Outside experts call for Clearwater and Scientology to work together
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"..As the two biggest players downtown, the two sides must communicate and coordinate more, the panel said. As an example of what could be accomplished, they pointed to how the city and the church teamed up to lure a Starbucks to Cleveland Street, downtown's historic main drag. That happened in 2000..."
How wonderful. A Starbucks!
How wonderful. A Starbucks!
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"..As the two biggest players downtown, the two sides must communicate and coordinate more, the panel said. As an example of what could be accomplished, they pointed to how the city and the church teamed up to lure a Starbucks to Cleveland Street, downtown's historic main drag. That happened in 2000..."
How wonderful. A Starbucks!
perhaps the hidden message was that the City officials should wake up and smell the coffee
DoneDeal
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Yeah, a lot of people in my town did. HS sucks and I'm happy to hear of a somewhat connection with scn. Couldn't happen to a better business.
oneonewasaracecar
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Kind of Ironic that the Church of Scientology which claims to possess THE best tech on Communication in the entire universe has been named as part of the problem due to its failure to sufficiently communicate. Don't you think?
Not true. The Clearwater council has obvious affinity and reality issues.
They think land taxes need to be paid, that Scientology isn't wonderful.
The Clearwater council obviously doens't apply Scientology in their lives.
Helena Handbasket
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Ah, but the C of S does support local businesses, such as the hot dog shop a block away called Checkers.
When I told them I wanted to leave and not come back, they told me I could stay and work towards my spiritual freedom, or I could go to Checkers.
Helena
When I told them I wanted to leave and not come back, they told me I could stay and work towards my spiritual freedom, or I could go to Checkers.
Helena
I absolutely hate Clearwater Florida because of Scientology. I will never, ever go there again! I wonder what the City of Clearwater officials will say when this cult gets taken down as THE largest criminal cult in the history of the World?
When the buildings are auctioned off for pennies on the dollar due to NO INTEREST in Clearwater. The cult has taken over the town and it is a sucky place to vacation. Then what will these irresponsible dweebs do?
When the buildings are auctioned off for pennies on the dollar due to NO INTEREST in Clearwater. The cult has taken over the town and it is a sucky place to vacation. Then what will these irresponsible dweebs do?
Miss Ellie
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So the group getting the $120,000 - are they a front for the Sciobots??
If not do they live on an island & did not research into the fact that the sciobots are tax exempt?
Just wondering??
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If not do they live on an island & did not research into the fact that the sciobots are tax exempt?
Just wondering??
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oneonewasaracecar
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Does that mean when you start working for Checkers you are immediately 1.1?
CommunicatorIC
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Another article, this one from the Tampa Tribune:
Competing interest groups may hold Clearwater back, panel says
http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/comp...may-hold-clearwater-back-panel-says-20140621/
Competing interest groups may hold Clearwater back, panel says
http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/comp...may-hold-clearwater-back-panel-says-20140621/
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Free Being Me
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How many decades of cult p.r. fail does it take for the worthies of Clearwater to realize they have a toxic lying manipulative cult in their midst? FFS.
Churchill
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The tragedy of Scientology lies in it's manipulative and ultimately corrupting nature which it assiduously works to conceal.
From Gabe Cazares to Lisa McPherson, and countless others, the trail of victims attests to the predatory nature of cult.
It has thoroughly infiltrated and corrupted the Clearwater Police Department
Scientology is a cancer on Clearwater, and it's eradication, like cancer, is a worthy and much to be desired goal.
As my namesake wrote, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last"
One more thing: I predict that within the next few years, an increasing percentage of Clearwater's homeless population will
be comprised of elderly, ill, poor, and unable to work Scientologists who will have been offloaded by the cult.
Mark my words.
From Gabe Cazares to Lisa McPherson, and countless others, the trail of victims attests to the predatory nature of cult.
It has thoroughly infiltrated and corrupted the Clearwater Police Department
Scientology is a cancer on Clearwater, and it's eradication, like cancer, is a worthy and much to be desired goal.
As my namesake wrote, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last"
One more thing: I predict that within the next few years, an increasing percentage of Clearwater's homeless population will
be comprised of elderly, ill, poor, and unable to work Scientologists who will have been offloaded by the cult.
Mark my words.
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Some background contextual info on Mr. Cazares (R.I.P.
) regarding what $cientology is doing in Clearwater.Gabe Cazares
http://www.xenu-directory.net/victims/cazares1.html (links within article)
St. Petersburg Times (Sep. 30, 2006 ): "For the disadvantaged and against Scientology" by Mike Donila and Robert Farley
"Former Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares, a civil rights advocate, champion of the disadvantaged and archenemy of the Church of Scientology, died Friday (Sept. 29, 2006). He was 86.
