The Politics of the Michael Jackson Memorial

The city of L.A. is riven over that most basic of political questions regarding Michael Memorial Mania: who's paying?

Seems the city itself might be on the hook for about $4 million. Which of course it doesn't really have. Newly elected L.A. city attorney Carmen Trutanich is spitting mad; for more details on the hows and whys of civic responsibility for Mr. Jackson's memory with links and video, see my post at my L.A local news and politics blog City of Angles at KCET.org.