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TONY ORTEGA
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There are now two active lawsuits against the City of Clearwater regarding its gift of a downtown street to the Church of Scientology.
We told you yesterday about Save the Garden’s lawsuit asking a court to force the city to hold a referendum so voters can decide what to do with S. Garden Avenue.
And previously, we had told you about piano bar The Nash Keys suing Clearwater, arguing that shutting down S. Garden Avenue will make it tougher for customers to find them.
This is all related to the city council’s June 2 decision to vacate the right-of-way of a block-long stretch of S. Garden Avenue so Scientology can use it as part of its L. Ron Hubbard Hall project. Save the Garden gathered more than 10,000 signatures from Clearwater voters in order to force the council to either repeal that ordinance or put it to a vote. The council rejected that petition at a November 5 meeting, and so now Save the Garden is suing, asking a judge to compel the city to hold a special election and let the people of Clearwater decide.
Meanwhile, the city has moved to dismiss the lawsuit filed by The Nash Keys. It’s a pretty simple argument in their motion to dismiss. The city produced a map of Clearwater, marked the piano bar in red, and the vacated street in purple, and assert that people actually won’t be inconvenienced when they try to find the venue…
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We told you yesterday about Save the Garden’s lawsuit asking a court to force the city to hold a referendum so voters can decide what to do with S. Garden Avenue.
And previously, we had told you about piano bar The Nash Keys suing Clearwater, arguing that shutting down S. Garden Avenue will make it tougher for customers to find them.
This is all related to the city council’s June 2 decision to vacate the right-of-way of a block-long stretch of S. Garden Avenue so Scientology can use it as part of its L. Ron Hubbard Hall project. Save the Garden gathered more than 10,000 signatures from Clearwater voters in order to force the council to either repeal that ordinance or put it to a vote. The council rejected that petition at a November 5 meeting, and so now Save the Garden is suing, asking a judge to compel the city to hold a special election and let the people of Clearwater decide.
Meanwhile, the city has moved to dismiss the lawsuit filed by The Nash Keys. It’s a pretty simple argument in their motion to dismiss. The city produced a map of Clearwater, marked the piano bar in red, and the vacated street in purple, and assert that people actually won’t be inconvenienced when they try to find the venue…
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Clearwater moves to dismiss piano bar’s lawsuit over gift of road to Scientology
There are now two active lawsuits against the City of Clearwater regarding its gift of a downtown street to the Church of Scientology.
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