As a politician, Mr. Cazares led the local Democratic Party and won public office at a time when few Hispanics even lived in Pinellas County.
As a community activist, he worked to help the poor and build bridges across racial lines in Clearwater during the early years of integration.
But after the Church of Scientology came to town in late 1975, Mr. Cazares became an outspoken critic. That led Scientologists to hatch plans to smear him with sex allegations and a phony hit-and-run accident.
Mr. Cazares questioned the church's motives, its quiet purchases of downtown property and the way its security guards carried billy clubs and Mace.
"I am unable to understand why this degree of security is required by a religious organization, and my concerns are shared by many other citizens," Mr. Cazares said in January 1976.
Within months, Clearwater was enveloped in a hostile, polarized environment marked by spying, sharp rhetoric, protests and smear tactics - some of them targeting Mr. Cazares.
Federal investigators later found Scientology internal memos outlining plans by church leaders to control public opinion in Clearwater, concoct a sex smear campaign against Mr. Cazares and infiltrate the local media and other institutions.
Scientology documents also revealed that church members had staged a phony hit-and-run accident with Mr. Cazares in an attempt to discredit him." [...]
Gabe Cazares (Feb. 2004): "Scientologists Expand US and International Operations"
"Those who know Scientology agree that this cult represents a clear and present danger to citizens, regardless of race or nationality. If one single fact about Scientology proves the cult's danger to America it is its indictment in 1975 by a Federal grand jury. The 25 count indictment charged them with conspiring to steal government documents, theft of government documents, and conspiring to obstruct justice. Those who support or profit from Scientology should be aware of their tacit support and approval of Scientology's contempt for religion, government, and individuals."
Margery Wakefield in "Understand Scientology" (1991): "Chapter 13: Not So Clear in Clearwater — Scientology Takes Over a Town"
"An uneasy suspicion was beginning to grow regarding the new tenants of the Ft. Harrison Hotel. Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares voiced the perplexity felt by many when he stated, "I am discomfited by the increasing visibility of security personnel, armed with billy clubs and mace, employed by the United Churches of Florida. I am unable to understand why this degree of security is required by a religious organization." (1)
Meanwhile, two reporters, Bette Orsini of the St. Petersburg Times and Mark Sableman of the Clearwater Sun were beginning to discover that "Southern Land Development" and "United Churches of Florida" didn't seem to exist. Nowhere was there a record of either organization.
Bette Orsini of the St. Petersburg Times was the first to make the connection to Scientology. But just as the paper was about to print the truth, a Scientology spokesman from Los Angeles, Arthur Maren, arrived in Clearwater and announced to the press that it was the controversial Church of Scientology which had purchased the buildings.
At first he denied that the hotel would become a Scientology center; he said that the hotel would be open to all churches for conferences and retreats. However, the next day he said that if Scientology failed to bring religious harmony to all religions, then the hotel would become a center for Scientologists. And a few days later he admitted that the center was to be used exclusively for Scientology training.
After telling the people of Clearwater that Scientologists were nice, friendly people who wanted to fit in with the community, Scientology launched lawsuits against Gabe Cazares and the St. Pete Times, both of whom responded with countersuits of their own against the "church." [...]
Meet Gabe Cazares
"This secret project was designed to “remove him from public office and discredit him as an opinion leader.” This included forming letter-writing campaigns against Cazares, working for any political opponent of his, asking him embarrassing questions at his political rallies, registering all Scientologists to vote against him, filing suit against him, placing an operative in the Cazares campaign, and many other such actions."
Scientology's Intelligence Operations against Gabriel Cazares
"In 1977, FBI agents raided Scientology properties (Fifield Manor and the Cedars Complex in Los Angeles, California) and seized a number of documents. Among these were several pertaining to Scientology's illegal covert operations against Clearwater mayor Gabriel Cazares, who opposed the church."
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Arthur Dent
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Tampa Bay Times: "
But they spotlighted a particular problem they said must be resolved — conflicts between the city's government and Scientology, downtown's largest landowner and taxpayer.
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Since when is the cult Clearwater's largest taxpayer? :confused2:
But they spotlighted a particular problem they said must be resolved — conflicts between the city's government and Scientology, downtown's largest landowner and taxpayer.
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Since when is the cult Clearwater's largest taxpayer? :confused2:
Ho Tai
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What is "HS"? I can't think of anything that fits.
Free Being Me
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Kind of Ironic that the Church of Scientology which claims to possess THE best tech on Communication in the entire universe has been named as part of the problem due to its failure to sufficiently communicate. Don't you think?
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