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Bob Hope didn't go cheap
City officials say it cost Los Angeles taxpayers $183,000 to close streets and direct traffic at the Bob Hope memorial service in the Valley on August 27. According to David Zahniser in the Daily Breeze, the city council agreed Friday to pay the tab.
I wonder which cost more to make: Road to Zanzibar or Road to Forest Lawn?
Posted by: joseph at September 20, 2003 11:06 PMI guess since a Bob Hope funeral procession only happens once every 100 years, I can live with it.
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I'm sure that the property taxes he'd paid through the years helped offset any expenses.
Posted by: exherald at September 20, 2003 05:53 PM