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

from Randy Jacksons twitter
My siblings & I knew nothing about this foundation or museum in Gary, nor r we a part of it. I do have concerns & I will be addressing it.
about 1 hour ago via web
 
Randy knows about this museum....so that means that Joe is up to his sh*t again....if randy is telling the truth....then this stunt right here proves that they are STILL trying to take advantage of Michael..even in death ..Joe is trying to us him as a cash cow....disgusting.
 
randy knows about museum ,it's just joe refuse to give any % to randy so it's a sour grape for randy.
just thinking like randy ,:blink: it works some time.
 
souldreamer7 said:
from Randy Jacksons twitter
My siblings & I knew nothing about this foundation or museum in Gary, nor r we a part of it. I do have concerns & I will be addressing it.
about 1 hour ago via web
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I wonder what the elected officials of Gary think of Randy's tweet. LOL!

(I'm sure, sooner or later, they will get wind of Randy's words.)
 
Re: Gary Mayor to Announce "Move Forward" For Jackson Center

Big Apple2 said:
I was just reading some of the comments from, I'm guessing, the folks who live in and around Gary and I'm learning things I didn't know before.

Some of the comments address the Mayor and his "Hummer." (Seems like some of the voters think he's corrupt.)

Some of the comments address the safety of Gary and how any tourist should worry about their safety. (I had no idea things were that bad.)

Some of the comments address concerns as to WHO will be funding this project. (Some are apparently concerned that their tax dollars will somehow be involved.)

One person talked about the MJ Monument at 2300 Jackson Street and how it's big enough for children to hide behind in case of a drive-by shooting. (AGAIN, I had no idea things were that bad in Gary.)
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No wonder they were kept inside rehearsing working hard and were determined to get out of there.
 
Big Apple2 said:
I wonder what the elected officials of Gary think of Randy's tweet. LOL!

(I'm sure, sooner or later, they will get wind of Randy's words.)
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I wonder..I really wonder what they do think..what they are all up to.

I would fall over if no one went to TMZ & 'Sources' anymore.
 
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The Jackson family all need to stop fighting and bickering with each other, making snide remarks on Twitter about each other etc. Have they lost focus of what's truly important here like getting justice for Michael. Having a museum to your family is not important, being united to make sure that the guy that killed their son and brother behind bars is.
 
sloride said:
The Jackson family all need to stop fighting and bickering with each other, making snide remarks on Twitter about each other etc. Have they lost focus of what's truly important here like getting justice for Michael. Having a museum to your family is not important, being united to make sure that the guy that killed their son and brother behind bars is.
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So true and Randy's recent tweet regarding he and his sibilings not knowing about the Gary "project," just spotlights how everybody seems to be going in their own directions.

Some of them "may" be united on certain issues, but it appears to me, that Joe Jackson is an army of ONE. Although I didn't watch the brothers reality program, I thought surely Joe Jackson would have made an appearance or 2 or 3. I was surprised to hear his recent radio remarks on not being a part of his sons' reality program. Very surprised indeed!
 
Have they lost focus of what's truly important here like getting justice for Michael.
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i doubt some even care. that wont make them any $$
 
elusive moonwalker said:
i doubt some even care. that wont make them any $$
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elusive,

I'm starting to feel the same way. The fact that MJ was killed and none of his family members seem to care. You got Janet and Rebbie labeling him an addict and continuing to work as if nothing has happened. You got Jermaine and Latoya traveling all over the world giving interviews etc.. Tito is working and Marlon is doing something with Africa. Joe is doing anything he can to get paid. It is just so disgusting to me. Murray continues to live freely practicing medicine as if he's not responsible for killing MJ. It's just like MJ had no one but his kids and us that cared for him.
 
Jackson monument projectpicks up casino consultant
(http://www.post-trib.com/news/2380348,gjackson0611.article)
June 11, 2010
BY JON SEIDEL, (219) 648-3068
GARY -- A Las Vegas promoter promising to build a grand monument to the family of Michael Jackson in Glen Park said Thursday he will be aided by a California-based consultant for casinos and resorts.

Simon Sahouri, president of the Jackson Family Foundation, said AuCopia International will work with the Jackson Development & Marketing Corp. to build the Jackson Family Center.

According to its website, AuCopia is helping with the construction of two casinos in Costa Rica and one in Aruba.

Sahouri said he isn't sure whether the Jackson Family Center will involve a casino. A deal approved at City Hall last week mentions it as a possibility.

