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TONY ORTEGA
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[The pope of Scientology wants his own sacred city]
In 1975, the Church of Scientology surreptitiously crept into Clearwater, Florida in order to create what it called its “Flag Land Base” by secretly purchasing the iconic Fort Harrison Hotel.
This was after founder L. Ron Hubbard had spent eight years running Scientology from a ship and was in increasingly poor health and wanted to come back to solid ground.
The people of Clearwater were not consulted about whether they wanted to become Hubbard’s “spiritual mecca.” But ever since then, Scientology has dominated the city’s downtown and made it a creepy dead space to outsiders as the church, under current leader David Miscavige, has bought up more and more property.
Now, Miscavige wants to complete his vision for Scientology’s Vatican City. Near the Fort Harrison and the city-block-sized Flag Building, Dave plans to erect L. Ron Hubbard Hall, a massive performance space that will hold 3,500 people, and across from it, a small L. Ron Hubbard Park.
He already owns all the property he needs to make it happen. However, between the future Hall and the Park, there is a small road, South Garden Avenue, that he wants the city to “vacate” and turn over to the church. Initially, he was willing to pay $1.375 million for it, but now he says state law — backed up by an opinion from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier — says that if the road is vacated, Scientology can have it free of charge since it owns all the adjacent land.
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[/td]In 1975, the Church of Scientology surreptitiously crept into Clearwater, Florida in order to create what it called its “Flag Land Base” by secretly purchasing the iconic Fort Harrison Hotel.
This was after founder L. Ron Hubbard had spent eight years running Scientology from a ship and was in increasingly poor health and wanted to come back to solid ground.
The people of Clearwater were not consulted about whether they wanted to become Hubbard’s “spiritual mecca.” But ever since then, Scientology has dominated the city’s downtown and made it a creepy dead space to outsiders as the church, under current leader David Miscavige, has bought up more and more property.
Now, Miscavige wants to complete his vision for Scientology’s Vatican City. Near the Fort Harrison and the city-block-sized Flag Building, Dave plans to erect L. Ron Hubbard Hall, a massive performance space that will hold 3,500 people, and across from it, a small L. Ron Hubbard Park.
He already owns all the property he needs to make it happen. However, between the future Hall and the Park, there is a small road, South Garden Avenue, that he wants the city to “vacate” and turn over to the church. Initially, he was willing to pay $1.375 million for it, but now he says state law — backed up by an opinion from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier — says that if the road is vacated, Scientology can have it free of charge since it owns all the adjacent land.
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Read Scientology's pitch for the Clearwater street it wants shut down for its Vatican
In 1975, the Church of Scientology surreptitiously crept into Clearwater, Florida in order to create what it called its “Flag Land Base” by secretly purchasing the iconic Fort Harrison Hotel.
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