Latoya's singles etc.

Little by little people will hear, go there, visit the site buy little things, some cds or books of memories...

Why the need to make it that big and that costly? With huge sums money involved and risk... ? IS because of the huge ego Jacksons got? Better dream great and fail, then start up a realistic plan with the approval of the Estate... ?
 
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Is casino in Jackson center's future?

Clay says Vegas developers 'watching' what happens in Gary

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June 4, 2010

BY JON SEIDEL, (219) 648-3068
GARY -- Developers promising to build a Jackson Family Center in Glen Park claim they've secured the rights to Michael Jackson's name and image in a City Hall document, a claim denied this week by the pop star's estate.
The real estate agreement, approved and signed by Gary's Board of Public Works and shown to the Post-Tribune, also appears to carry the signature of Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson's mother.
Katherine Jackson's representatives failed to return multiple calls for comment about the signature, as well as the massive shrine to her family promised to Gary on Wednesday by Mayor Rudy Clay and Joseph Jackson, Michael Jackson's father.
Asked about the document, a spokesman for Michael Jackson's estate reaffirmed an earlier comment, saying the estate has the sole, exclusive right to license the late singer's name, likeness and image.
"The estate of Michael Jackson was never consulted about, nor is it involved in, the Jackson Family museum being proposed in Gary, Indiana," Howard Weitzman, the estate's attorney, said Wednesday.
Joseph Jackson signed the document as chairman and CEO of the Jackson Development and Marketing Corp. and the Jackson Family Foundation. Katherine Jackson signed as vice chairman of the foundation.
Foundation President Simon Sahouri's signature also appears. He promised at the Genesis Center this week to break ground in 2011 on a $300 million complex that will include a Jackson Family Museum and Cultural Center and a Michael Jackson Performing Arts Center.
It's to be built on land transferred through the agreement from the city to the Jackson Family Foundation between Interstate 80/94, 35th Avenue, Grant Street and Broadway.
According to an exhibit in the agreement, the five properties transfered are generally known at the Lake County Treasurer's office as 32nd Avenue and Grant, 30th Avenue and Broadway, 3200 Broadway, 33rd Avenue and Harrison Street, and 3201 Pierce Street.
A clause in the deal gives the Jacksons and Sahouri three years from the close of escrow, or two years after final City Hall approval, to begin construction. Otherwise, ownership of the land reverts back to the city. It allows for various extensions, though, that could give developers additional time.
The agreement also describes the Jackson Family Center as a project that "will be funded through both private funding and public funding."
Clay promised not to spend any city money on the project. The agreement also establishes a "preferential hiring program" to give priority to Gary workers and businesses as construction begins.
Finally, the deal makes a vague reference to a casino project "at a future date contingent on obtaining a license."
Majestic Star Casino's two riverboat gaming licenses are up for renewal this year, and the Gary City Council passed a resolution urging the Indiana Gaming Commission to take them away from Don Barden, the boats' owner.
The site of the Jackson project is the same area developers and legislators have long wanted to build a land-based casino.
Gaming commission Director Ernest Yelton said he hasn't been contacted about the Jackson project. He said he only knows what he read about it in the newspapers.
Yelton also said his office has "not ruled out" the theory that a casino could be built along the Little Calumet River without legislative approval, though the idea hasn't been confirmed to be legal, either.
Clay said any casino venture would be a "standalone project by itself," and he acknowledged developers in Las Vegas are watching.
"They are interested in what happens with the Gary casinos, and they are friends of some members of the Jackson Family Foundation," Clay said.


http://www.post-trib.com/news/lake/2352694,new-gjackson0604.article
 
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