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The Economic Impact of Scientology on Clearwater

November 30, 2019 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

Scientology spews out paid ads proclaiming their wondrous contributions to society, most especially to Clearwater. I see these things on Twitter and when I respond they delete my responses. So, in keeping with the time-honored solution of “doing what Ron says,” I am putting my response on my own channel of communication where it cannot be altered (or deleted). Their tweet above makes the bold claim that scientology paid $3.1 million in property and tourist taxes in 2018. And that they "generate $1 billion impact into the local economy." As for the first claim -- this may well be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Clearwater, Economic Impact Study, FSU, irs, Mark Bunker, public relations, scientology tax exemption

Scientology BS Grows Deeper

October 22, 2019 By Mike Rinder 69 Comments

Scientology had this 116 page "rebuttal" magazine ready to distribute in Clearwater on Sunday immediately after the Tampa Bay Times bombshell dropped. It had been prepared and printed well in advance, with staged photo shoots and 116 pages of PR fluffery and outright bs ready to drop without the inconvenience of having read the article. In fact, it arrived in Clearwater mailboxes Monday morning, so it was mailed even before the article was published. A large percentage of the magazine consists of flowery pages of "I am a Scientologist" stuff. This is basically a rehash of what is shown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, David Miscavige Tagged With: Clearwater Aquarium, David Miscavige, David Yates, Economic Impact Study, Freedom Magazine, FSU, John Sugg, L. Ron Hubbard, public relations, Scientology, tampa bay times, The Aftermath, Tracey McManus, Trish Duggan

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