I live in Tampa currently, and lived in Dunedin for several years prior to this. Speaking as a semi-local at minimum - most people are concerned about other businesses being pushed out. Small businesses already have a hard time being in the black, if a majority population of a town won't frequent your business because you're not of their religion you're cut off at the knees again. Will Scientologists open up a plethora of businesses and draw business from Clearwater Beach to the downtown area? Will the downtown just become a larger campus for Scientology - will they start to make it into something even larger? Are these purchases made to help legitimize the cash flow and stabilize income if Scientology loses it's tax-free status? There's a smokescreen effect on any information out of Scientology so just there being so many unknown variables in concerning at the very least.
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I live in Tampa currently, and lived in Dunedin for several years prior to this. Speaking as a semi-local at minimum - most people are concerned about other businesses being pushed out. Small businesses already have a hard time being in the black, if a majority population of a town won't frequent your business because you're not of their religion you're cut off at the knees again. Will Scientologists open up a plethora of businesses and draw business from Clearwater Beach to the downtown area? Will the downtown just become a larger campus for Scientology - will they start to make it into something even larger? Are these purchases made to help legitimize the cash flow and stabilize income if Scientology loses it's tax-free status? There's a smokescreen effect on any information out of Scientology so just there being so many unknown variables in concerning at the very least.
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