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Clearwater Development and Scientology

November 12, 2022 By Mike Rinder 34 Comments

Happily, the referendum passed to allow the City of Clearwater to sell property to developers. Tracey McManus reported on the outcome. The development aims to bring up to 600 apartments, a 158-room hotel and a half dozen restaurants and retail spots along the city’s bluff. Right in front of the Ft Harrison and between it and the Sandcastle. Miscavige and scientology are no doubt very unhappy with this turn of events. I suspect when the information becomes available we will learn that the majority of "No" votes came from scientologist heavy precincts. The measure passed by a 2 to 1 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Clearwater, David Miscavige, referendum, Tracey McManus

Yes for Clearwater

October 23, 2022 By Mike Rinder 12 Comments

  Mark Bunker sent me the two videos below and asked that I share them here. I gladly do so and wholeheartedly support this effort. Citizens of Clearwater will vote on November 8 to allow the city to sell two parcels of land to developers (Mark explains the process in the second video). They are planning major construction that will bring people to downtown Clearwater -- despite scientology's best efforts to buy up all available properties and keep Clearwater on track to achieve their goal as "the first scientology city." This plan will throw a major wrench, or more aptly a whole … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Clearwater, David Miscavige, Mark Bunker, Scientology

The OT’s Saved Clearwater

October 4, 2022 By Mike Rinder 41 Comments

  Scientologists actually believe "OT's" can influence the weather, bring down the Berlin Wall and restore calm to areas plagued by violence. Their fantastical thinking never seems to take into account the fact that these OT's can't seem to manage to deal with the massive negative PR associated with scientology. See the arguments made by Danny Masterson's lawyers, splashed all over the media “There is a really negative view of Scientology… the general public's view of Scientology is more negative than any other religion.” Or the fact that the hurricane even came near Flag and shut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, OT Tagged With: Clearwater, Flag, Kati Balog Ficzek, OTs

“Freedom” Magazine Very Old News

July 5, 2022 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

Happened to see this tweet from Freedom magazine on my Twitter feed this weekend. I thought it was a new campaign they were starting. Turns out, it's just a rehash of the last Freedom mag of any note -- released in 2019. They are still playing that same old song "we are good citizens of your fair city and we just want to get along." It's a big lie. Ws then, remains so today. I wrote about it at that time: Scientology BS Grows Deeper   Scientology wants only one thing for Clearwater. What is good for scientology. They have made their intentions clear -- Clearwater is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Clearwater, Freedom Magazine, FSU

Free Quarantine

June 13, 2022 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Yes, come to Flag and you will still be forced to quarantine. But it’s sort of free -- and in the scientology world, that is a really big deal. They never give ANYTHING away for free. The catch here is that you have to buy their food. Because, of course, if you are quarantined you can’t go out of the building. And you can’t order food from outside to be delivered. So, you can get one of their $20 room service burgers… Can you believe they are still requiring everyone to quarantine? The US doesn't even require a negative test to fly into the country any more. Just another indication of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flag Service Org Tagged With: Clearwater, COVID-19, Flag, quarantine

Scientology Businesses in Clearwater

April 19, 2022 By Mike Rinder 25 Comments

People often ask "Is this business in Clearwater is owned by a scientologist? I don't want to give them my money." Google is everyone's friend and there is a lot of information available with a simple search. But it's not always clear. So, to help make the information known, I am publishing this WISE "Job Openings" list. These will now show up on a Google search as being scientologist owned businesses. Perhaps there are others who live in this area that could add to this list, as certainly not all scientologist owned businesses are hiring... The listings are sometimes amusing. Even in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, WISE Tagged With: Clearwater, scientology businesses

Making Clearwater A Scientology “Ideal City”

March 9, 2022 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

If anyone in the Clearwater community does not believe scientology is determined to own their city, let this be another warning. This woman apparently doesn't have enough to do in Venezuela (everything is going along so well there) so she is in Clearwater delivering seminars (in Spanish ?) "in alignment with our purpose of making Clearwater an ideal city." For those  who don't know,  "ideal" in scientology means "fully in accordance with the dictates of L. Ron Hubbard." Scientologists are learning and "drilling" to infiltrate the community. They are proud of this effort and want every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, Volunteer Ministers Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Clearwater, Clearwater City Council, ideal city, Vanessa Rivera, volunteer ministers

Clearwater Election — Don’t Support Scientology

February 13, 2022 By Mike Rinder 68 Comments

The Clearwater City Council election is coming up on March 15. Just over a month away. Every reader of this blog is aware that Aaron Smith-Levin is seeking election to the City Council. His opponent in the race is Lina Teixeira. Aaron has just done a video detailing specific reasons why she is not just soft on scientology, but actively works with them to influence matters in downtown Clearwater. This is something all voters in Clearwater need to know.  Spread it on social media as you can. If you want to support Aaron's campaign, click here. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Clearwater, Clearwater City Council, Lina Teixeira

What is the Political Affiliation of Scientologists?

February 12, 2022 By Mike Rinder 45 Comments

Over the years, many people have asked about the political views and affiliations of scientologists. Every time I ask for questions for a listener Q and A episode of the Fair Game Podcast, this question comes up. Of course, while there can be no blanket generalization about the politics of a group composed of individuals, individualism is not encouraged in scientology. One is expected to toe the party line. So you tend to see a lot of people subscribing to the same views about everything. Thanks to Aaron Smith-Levin taking the time to count voters registered at scientology buildings in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Clearwater, Democrat, Donald Trump, L. Ron Hubbard, Pat Clouden, psychiatry, Rplucian, Sea Org, Trish Duggan

Scientology’s Not-so-secret Clearwater Political Campaign

January 22, 2022 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Someone forwarded this recent scientology email blast to me. They're trying to keep it hidden. Note the "DO NOT POST ON FB" bold ALL CAPS at the end. It  contains a bunch of coded language.  Despite what it says, the recipients of this message know they are not supposed to actually do their own research -- they might see something they are not supposed to see. By labeling Aaron an "Anti-scientologist" nothing more need be said. Because he is an "anti-scientologist" he is automatically an "anti-social personality" (or SP). Every scientologist knows you must NOT support an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Clearwater, Clearwater City Council, Kurt Belshaw, Scientology

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