Gary's two gaming licenses are held by Majestic Star Casino. They are up for renewal this month, though, and the Gary City Council is asking the Indiana Gaming Commission to rescind them.

Sahouri said engineers and AuCopia representatives toured land Thursday that was promised to the Jackson Family Foundation by the Gary Board of Public Works and Safety last week. He also said they met with officials at City Hall.

"Everybody's giving us all the help we need," Sahouri said.

Before the land can be transferred, the Jackson Family Foundation must establish itself formally as a not-for-profit entity. Sahouri said that process is under way.

The Jackson Family Foundation claims in an agreement at City Hall to have obtained the right to use Michael Jackson's name and image from his parents, Joseph and Katherine Jackson. Their signatures appear on the document.

An attorney for Michael Jackson's estate says his parents don't have the right to license his image, though. He said that right belongs exclusively to the estate, which hasn't been consulted about the Gary project.

Sahouri said he hasn't been in touch with the estate since last week's announcement, and he declined to talk about the conflict over the late King of Pop's image.

"We are implementing exactly what we have in the agreement," Sahouri said.
 
Jackson deal 'fairly dead in the water'

GARY | One phrase appears multiple times in a deal between Gary and the Jackson Family Foundation: "Time is of the essence."
Yet a year after Gary agreed to give the unknown Las Vegas group hundreds of city acres, even organizers admit little has been done.
Gary Economic Development Director Joel Rodriguez called the project "still in preliminary stages."
"There's a lot of components as part of this particular project," Rodriguez said. "We're here to help them."
While Rodriguez expressed optimism, some Gary City Council members call the deal all but dead.
"As far as we're concerned, nothing has happened," said Councilwoman Marilyn Krusas, D-1st. "I consider it fairly dead in the water."

Sounding the trumpets

On June 2, 2010, a year after former Gary resident and music icon Michael Jackson died, the city teamed with the Jackson Family Foundation -- led by Jackson patriarch Joe Jackson and Vegas developer Simon Sahouri -- in the hopes of building a $300 million megaplex dedicated to the King of Pop and his family.
The ambitious museum, theater and casino campus was touted as not only a memorial to Gary's most famous former resident but also as a way to restore Gary to its fruitful glory.
Months of seeming inaction and false starts followed.

"I think some of the press announcements were premature because of the financial condition this whole country is in," Krusas said.
Another deadline has come and gone. The city set May 31 for the group to resolve vital nonprofit status issues. It remains unclear if that happened.
City spokeswoman LaLosa Burns declined to comment or make Mayor Rudy Clay available to discuss the project, referring questions to Sahouri.
Burns and Rodriguez said Sahouri would be in Gary last week. Sahouri has not returned multiple calls from The Times during the past several months, including last week.

What's in a name?

To get 300 acres of city land at Interstate 94 and Broadway, the foundation must be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt -- a nonprofit tax group.
Attempting to attain the status has not been without drama.
In December, the foundation merged with an existing nonprofit, officers of which The Times revealed had faced fraud accusations.
City officials said the blunder would be fixed, and the foundation would go solo.
"They have their federal not-for-profit status from the IRS," Rodriguez said recently.
Internal Revenue Service records, however, do not list any tax-exempt Jackson-named group in Indiana.

The Times requested, but was not provided, proof of the group's status from the city. After an initial interview, Rodriguez did not return Times calls.

Time is money

The agreement signed a year ago offers incentives for meeting various deadlines.
It dangles property tax freedom as a carrot for construction. The land's tax-exempt status will lapse, for example, if construction doesn't start within two years of escrow closing.
Gary city attorney Susan Severtson did not respond to a Times request last week for more information on the escrow, which was supposed to close within 30 days of the June 2010 signing.
Also under the deal, Sahouri was to "make every good faith effort" to complete a feasibility study within eight months of signing.
San Jose, Calif.-based Aucopia Global LLC was contracted to conduct the study.
"We haven't been told anything at this particular point," Aucopia Director Frank Podesta said last week. "We're sitting by and doing nothing.
"We've been in waiting mode for them to get all their stuff together," he added. "We're in a holding pattern to see if it's even going to happen."

No dice?

According to Krusas, it won't.
The plan likely stalled after the Indiana General Assembly rejected a land-based casino in Gary, she said.
"I think that the whole project was predicated on (a casino)," she said.
"We all have great ideas, but if you don't have the money to do the development without any assistance, then all it is is an idea."
Councilwoman Carolyn Rogers, D-4th, said a Jackson venue "absolutely" should be a Steel City priority.
"It doesn't have to be this project, but there needs to be something in the city of Gary," she said.

