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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 130058" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Court orders destruction of Sikh temple in Texas, USA</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Punjab Newsline Network</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Saturday, 17 July 2010</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>AUSTIN(Texas)</strong>: Sikhs are shocked and outraged at a ruling by a Texas Court of Appeals ordering that the only Sikh Temple (Gurudwara) in Austin, Texas be torn down. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Austin Gurdwara Sahib (AGS), a non-profit, Sikh organization purchased land in West side of the Greater Austin area in 2003 to start the first permanent Gurudwara in the Capital City. For years, religious services were hosted weekly in a manufactured home located on the property. In 2005, to improve the facilities, AGS, with the congregation’s support, decided to build a more contemporary building. In this regard, AGS applied for, and was granted, all the necessary permits from the city. The approval process from the city included meetings with Planning & Zoning committees as well as the City Council at large. AGS also met with and provided full disclosure to the neighborhood association. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The construction commenced in late 2007, and the members of the Austin Sikh community celebrated laying the initial foundation stone of the first Sikh temple of its kind in Austin. However, the festive mood came to an abrupt stop immediately after the foundation had finished in Feb 2008, when the Bolliers filed for an injunction against the construction. John and wife Leslie, who is an attorney, were relative newcomers to the neighborhood arriving about 3 years after AGS had been using its property for religious services. Citing to the deed restrictions, the Bolliers argued vehemently against the construction of the Sikh Temple on the grounds that it would be an eye-sore and a traffic magnate, and would lower their property’s value. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">By agreement, AGS and the Bolliers agreed to cease construction until the issue was resolved by the trial court. In March 2009, the case was heard by Honorable Judge Susan Covington in the 353rd Judicial District in Travis County Texas. Over the course of several days, the court heard evidence presented by both sides, and rendered an informed decision denying Bollier’s request for an injunction and further ordered them to pay 80% of the associated court costs. In fact, the plantiff, Leslie Bollier, was cited for inequitable conduct in connection with the AGS use of the property. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">After the trial court’s favorable ruling, AGS proceded to complete the Temple construction over the next few months. Meanwhile, not satisfied with the trial court’s decision, Bolliers filed an appeal. In July 2010, months after the construction of the Temple was complete, the Appellate Court reversed the lower court’s ruling. In fact, it went so far as to order the completed structure to be torn down! Sikhs around the world and shocked, saddened, and flabbergasted by such an unjust ruling. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The AGS spokes person said that they intends to vigorously appeal and ask the court to reconsider its decision. A website <a href="http://www.SaveGurudwara.com" target="_blank">www.SaveGurudwara.com</a> has been set up to provide updates on the matter as well as to collect donations for the legal fight.</span></p><p><span style="color: navy"><script> window.onload=function(){ window.print(); } </script></span></p><p><span style="color: navy">source:</span> </p><p><a href="http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/court-orders-destruction-sikh-temple-texas-usa/22123" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/court-orders-destruction-sikh-temple-texas-usa/22123</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 130058, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Court orders destruction of Sikh temple in Texas, USA[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Punjab Newsline Network[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Saturday, 17 July 2010[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=navy][B]AUSTIN(Texas)[/B]: Sikhs are shocked and outraged at a ruling by a Texas Court of Appeals ordering that the only Sikh Temple (Gurudwara) in Austin, Texas be torn down. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Austin Gurdwara Sahib (AGS), a non-profit, Sikh organization purchased land in West side of the Greater Austin area in 2003 to start the first permanent Gurudwara in the Capital City. For years, religious services were hosted weekly in a manufactured home located on the property. In 2005, to improve the facilities, AGS, with the congregation’s support, decided to build a more contemporary building. In this regard, AGS applied for, and was granted, all the necessary permits from the city. The approval process from the city included meetings with Planning & Zoning committees as well as the City Council at large. AGS also met with and provided full disclosure to the neighborhood association. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The construction commenced in late 2007, and the members of the Austin Sikh community celebrated laying the initial foundation stone of the first Sikh temple of its kind in Austin. However, the festive mood came to an abrupt stop immediately after the foundation had finished in Feb 2008, when the Bolliers filed for an injunction against the construction. John and wife Leslie, who is an attorney, were relative newcomers to the neighborhood arriving about 3 years after AGS had been using its property for religious services. Citing to the deed restrictions, the Bolliers argued vehemently against the construction of the Sikh Temple on the grounds that it would be an eye-sore and a traffic magnate, and would lower their property’s value. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]By agreement, AGS and the Bolliers agreed to cease construction until the issue was resolved by the trial court. In March 2009, the case was heard by Honorable Judge Susan Covington in the 353rd Judicial District in Travis County Texas. Over the course of several days, the court heard evidence presented by both sides, and rendered an informed decision denying Bollier’s request for an injunction and further ordered them to pay 80% of the associated court costs. In fact, the plantiff, Leslie Bollier, was cited for inequitable conduct in connection with the AGS use of the property. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]After the trial court’s favorable ruling, AGS proceded to complete the Temple construction over the next few months. Meanwhile, not satisfied with the trial court’s decision, Bolliers filed an appeal. In July 2010, months after the construction of the Temple was complete, the Appellate Court reversed the lower court’s ruling. In fact, it went so far as to order the completed structure to be torn down! Sikhs around the world and shocked, saddened, and flabbergasted by such an unjust ruling. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The AGS spokes person said that they intends to vigorously appeal and ask the court to reconsider its decision. A website [URL="http://www.SaveGurudwara.com"]www.SaveGurudwara.com[/URL] has been set up to provide updates on the matter as well as to collect donations for the legal fight.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]<script> window.onload=function(){ window.print(); } </script>[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]source:[/COLOR] [URL="http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/court-orders-destruction-sikh-temple-texas-usa/22123"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/court-orders-destruction-sikh-temple-texas-usa/22123[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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