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Clearwater group petitions city council to reconsider turning road over to Church of Scientology
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A grassroots group in Clearwater submitted a petition with thousands of signatures in an effort to keep a road from being handed over to the Church of Scientology. The group, Save the Garden, says it submitted about 8,000 signatures to the city on Wednesday.
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A months-long fight over a 470-foot stretch of South Garden Avenue is set to reach a new milestone Wednesday as opponents of Clearwater's decision to hand over the public street to the Church of Scientology prepare to deliver thousands of petition signatures to City Hall.
A group of Clearwater residents is looking to challenge a vote by the City Council in June that gave part of a downtown roadway, South Garden Avenue, to the Church of Scientology. The Save the Garden group submitted nearly 11,000 signatures to the city Wednesday in support of fighting the ordinance …
A grassroots group in Clearwater submitted a petition with thousands of signatures in an effort to keep a road from being handed over to the Church of Scientology. The group, Save the Garden, says it submitted about 8,000 signatures to the city on Wednesday.
The city of Clearwater is seeking guidance from the state attorney general on whether a citizen-led petition challenging a City Council decision violates state law. A group of residents, called Save the Garden, has submitted two petitions to the city this year — both spurred by the Church of Sciento…
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