Even in Death, Elvis Beats Jacko Like a Drum

Matt Welch | July 1, 2009

So, Michael Jackson will be buried at Neverland, and freaky or campy couples of the future will be getting married near his remains, right? Think again:

Joe Jackson...said Michael would not be buried there, and Don Loper, director for the Loper Funeral Chapel in nearby Ballard, had a succinct answer to the question.

"No," said Loper, explaining that, legally, only ranches with grandfathered personal cemeteries may be used to bury remains. [...]

The possibility of a Jackson museum put Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr, elected on a slow-growth platform, on the political hot seat, caught between music fans and her pro-green supporters. Speculation about a Jackson museum ignored one King Kong-sized if prosaic issue, however: zoning.

Reason on zoning here; on MJ here.