There went the neighborhood.

This is just a quick follow-up to my previous post about Scientology moving into Sandy Springs. Last night the city council of Sandy Springs approved letting Scientology move into the office building at Glenridge and Roswell Road by a tiebreaking vote. Despite this, the saga isn’t quite over.

The Scientologists are planning on filing a religious liberty lawsuit against the city because they will not be allowed to add a fourth floor to the building, but are stuck with what’s already there. They will probably end up getting what they want considering the money and horde of lawyers they have backing them.

Another lawsuit may be coming from the other direction as some home owners in the area are convinced the building in question does not have enough parking and will make traffic in the area worse. I personally doubt this will go anywhere. It looks inevitable that the Georgia headquarters of the Church of Scientology will be moving into my potential backyard.

December 16, 2009 · Filed under Atlanta by Stephen K

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  2. BubbaRich

    December 16, 2009 @ 4:02 pm

    That’s somewhere close to the Atlanta LDS temple, between Glenridge and Barfield @ Hammond.

    What you’ve said above is exactly what the AJC article says, but Glenridge and Roswell Rd don’t cross. I wonder where it is between them?

  3. Stephen K

    December 16, 2009 @ 4:46 pm

    Glenridge Drive (not connector) dead-ends into Roswell Rd. I know, I use that route going home sometimes (Glenridge to Roswell to Mt. Paran).

    Map it, you’ll see.

  4. BubbaRich

    December 16, 2009 @ 11:00 pm

    You know, I thought I looked at the south end of Glenridge…it’s only 3 miles from the LDS temple and meetinghouse on Glenridge near Mt. Vernon. I wonder if Atlanta is going to think of the Mormons as regular people, or think of Glenridge Dr as the center of Pure Evil?

  5. BubbaRich

    January 4, 2010 @ 12:20 pm

    My GoogleNewsAlert came up with this story from Kos about the attempted Scientology center. I had forgotten how much Pure Evil those dudes really are.

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/21/817736/-Scientology-in-Sandy-Springs,-Georgia

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