The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved (with several councilman absent) a waiver of a $3,000 fee for a a L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event taking place Saturday at the Shrine Auditorium. They included a motion that states, “This annual celebration recognizes the achievements of Mr. Hubbard, Founder of the Scientology religion, and honors Churches of Scientology internationally.”
As someone at the public hearing approving the waiver said, “Will you be celebrating Jim Jones and David Koresh’s birthday?” Of course we know that Jim Jones gave money to politicians which served him as his church well and I would bet good money that at least one of those LA Councilmembers have received donations from well-known Scientologists.
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March 22, 2009 at 12:39 am |
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March 23, 2009 at 4:32 pm |
I assume this is a common practice. This event happened in Bernard Parks’ district and he put up the motion.
I guess when the other council members offer free stuff to a cult in their district, the other members go along.
Seems like a waste in general, as we are in an economic downturn and scientology claims to be so successful, surely they could have paid for this (cops, street closures) all by themselves. Especially for an event that was NOT open to the public, like a street fair would be.
The citizens of LA helped pay for a portion of a private event for a known cult.