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Clearwater City Council Election Candidates Forum - Reset relations with $cientology

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Excerpted from Tampa Bay Times, Friday 14 Feb 2014 http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/city-council-race-tackles-taxes-scientology/2165617

And all five agreed that the city should reset relations with the church, marred by months of discord over illegal tree-cutting and permit wars in the months preceding the November opening of the church's massive Flag Building downtown.

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As for Scientology, the church is one of the city's biggest taxpayers and has been a part of the city for four decades, said Allbritton.

"I think with somebody that big, that has so much influence in the downtown area, that we ought to be working with them," he said.

Jonson said the city has been reaching out to the church in recent months and should continue to do so.

McCree said he thought it was sad that some residents had such intense dislike for the church.

"They're not monsters," he said.

Rosa said he'd recently visited a church-sponsored clinic for children and thought it didn't get the recognition it deserved for good work in the community. He said the city should seek "common ground" with the church.

The church needs to be treated by the city as a business, Hamilton said.

"The church owns property. The city owns property. They are business people to be respected and dealt with when necessary," said Hamilton, who added that he's a Methodist.

:duh::duh::duh::duh::duh:
 

The Sloth

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Re: Clearwater City Council Election Candidates Forum - Reset relations with $cientol

The church needs to be treated by the city as a business, Hamilton said.

I see what he did there....:coolwink:
 
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