It only cost taxpayers $25,000 to get Britney to the hospital. Even in a recession, that's a BARGAIN

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Tuesday, Feb. 5 2008
Rick Dees Exclusive: $25,000 to Get Britney to the Hospital - and You Paid for It



http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/rick-dees-exclusive-25000-britney-hospital-paid_466792_1.html

LOS ANGELES, Feb 05, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Los Angeles Councilman Dennis P. Zine says enough is enough. He wants a law that controls the paparazzi. More specifically, he wants a law that says get them away from celebrities like Britney Spears or George Clooney.

Tuesday Rick Dees aired on his RICK DEES IN THE MORNING SHOW on L.A.'s Movin' 93.9 FM an exclusive report filed by Kevin Dees as he had talked with Dennis Zine about this ridiculous situation. Zine had crunched the numbers to verify exactly how much it cost taxpayers to transport Britney Spears from her house to the hospital.

Just what was the total tab to the city? "It was a $25,000 tab in addition to the ride in the ambulance," Zine confirmed. "But the police resource itself was estimated at $25,000 -- that's the helicopters, the motorcycle officers, the officers in cars. And I found it ridiculous that we had to go to that extent to escort an individual, whether it's Britney Spears or some other celebrity."

Zine continued: "We have celebrities in the city -- in this region of Southern California, thousands of celebrities who live here, and they choose to live here. And they have the right to live in peace and tranquility. And I respect the First Amendment, the Constitution, people's right to gather, freedom of the press. But we have to have a balance, though."

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. I proposed a simple solution years ago - execute any and all papparazi

The kind of easy, simple solution any child could come up with.

Papparazzi aren't people, so we're not really losing anything.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. Well

Britney's a willing participant in the whole circus. She TELLS them where she's going so they'll be there to swamp her.

[DarkTirade]

2. Not that I'm defending them, I think they're scum and they deserve

to all get run over by the very celebrities they're stalking, but you also have to consider this: if people didn't obsessively follow the lives of celebrities and buy every tabloid rag you see at the checkout counter, the paparazi wouldn't exist.

The producers of those magazines, the people who buy them, and even the grocery stores themselves are just as guilty. They just aren't willing to get their hands dirty personally.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Shudder to think what they might replace celebrities with.

The vampiric nature of our culture shall not be denied.

[DarkTirade]

5. I was perfectly content to read tabloids about bigfoot, aliens and batboy.

But that's just me.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. I'm old-school like that as well. Why can't people be satisfied!?

[DarkTirade]

7. Because they're gullible, and constantly being bombarded by propoganda

made to prey on their insecurities by someone who wants to sell them something.

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Gah! So sell them aliens, Bigfoot, and Batboy!

The market must have gone sour :(

[Deja Q]

9. Please warn us the next time you want to put up pictures of Paris Hilton...

And given her wealth, she can't pay for her own destruction?!

BTW: WTF is it doing on FOXBUSINESS website? Or isn't she porny enough for their regular FOXNEWS site?