Leiweke: shame on Zine

By Kevin Roderick | July 7, 2009 2:27 PM

AEG chief Tim Leiweke, asked by Mark Coogan on Channel 2/9 to respond to Councilman Dennis Zine's demand that the company cover the public costs of the Jackson memorial, sounded a tad Biblical when he replied to beware the man who stands on a casket. Leiweke said Zine should be ashamed for distracting from Jackson on the day of his funeral.


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