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TONY ORTEGA
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Only a month after the Clearwater, Florida city council knuckled under and voted to turn over a downtown street to Scientology, church leader David Miscavige is wasting no time, announcing that on August 1 he’ll preside over a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the future L. Ron Hubbard Hall.
The 3,500-seat auditorium will be going in near Scientology’s other major Clearwater monuments to Hubbard, the Fort Harrison Hotel and the Flag Building. The new Hall, and a new park across the street, will complete Miscavige’s grand vision for Scientology’s version of Vatican City, what it calls the Flag Land Base or simply “Flag,” the “spiritual mecca” for the worldwide organization.
The ceremony is a fundraising tool, clearly, but it’s also impossible not to view it as a victory celebration over the dupes at City Hall, who turned over a street that it didn’t have to, and that Scientology won’t even have to pay for. (Initially, Scientology agreed to pay $1.4 million if the city vacated the street’s right-of-way, but after Florida’s Scientology-friendly attorney general weighed in, the church insisted it wouldn’t have to pay a dime.)
That dispute may end up in the courts, and we’re told that Miscavige’s project still has a long way to go to get required building permits from various agencies. It could be years before L. Ron Hubbard Hall actually opens its doors.
But for now, Miscavige is gloating, and in his usual style…
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[/td]The 3,500-seat auditorium will be going in near Scientology’s other major Clearwater monuments to Hubbard, the Fort Harrison Hotel and the Flag Building. The new Hall, and a new park across the street, will complete Miscavige’s grand vision for Scientology’s version of Vatican City, what it calls the Flag Land Base or simply “Flag,” the “spiritual mecca” for the worldwide organization.
The ceremony is a fundraising tool, clearly, but it’s also impossible not to view it as a victory celebration over the dupes at City Hall, who turned over a street that it didn’t have to, and that Scientology won’t even have to pay for. (Initially, Scientology agreed to pay $1.4 million if the city vacated the street’s right-of-way, but after Florida’s Scientology-friendly attorney general weighed in, the church insisted it wouldn’t have to pay a dime.)
That dispute may end up in the courts, and we’re told that Miscavige’s project still has a long way to go to get required building permits from various agencies. It could be years before L. Ron Hubbard Hall actually opens its doors.
But for now, Miscavige is gloating, and in his usual style…
READ MORE
After Clearwater cave, Scientology breaks ground on L. Ron Hubbard Hall on August 1
Only a month after the Clearwater, Florida city council knuckled under and voted to turn over a downtown street to Scientology, church leader David Miscavige is wasting no time, announcing that on August 1 he’ll preside over a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the future L.
tonyortega.substack.com
