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Comment by Pastor Michael Salma
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Dave, I appreciate the fact that you defend religious rights.  But you are not looking at the facts.  First of all, we have 4 acres of property, and we have 12-15 cars max, do you really think we park in the street or block anyone's driveway, further if you look on the city map or even google earth.  The nearest home is at least 100 feet away.  Do you really believe we play music that loud.  We bring 12-15 cars per week.  did you know last year we did a traffic study and the average cars that drive in front of our home on a daily basis is 2500 cars PER DAY!!  The city has it registered at 2900 cars in some days.  THIS IS PER DAY.  Your facts are wrong and if we did do loud noise, park in the street, dust and stuff we can understand their problem but it is EVIDENT this is not the case.  They do not like us worship on our property because they believe it is a nusiance to them.  They have a JUST BECAUSE attitude.  Should I not practice my religious rights because someone says, Just because the CITY feels you should not?  www.HCFAZ.org


Comment by Dave Hodges
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 Pastor Salman

In your response to your comment on my article, I find it interesting that you failed to address two very important issues! I will ask you again:

Were you, or were you not convicted of impersonating a police officer in the name of scaring off a boy who was "bothering" a girl from your congregation?

Were you or were you not the recipient of an Order of Protection by you neighbor after you went on to their property and intimidated them?

Disputed traffic counts aside, these are issues which should concern any neighborhood whether these are the actions of a Pastor or a plumber.

Your failure to deal with these issues, and more, may be part of the reasons why your neighbors are up in arms against you.

Prove to the public that you are the victim of a vast conspiracy in which all of the allegations are merely being fabricated by your neighbors and the Phoenix PD and the courts merely because you are practicing your Christian faith. There are places where these conspiracies do exist, I just don't see it transpiring in neighborhood of 31st Avenue and Orangewood. 

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