California Assemblyman wants to study making a state park out of Michael Jackson's storied Santa Barbara County estate. The parks department seems uninterested in such an acquisition. Smiling docents, green-clad rangers, music piped in everywhere — for Michael Jackson fans, Neverland State Park would no doubt be a thriller. But state park officials say it's an idea whose time may never come.
Neverland Ranch As A State Park? Officials Call It A Fairy Tale
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Wed, 07/14/2010 - 12:00am
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