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Why Is Chris Latvala Supporting Scientology and What is a “Safepoint”?

February 25, 2021 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

  Please see the article on Tony Ortega's website yesterday about the crazy Twitter war FL State Congressman Chris Latvala started -- first with Tracey McManus of the Tampa Bay Times, then with Tony Ortega and subsequently with me. I tweeted about this after Tony' story was up, and the Congressman responded to me in a similar fashion:   As you can see my last offer is to meet with him to help provide the education he needs. I hope he takes me up. He said he was unaware of the scientology connections to the books that were offered. Maybe that is the case, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Chris Latvala, Clearwater, HUbbard, PRO Area Control, Safepoint, tampa bay times, The Safe Point, Tony Ortega, Tracey McManus

The Scientology BS is Deep

November 7, 2020 By Mike Rinder 48 Comments

    Tracey McManus article reporting on a meeting David Miscavige had with the Clearwater Mayor and City Attorney last week isn't very revelatory on the surface. But I will try to read between the lines and explain the significance of this meeting based on scientology policy and my experience. The first thing to know is that short of testifying under oath (and even then, good scientologists have no fear of lying if they believe a lie is for the "greatest good"), the real story (either what happened in the past or intentions fo rthe future)is never going to be revealed in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: City of Clearwater, Clearwater, Clearwater Aquarium, David Miscavige, Frank Hibbard, tampa bay times, Tracey McManus

Episode 12: Mark Bunker

October 12, 2020 By Mike Rinder 41 Comments

This week, Leah and I have a conversation with Mark Bunker on the Fair Game podcast. Download at midnight tonight. I will add a link to the show here when it becomes available. We talk to Mark about his history with scientology, him becoming the newest Clearwater City Council member and what the future of the City of Clearwater holds. We cover the land grab by scientology so ably reported by Tracey McManus in the Tampa Bay Times "How Scientology doubled its downtown Clearwater footprint in 3 years" : Tracey updated her story a few days ago "Vacancies in Scientology-tied … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: Fair Game Podcast, Leah Remini, Mark Bunker, Mike Rinder, tampa bay times, Tony Ortega, Tracey McManus

Scientology “Tech” Backfires Again

April 6, 2020 By Mike Rinder 72 Comments

Marlow Stern has written quite a number of stories relating to scientology. They have often questioned scientology's practices and have failed to regurgitate the scientology propaganda they try to feed the media. That makes him an "enemy."  And what does Hubbard say about enemies? You threaten what they seek to protect and cost them their jobs. See this post for the exact words from Hubbard:  Dealing with Critics of Scientology: The L. Ron Hubbard Playbook What never ceases to amaze me is how proudly scientology comes right out with the very worst of themselves, proving time and time again … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Public Relations Tagged With: COVID-19, Daily Beast, David Miscavige, L. Ron Hubbard, Marlow Stern, media, public relations, Scientology, tampa bay times, Tracey McManus

City Councilman Mark Bunker and Scientology Tax Exempt Status

March 18, 2020 By Mike Rinder 72 Comments

  The news has sunk in, Mark Bunker is now a Clearwater City Commissioner-elect. As Tracey McManus put it, this is a historic day for Clearwater. There is another piece in the Tampa Bay Times (top of article screencapped above) this morning. It makes some interesting points - first of which is noting Bunker's "desire for the city to urge the IRS to revoke Scientology's tax exempt status..." Some have poo-poo'd this idea "The City of Clearwater doesn't grant tax exempt status, the IRS does" -- as if Mark Bunker is unaware of the difference between a city government and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, Tax Exemption Tagged With: Church of Scientology, Clearwater Florida, David Miscavige, Flag Service Organization, Frank Hibbard, irs, Kathleen Beckman, Kirby Wilson, Mark Bunker, public relations, Scientology, Tax Exemption, Tracey McManus

Where Clearwater Candidates Stand on Scientology

January 6, 2020 By Mike Rinder 26 Comments

Tracey McManus published another of her uniformly excellent articles recently:  Where every Clearwater City Council Candidate stands on Scientology I have excerpted most of the answers to her survey and offer my biased views on them. I believe there are just two reasons why scientology is actually being spoken about in this election.  It has been a taboo subject for local politicians for decades. They have steered clear of this topic like it was the plague...  Now for the first time in recent memory, it is something  to be debated. The two factors are Tracey's bombshell article … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Bob Cundiff, Bruce Rector, Bud Elias, Church of Scientology, Clearwater Florida, Elisio Santana, Elizabeth Drayer, Flag Service Organization, Frank Hibbard, Kathleen Beckman, Lina Teixeira, Mark Bunker, Michael Mannino, Scott Thomas, tampa bay times, Tracey McManus

More on Miscavige and Clearwater

November 27, 2019 By Mike Rinder 37 Comments

  Further on the blog post from yesterday (Miscavige Schmoozing City Officials) -- some important points I omitted to mention and an update. First: Why were these 3 city officials at the meeting? As I said yesterday, Miscavige considers Bill Horne and Pam Aiken to be his buddies. But the real reason is that they are not ELECTED officials.  If there were two ELECTED officials in the room it becomes a "public meeting" subject to the Sunshine Act laws. Bill Horne and Pam Aiken are very well aware of this. They were complicit in making sure this meeting was not one that had to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, David Miscavige Tagged With: Bill Horne, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Flag Service Organization, Mark Bunker, Michael Delk, Pam Aiken, public relations, Tracey McManus

Miscavige Schmoozing City Officials

November 26, 2019 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Tracey McManus is on the ball again. Reporting on the ongoing efforts of Miscavige and Co. to fulfill their plans to make Clearwater the “first scientology city”. Her latest story covers a recent meeting between scientology’s capo di tutti capi and three non-elected city officials. Miscavige has had a long term relationship with City Manager Bill Horne and City Attorney Pam Aiken. It seems they brought along Michael Delk so he could be introduced to the big cheese. Miscavige first began schmoozing Bill Horne and Pam Aiken when he was here trying to keep his ass out of a sling in the Lisa … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, David Miscavige Tagged With: Bill Horne, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Flag Service Organization, George Cretekos, Mark Bunker, Michael Delk, Pam Aiken, tampa bay times, Tracey McManus

Why Clearwater is Losing to Scientology

November 25, 2019 By Mike Rinder 72 Comments

Tracey McManus broke another story concerning downtown Clearwater and scientology on Friday. It speaks volumes about why scientology has been able to proceed unchecked with its announced plan of making Clearwater the "first scientology city." The elected officials of Clearwater are so intimidated by the organization, and so lacking in understanding of how it works, they stumble along "trying to get along." They are forever being quoted saying "you have to play the hand you deal" and other explanations/excuses for being outplayed, outsmarted and outwitted by scientology. David Miscavige … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Clearwater, David Miscavige, George Cretekos, Mark Bunker, Scientology, Tracey McManus, Trish Duggan

The Clearwater PR Offensive

November 9, 2019 By Mike Rinder 46 Comments

  Immediately following the revelations in the recent Tampa Bay Times article by Tracey McManus, scientology launched their version of a campaign to convince the citizens of Clearwater they are in fact good for the city. They distributed Freedom magazines to people's doors in the dead of night to try to persuade them the reason downtown Clearwater looks like the set for the latest installment of the Night of The Living Dead movies is not because they bought it up and leave most of the properties empty or massively underutilized, it is because the big bad meanies at the Tampa Bay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater Tagged With: Clearwater Florida, Freedom Magazine, public relations, Scientology, tampa bay times, Tracey McManus

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