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Jan 14, 2010
Church of Scientology sues Ga. city — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Jan 14, 2010
Scientologists sue over Sandy Springs vote — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sandy Springs discriminated against the Church of Scientology when the city refused to let the church expand a former office building into its Georgia headquarters, two new lawsuits claim. The church filed religious discrimination complaints in U.S. District Court on Wednesday and Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday. Both suits contend that the city infringed on the church’s religious rights in the City Council's vote Dec. 15 that approved the rezoning of the building at Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive but ...
Dec 15, 2009
Lawsuit coming, despite Sandy Springs' OK of Scientology church — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Scientology is coming to Sandy Springs – but a federal lawsuit is coming first.
“Absolutely,” said attorney William Woodson Galloway, when asked if the Church of Scientology will pursue a religious liberty lawsuit following a vote Tuesday that limited the size of the church in Sandy Springs. “We are not happy with the result.”
The result was a 3-3 vote by the City Council on Tuesday night that tried to find a common ground between outright denial of the rezoning of ...
Dec 14, 2009
Scientology vote Tuesday in Sandy Springs — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution The showdown over Scientology in Sandy Springs comes up for a vote Tuesday night that both opponents and supporters hope puts an end to the matter.
It isn’t likely.
The threat of a religious-liberty lawsuit looms if the City Council rejects outright the Church of Scientology’s request for a zoning change so it can move from its current state headquarters in Dunwoody into a Sandy Springs office building it owns.
On the other side are the more than 700 residents – ...
Oct 20, 2009
Sandy Springs sidesteps Scientology decision — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution The waiting continues on whether the Church of Scientology will move to Sandy Springs. The City Council on Tuesday deferred voting on a rezoning request by the church until December, despite a packed house of several dozen opponents wearing “STOP” stickers on their lapels and several dozen supporters on hand with a court reporter, taking down all comments. Council members said the latest delay on the issue, which has been bubbling up since last spring, was required so the Planning Commission ...
Oct 19, 2009
Sandy Springs to give Scientology a yes or no — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Expect a showdown over Scientology Tuesday night in Sandy Springs. The City Council is scheduled to decide at its meeting whether to rezone an office building at Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive so the church can move from Dunwoody. More than 500 residents and 16 neighborhood associations have urged the city to deny the request, saying there isn’t enough parking and that the church will add to existing traffic woes. But there is a new twist that the church hopes will ...
Sep 17, 2009
Sandy Springs planning board says no to Scientology church — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Church of Scientology should not move to Sandy Springs, the city’s Planning Commission decided Thursday night.
In a 3-2 vote, the commission denied the church’s request to rezone a former office building at Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive into its Georgia headquarters. Members David Rubenstein and Donald Boyken dissented.
The vote is nonbinding but will be considered by the City Council during its vote. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the issue at its Oct. 20 meeting.
The ...
Sep 17, 2009
Scientology zoning battle hits Sandy Springs — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tom Cruise himself could show up to make the case that the Church of the Scientology be allowed to convert an office building in Sandy Springs into its Georgia — and Deep South — headquarters, and members of 15 neighborhood associations would be unmoved.
Even Cruise, they say, wouldn’t have a place to park.
“That property just doesn’t have enough parking for a church,” said Mark Sampl, a leader in one of the city’s largest coalitions of homeowners, the Sandy Springs ...
Sep 3, 2009
Opposition still strong for Scientologists — Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Amy Wenk Source:
Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia) The Church of Scientology has sparked a battle this year in Sandy Springs. Since March, hundreds of residents from 14 neighborhood or civic associations have adamantly opposed the church relocating from Dunwoody to the property it purchased in late 2005 at the intersection of Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive. Those citizens have, month after month, meeting after meeting, grasped the podium to voice their concerns about traffic and parking. They have implored city boards and planning staff to deny the rezoning ...
Aug 21, 2009
Council defers Scientology decision — Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Amy Wenk Source:
Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia) Concerned residents who filled Sandy Springs City Council chambers Tuesday, Aug. 18 to hear the fate of the Church of Scientology, which wants to relocate from Dunwoody to Sandy Springs, will have to wait.
The Council was scheduled to vote on the church's rezoning application that if approved would allow religious use of property the congregation purchased in 2005 at the intersection of Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive.
But discussion on the application was short-lived. The city's staff recommended a 60-day ...
Jun 5, 2009
Sandy Springs defers vote on Church of Scientology — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sandy Springs won’t decide until later this summer on a Church of Scientology’s request to move into the city. The city’s planning commission voted last week to defer the church’s application to rezone a former office at Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive for its operations. At issue: whether the proposed 81 parking spaces will be enough for the 600-member church. Church representatives said they will conduct a parking study to show they will not need the 148 spaces estimated by city ...
May 1, 2009
Crime, proposed church concern High Point Civic Association — Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John F. Schaffner Source:
Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia) The High Point Civic Association heard a report from Sandy Springs police Lt. Steve Rose on crime in the southeast area of the city and a discussion from Senior Officer Larry Jacobs of the benefits of the city's Neighborhood Watch program in helping to fight crime. According to association President Alan Powell, the annual meeting April 21 was "quiet" and mainly centered on the "state of affairs in the community," which encompasses the Sandy Springs neighborhoods south of I-285 and east ...
May 1, 2009
Scientologists' move meets opposition — Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Amy Wenk Source:
Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia) Sandy Springs residents roared over the Church of Scientology's rezoning request at a community-developer resolution meeting April 23. It was the initial public discussion for the application, which is scheduled to go before the City Council on June 16. Now based in Dunwoody, the church wants to move to 5395 Roswell Road at the corner of Glenridge Drive. [Picture]The Dunwoody-based Church of Scientology plans to relocate to 5395 Roswell Road at the corner of Glenridge Drive, a property purchased around 2005. ...
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