A local ‘Thriller’?
(Click here to watch WBAL’s SkyTeam footage, via Breitbart.TV, of Michael Jackson house shopping)
After a weekend of local chatter about a purported real estate tour of the Eastern Shore by pop star Michael Jackson, the residents of St. Michaels, Md., are all abuzz over whether the King of Pop will actually move to its bucolic neighborhood.
In typical MJ fashion, the whole thing had an air of mystery to it.
Eyewitness accounts had The Gloved One staying at the Inn at Perry Cabin, but the hotel wouldn’t comment. WBAL-TV showed video footage of people holding up white sheets outside the Inn at Perry Cabin as the
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mystery guest slipped underneath and got into a limousine. One man on the scene saw a limousine with a man in the backseat with “greasy black hair and bizarre skin.”
And what about those helicopters in the sky over the weekend?
“We know he was in a helicopter,” said Al Poore, proprietor of Big Al’s Seafood in St. Michaels, who added that the helicopter and its crew were visible from downtown St. Michaels for about 45 minutes.
So is the King of Pop really interested in our neck of the woods? So far, no one’s confirming — but no one’s denying, either. The Easton Star Democrat reported that Jackson may be looking at land in Talbot or Queen Anne’s County. Jackson’s representative recently confirmed thata) Jackson will soon move out of his Las Vegas mansion and b) He won’t be moving out of the country, contrary to rumors.
Still, there are plenty of people willing to confirm their disgust at the thought of having Jackson in their neighborhood.
“God, I hope he doesn’t move here,” one Easton resident told Yeas & Nays.
“It’s definitely not going to please the locals,” another said.
A source tells us that the owners of the palatial Ashby Estate refused to show their house to Jackson despite the pleas of real estate agent Clifford E. Meredith, whom sources tell us is spearheading Jackson’s search.
Should Jackson elect to move to St. Michaels, everyone will pay close attention to how Jacko fits in with such local political types as Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and Democratic strategist Joe Trippi. Will they tolerate the reporters that follow him and — gasp! — a potential amusement park in Jackson’s backyard?!?
MSNBC Vice President Tammy Haddad, who has a weekend home on the Shore, told Yeas & Nays that a Jackson move would certainly stir the waters.
“It was the topic of conversation at weekend parties on the Eastern Shore, from the chopper that showed him around to the paparazzi choppers that buzzed through, too. People are used to the vice president coming through on Marine 2, but most of the people come here for peace and quiet. It was startling.”
