County Working to Stop Michael Jackson Party

Wow, it's not like you look like a complete jerk for cashing in on the death of someone...

Why does one need a permit to have a private party on private property?

$40 admission for a "private party"? I don't think so!

sounds like Santa Barbara county cant cash in on it so, therefore it wont happen.....sb is going down the crapper real fast.

also the police here are a joke as well....cant even have a fire next to the beach a day after it was raining... now i must pay a 150 dollar ticket because santa barbara and goleta police have to look for problems.....mebbe the decrease in police is a great thing for the community.....we all know they arent doing jack for the gangs around here.

lost my faith in sb a long time ago.

JohnLocke is perhaps expousing his namesakes arguement that ownership of property is created by the application of labor and that property precedes government and government cannot dispose of the estates of the subjects arbitrarily.

Perhaps, but government also has a reponsibility to protect its citizens from the actions of others, including Relevé Unlimited who doesn't seem to care about the effect of thousands of people descending upon this area.

And, this isn't private party; it's pure, unadulerated huxterism.

shilbalba, I'm thrilled that you got a ticket for that, especially after the THREE fires we have had locally in less than one year! Are you seriously going to come in here and look for sympathy? Wowza...

Yeah, the party seems in poor taste but at the same time, who cares if they have one? There is a lot of room on those ranches up there... I suppose that the direct neighbors would care and that may have something to do with the cancellation. There are influencial and very wealthy people that live in that area and have NO doubt that they don't have some pull with their local law enforcement agencies.

Floods.

Fire.

and now ...

Pestilence.

And to add to the above comment: Worshipping of Idols.

Did the Federal government and the Reagan family get the proper permits for the show at the Reagan Library?

Lol Bill, so true! No person should EVER be worshipped...

Everybody, display your County permit for blogging here.

sevendolphins: Please don't joke like that--being that this *is* Santa Barbara the nabobs who run this area just may take you up on your suggestion.

The Reagan library is in a built-up area, and can be reached by car, bus and train. It is open daily, and no extra county officials are required to handle crowds. The Neverland and Chamberlain ranches are near a tiny community off a narrow two-lane road near grassy fields that can ignite and cause fire #4 in a county that is in a state that is bankrupt. If Relevé can guarantee that they would foot the bill, even if it comes to $100 million, for any fire that broke out, that would be another thing.

Large events in this area are not common place. Even equestrian events at the foot of FM drive, where many cars with horse containers drive along the road, do not have much of an impact - as I have encountered them on a few occasions.

People can do whatever they like on their own properties, but if those actions start negatively affecting others in the community, then it is a different story, I would not be happy if I were not allowed to visit Los Padres National Forest over the weekend - my right - if someone else was overburdening the public systems to make enormous amounts of money - quite frankly over a tragedy.

tabatha,

You do know I was referring to the moving of President Reagan to the library and the public viewing. Not the day to day operation of the library. Perhaps you forgot, but major roads where closed in order to transport the body to Simi Valley.

I was talking about a party on the Chamberlain property. The official Jackson functions are to be held in Los Angeles next week. But, I read that the Chamberlains had never planned to have anything on their property.

http://www.santaynezvalleyjournal.com/ar...

"According to Scott Corridan of Relevé Unlimited, whether or not Jackson does return to Neverland, an event will still be held in the King’s honor: The Michael Jackson, Heal the World Memorial Gathering, that will be held at the Ted Chamberlin Ranch, adjacent to Neverland."

"However, Fred Chamberlin said he was only clearing off some farm land for additional parking for the area, and he did not and does not intend for any kind of event to be held on his property."

The truth is that one of the most influential & wealthiest men (not just the valley but the country) was trying his best to bring the fans to Neverland for a memorial & burial.

He has a ranch in the valley and is a financier/developer who now holds title to Neverland - the agreement made last year was that MJ (and now his heirs) would profit from any future development. Even the governator wanted to try & make this burial happen.

MJ's body in the ground at Neverland would be a good first step towards creating Graceland West although many valley residents say this is not possible because of zoning issues.

So for now at least, money & influence did not have its way.

Read his letter to the community here -

http://santabarbarasblog.com/?p=3484#mor...