NEIGHBOURS OPPOSE NEVERLAND DEVELOPMENT
Residents near MICHAEL JACKSON’s Neverland ranch are campaigning against rumoured plans to turn the star’s former home into a tourist attraction.
Neighbours in the rural Santa Ynez Valley area of Santa Barbara, California, have formed a group called Never! in an attempt to prevent the property from being turned into a noisy, crowded commercial venture.
The group insists the valley doesnât have a sufficient road system, police force or infrastructure to accommodate the scores of fans that would be expected to visit if Neverland is turned into an attraction.
The property’s co-owner Thomas Barrack insists no official plans have been drawn up for the ranch, which the King of Pop deserted in 2005 following his child molestation trial - but Never! organisers want reassurance he won’t make a tourist park.
Never! spokesman Bob Field says, "We have received mixed messages, some reassuring, some troubling. Weâd like clear, concrete signs that there are no plans to pursue turning this into a tourist attraction.â Michael Jackson died in his rented Holmby Hills home on 25 June (09) after suffering a cardiac arrest.
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