Rod Keller continues to keep an eye on things going on south of the border for us…
Last week we reported that local officials in the greater Mexico City neighborhood of Lomas del Olivo had shut down renovations being done on Scientology’s new Advanced Org Saint Hill LATAM facility because of an expired permit. This week Scientology played a cat and mouse game with officials as it attempted to continue work despite the ban. The banners announcing the closure that had been torn by unknown parties were taped back together, but trucks and workers continued to use the gates.
In an interview with news site La Silla Rota entitled “Scientologists have documents in order,” Scientology spokesperson and Sea Org member Jonathan Rico said “I do not see that there is anything wrong, there must be an administrative confusion because we have our papers in order, and if there is anything that needs to be remedied, we will be carrying out the necessary administrative resources and clarifying the confusion.”
Neighbors questioned officials about the permit status, leading them to issue a statement that renovations were still on hold, and that anybody at the site are not workers, but security guards. The alleged security guards came with trucks, construction materials, tools, and were photographed on the scaffolding on the exterior of the building.
On Thursday the police visited the site to examine the permits. Valid permits were not presented, and work was stopped for a second time in as many weeks.
Despite the battle over permits, the AOSH LATAM facility is among the most likely of Scientology’s many empty buildings to open in the near future.
— Rod Keller
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Aaron Smith-Levin talks Clearwater
Says Aaron: “My thoughts & comments on Scientology’s boycott of businesses in downtown Clearwater, and how Ben Shaw inadvertently admitted that it’s real.”
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Bonus items from our tipsters
Rod Keller also spotted this tattoo on Facebook…
Meanwhile, on eBay, this Ray Bradbury title page signed to Mark “Marty” Rathbun in 1984 is on sale from a seller in Sacramento. We have no idea.
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Countdown to Denver!
HowdyCon 2017: Denver, June 23-25 at the Residence Inn Denver City Center. Go here to start making your plans, and book your room soon!
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Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 4,743 days.
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Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 907 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis for 1,309 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 1,182 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 763 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike in 1,268 days.
Mary Jane Sterne has not seen her daughter Samantha in 1,512 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 12,621 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on May 7, 2017 at 07:00
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