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I figured this wasn't happening. Joe ain't got no 300 million dollars to build anything
 
Memefan said:
Jackson deal 'fairly dead in the water'

GARY | One phrase appears multiple times in a deal between Gary and the Jackson Family Foundation: "Time is of the essence."
Yet a year after Gary agreed to give the unknown Las Vegas group hundreds of city acres, even organizers admit little has been done.
Gary Economic Development Director Joel Rodriguez called the project "still in preliminary stages."
"There's a lot of components as part of this particular project," Rodriguez said. "We're here to help them."
While Rodriguez expressed optimism, some Gary City Council members call the deal all but dead.
"As far as we're concerned, nothing has happened," said Councilwoman Marilyn Krusas, D-1st. "I consider it fairly dead in the water."

Sounding the trumpets

On June 2, 2010, a year after former Gary resident and music icon Michael Jackson died, the city teamed with the Jackson Family Foundation -- led by Jackson patriarch Joe Jackson and Vegas developer Simon Sahouri -- in the hopes of building a $300 million megaplex dedicated to the King of Pop and his family.
The ambitious museum, theater and casino campus was touted as not only a memorial to Gary's most famous former resident but also as a way to restore Gary to its fruitful glory.
Months of seeming inaction and false starts followed.

"I think some of the press announcements were premature because of the financial condition this whole country is in," Krusas said.
Another deadline has come and gone. The city set May 31 for the group to resolve vital nonprofit status issues. It remains unclear if that happened.
City spokeswoman LaLosa Burns declined to comment or make Mayor Rudy Clay available to discuss the project, referring questions to Sahouri.
Burns and Rodriguez said Sahouri would be in Gary last week. Sahouri has not returned multiple calls from The Times during the past several months, including last week.

What's in a name?

To get 300 acres of city land at Interstate 94 and Broadway, the foundation must be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt -- a nonprofit tax group.
Attempting to attain the status has not been without drama.
In December, the foundation merged with an existing nonprofit, officers of which The Times revealed had faced fraud accusations.
City officials said the blunder would be fixed, and the foundation would go solo.
"They have their federal not-for-profit status from the IRS," Rodriguez said recently.
Internal Revenue Service records, however, do not list any tax-exempt Jackson-named group in Indiana.

The Times requested, but was not provided, proof of the group's status from the city. After an initial interview, Rodriguez did not return Times calls.

Time is money

The agreement signed a year ago offers incentives for meeting various deadlines.
It dangles property tax freedom as a carrot for construction. The land's tax-exempt status will lapse, for example, if construction doesn't start within two years of escrow closing.
Gary city attorney Susan Severtson did not respond to a Times request last week for more information on the escrow, which was supposed to close within 30 days of the June 2010 signing.
Also under the deal, Sahouri was to "make every good faith effort" to complete a feasibility study within eight months of signing.
San Jose, Calif.-based Aucopia Global LLC was contracted to conduct the study.
"We haven't been told anything at this particular point," Aucopia Director Frank Podesta said last week. "We're sitting by and doing nothing.
"We've been in waiting mode for them to get all their stuff together," he added. "We're in a holding pattern to see if it's even going to happen."

No dice?

According to Krusas, it won't.
The plan likely stalled after the Indiana General Assembly rejected a land-based casino in Gary, she said.
"I think that the whole project was predicated on (a casino)," she said.
"We all have great ideas, but if you don't have the money to do the development without any assistance, then all it is is an idea."
Councilwoman Carolyn Rogers, D-4th, said a Jackson venue "absolutely" should be a Steel City priority.
"It doesn't have to be this project, but there needs to be something in the city of Gary," she said.

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Oh Joe.... :doh:
 
Randy and the siblings didn't know about the museum and foundation, yet Jermaine had a link to the foundation

in his website, the monument and projects were apoken about in the media, etc, etc.....

Riiiiight.....
 
rainny said:
Randy and the siblings didn't know about the museum and foundation, yet Jermaine had a link to the foundation

in his website, the monument and projects were apoken about in the media, etc, etc.....

Riiiiight.....
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Randy knew about it. He just said he had nothing to do with it.
 
ANOTHER black-eye for Joe Jackson and his hare-brained schemes.

Anybody who thought this would actually take place had to be dreaming. I mean, they couldn't and apparently can't even get the NON-PROFIT up and running. Yet Joe Jackson has moved on to yet another project, using this same NON-PROFIT as a launching vehicle.

