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LA official negotiating over Jackson memorial cost
11/23/2009 4:00 PM, AP
A Los Angeles official says she's negotiating with the company that owns Staples Center about reimbursing at least some of the $3.2 million taxpayers spent on the Michael Jackson memorial. A City Council panel postponed Monday's cost review for a week after Councilwoman Jan Perry said she had positive discussions with AEG about the memorial at Staples in July. AEG spokesman Michael Roth had no comment. A recent city report concluded the memorial boosted the local economy and determined there was no law in place at the time to force reimbursement. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich (Troo-TAN'-ich) has aggressively pursued repayment, prompting AEG's president to accuse him of bully tactics.
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