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Not satisfied to wait for their January 4th hearing date, the faithful lawyers for Social Betterment (a.k.a. we all know who!) has filed a new petition. In this petition they have named and quoted many concerned members of our community that decided, either through email or by public comment, to speak out against the historical designation. That’s right yokels, it seems now if you decide to write to your local council member concerning your opinion about any matter whatsoever, that email is now considered testimony and can be used in a court petition. How can an email be the same as sworn testimony, any lawyers out there? We have to wonder why they singled out those that they chose to, since we are sure there were hundreds (if not thousands) of people who contacted the council on this issue. We have heard somewhere before that harassment and intimidation is the name of the game for this organization. Any hoo, we will be waiting to see how January 4th works out since it seems to be all in the hands of the judge at this point.
frederick local yokel 
The names that Social Betterment Properties International (SBPI) or Narconon at Trout Run mentioned are people who have registered as Interested Parties in the Court Case, not just anyone who sent an email to Council. They (SBPI) are attempting to have our names struck from the case because they claim we don’t have standing. I believe they are just blowing hot air.
But in reference to people who send emails to the Council on a particular subject matter, such as Narconon at Trout Run, while the record is still open, those emails can be entered into the public record and considered as testimony. That was my intent with the email that I sent to the Council.
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