I feel very badly for the citizens of Gary, who "MAY" have thought this would actually happen and that they would somehow reap the benefits of a successful project, i.e. jobs and a steady paycheck, that a successful project would have surely brought them.

Next up, the folks in Vietnam and their "Happyland" project. I wonder if they even know that Joe Jackson's so-called Family Foundation is nothing of the sort.
 
watch and learn other people who are doing business with joe and company.............what is that new project ?
 
Memefan said:
Jackson deal 'fairly dead in the water'

GARY | One phrase appears multiple times in a deal between Gary and the Jackson Family Foundation: "Time is of the essence."
Yet a year after Gary agreed to give the unknown Las Vegas group hundreds of city acres, even organizers admit little has been done.
Gary Economic Development Director Joel Rodriguez called the project "still in preliminary stages."
"There's a lot of components as part of this particular project," Rodriguez said. "We're here to help them."
While Rodriguez expressed optimism, some Gary City Council members call the deal all but dead.
"As far as we're concerned, nothing has happened," said Councilwoman Marilyn Krusas, D-1st. "I consider it fairly dead in the water."

Sounding the trumpets

On June 2, 2010, a year after former Gary resident and music icon Michael Jackson died, the city teamed with the Jackson Family Foundation -- led by Jackson patriarch Joe Jackson and Vegas developer Simon Sahouri -- in the hopes of building a $300 million megaplex dedicated to the King of Pop and his family.

"I think some of the press announcements were premature because of the financial condition this whole country is in," Krusas said.
Another deadline has come and gone. The city set May 31 for the group to resolve vital nonprofit status issues. It remains unclear if that happened.
City spokeswoman LaLosa Burns declined to comment or make Mayor Rudy Clay available to discuss the project, referring questions to Sahouri.
Burns and Rodriguez said Sahouri would be in Gary last week. Sahouri has not returned multiple calls from The Times during the past several months, including last week.

What's in a name?

To get 300 acres of city land at Interstate 94 and Broadway, the foundation must be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt -- a nonprofit tax group.
Attempting to attain the status has not been without drama.
In December, the foundation merged with an existing nonprofit, officers of which The Times revealed had faced fraud accusations.
City officials said the blunder would be fixed, and the foundation would go solo........................

Gary city attorney Susan Severtson did not respond to a Times request last week for more information on the escrow, which was supposed to close within 30 days of the June 2010 signing.
Also under the deal, Sahouri was to "make every good faith effort" to complete a feasibility study within eight months of signing.
San Jose, Calif.-based Aucopia Global LLC was contracted to conduct the study.
"We haven't been told anything at this particular point," Aucopia Director Frank Podesta said last week. "We're sitting by and doing nothing.
"We've been in waiting mode for them to get all their stuff together," he added. "We're in a holding pattern to see if it's even going to happen."
No dice?
According to Krusas, it won't.

The plan likely stalled after the Indiana General Assembly rejected a land-based casino in Gary, she said.
"I think that the whole project was predicated on (a casino)," she said.
"We all have great ideas, but if you don't have the money to do the development without any assistance, then all it is is an idea."
Councilwoman Carolyn Rogers, D-4th, said a Jackson venue "absolutely" should be a Steel City priority.
"It doesn't have to be this project, but there needs to be something in the city of Gary," she said.

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Yep, I think the casino was the main thing...and how you would ever manage to get a casino built / run by a non-profit group just beats me.
Poor Michael.
And actually, personally, I'm not sure that Gary really needs a casino...is this really the best way to bring employment opportunities to a depressed area? Surely just another way of reeling in desperate people hoping to make a buck, but losing their shirts in the process. Not sure that would fit with Michael's philosophy of life? I don't know why the Indiana General Assembly rejected the idea, but I hope this was among their reasons.

Ref:
http://www.casinovendors.com/vendor/aucopia-global-llc/

*Simon Sahouri (President of the JFF) is Principle of AuCopia Global LLC Las Vegas
Aucopia Global has been instrumental in locating Casino property both in the USA and abroad. We work with investors and owners in order to make possible these opportunities. We will work for owners, developers, and operators and will also consult as the New Business development arm of companies that desire such services
 
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I think that Neverland will always be the Mecca for Michael Jackson fans to make a pilgrimage to!!!
 
As is said time and time again... Neverland will always be the spiritual home of Michael to all of his fans all around the world! Maybe one day, something will be done to make this a standind dedication to the King of Pop!!
 
Well this was bound to happen,... that's Joe Jackson's Midas touch for you..
 
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