It's important to be precise about it.
The feud didn't start, townspeople say, when followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh bought the 64,000 acre Big Muddy Ranch outside the little central Oregon town of Antelope in June 1981.
It didn't start when disciples of the Bhagwan began applying for building permits in town, or showed up at a city council meeting with a lawyer from Chicago.
The real trouble began when the Indian guru's followers started inquiring about vacancies on the Antelope school board.
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