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Newark Residents Miffed Over Bill from Whitney Houston's Funeral (5% of annual police budget)
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| 4/07/12
| Connor Simpson
Posted on 04/08/2012 11:27:29 AM PDT by Libloather
Newark Residents Miffed Over Bill from Whitney Houston's Funeral
By Connor Simpson | The Atlantic Wire 20 hrs ago
Newark residents are being left to pick up the bill for Whitney Houston's funeral, and, surprisingly, they aren't happy about it. The demands of the high-profile funeral attendees have left the city of Newark with a $187,000 bill for police overtime. Police acted as barriers between fans and the proceedings on the day of the funeral of the Newark native who drowned in February. Nearly 200 officers were posted to the New Batist Church on the day of the funeral.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bill; funeral; houston; newark
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Being a celebrity is expensive.
To: Libloather
I didn’t know she was a Batist?
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posted on
04/08/2012 11:33:34 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Enemy of the Statist)
To: Libloather
To: Libloather
Why do taxpayers have to foot the bill??
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posted on
04/08/2012 11:39:29 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Libloather
Reminds me of "Occupy Boston" vs the Tea Party.Any time the Tea Party has a rally here they're required to get a permit and post a bond.After their rallies the area is immaculate and no rapes or heroin ODs have occurred.Occupy,OTOH,got *no* permit,posted *no* bond and cost the taxpayers many hundreds of thousands in police/EMS overtime and cleanup costs.
Bill her estate,Newark...she was worth millions.And since her death her estate is raking in millions per week in CD and video sales.
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posted on
04/08/2012 11:43:06 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter Is No Longer The Worst President To Have Served In My Lifetime.)
To: Libloather
Good grief. I am so tired of paying for people who think they are better.
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posted on
04/08/2012 11:43:24 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Leep
I hear she was a really Batty Batist!
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posted on
04/08/2012 11:43:36 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Libloather
surprisingly, they aren't happy about it.Surprisingly??
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posted on
04/08/2012 11:46:55 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Libloather
They should'a just let the animals rip her coffin apart and take a piece for a souveneir.
Or maybe the poor soul, ex gospel singer should'a been guarded by muslim new black panthers ... THAT'S Baptistic, alright.
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posted on
04/08/2012 11:57:48 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: freekitty
“I am so tired of paying for people who think they are better...”
If I remember correctly, wasn’t there discussions about Whitney being buried in $300,000 worth of jewelry?! Why couldn’t that had been sold to pay for such a funeral?
To: momtothree
If I remember correctly, wasnt there discussions about Whitney being buried in $300,000 worth of jewelry?! Why couldnt that had been sold to pay for such a funeral?Not necessary.Let her be buried in $300K of jewelry.Just deduct the appropriate municipal fees from the million dollars a week her *estate* has earned since her death.Call it "the Micheal Jackson Effect".
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posted on
04/08/2012 12:05:02 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Jimmy Carter Is No Longer The Worst President To Have Served In My Lifetime.)
To: Gay State Conservative
Your idea of collecting from the estate is brilliant. I don’t think the town people should have to pay for this...
To: Libloather
Send the bill to Christie personally. He wanted the flag flown at half mast didn’t he? He shouldn’t mind paying the bill.
To: Libloather
Where’s the Simpsons’ HA-HA-HA! guy?
To: Libloather
Police acted as barriers between fans and the proceedings on the day of the funeral of the Newark native who drowned...Drowned? In drugs?
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posted on
04/08/2012 12:34:23 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: Gay State Conservative
I read she was beyond broke. No estate to bill.
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posted on
04/08/2012 12:37:50 PM PDT
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: ExTexasRedhead
Another reason to be against Chris Christie. I don’t understand why anyone would think the flag should be lowered in honor of a drug addicted celebrity.
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posted on
04/08/2012 12:44:37 PM PDT
by
Terry Mross
("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Griffin, Family Guy)
To: Gay State Conservative
Reminds me of "Occupy Boston" vs the Tea Party.Any time the Tea Party has a rally here they're required to get a permit and post a bond.After their rallies the area is immaculate and no rapes or heroin ODs have occurred.Occupy,OTOH,got *no* permit,posted *no* bond and cost the taxpayers many hundreds of thousands in police/EMS overtime and cleanup costs. Actually, it was closer to 1.7 MILLION dollars......
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posted on
04/08/2012 12:46:26 PM PDT
by
rockabyebaby
(We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
To: ExTexasRedhead
>>>Send the bill to Christie personally. He wanted the flag flown at half mast didnt he? He shouldnt mind paying the bill.
I was about to post similar sentiments...
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posted on
04/08/2012 12:47:07 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Willard Romney, purveyor of the world's finest bullmitt. | FR Class of 1998 |)
To: ExTexasRedhead
That was my thought, too.
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posted on
04/08/2012 12:50:11 PM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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