Issues with family, competing museum may derail plans
(NEWSER) - The mayor of Gary, Indiana, with Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson by his side, announced grand plans for a $300 million Graceland-style Michael Jackson Center in his dwindling Rust Belt city yesterday. The estate of Gary's most famous son, however, issued a statement soon afterwards saying it hasn't given its consent to the use of Jackson's name or image and it has plans for a "world-class" museum of its own, reports the Post-Tribune. More»