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That’s Some Ideal Mission

June 23, 2018 By Mike Rinder 53 Comments

The big push to “go ideal” is happening at the perpetually moribund Foothills Mission.

There is in fact no such thing as an “Ideal Mission” — there is a policy by Hubbard called “The Ideal Org” which is what is used to name the concept Miscavige has foisted off of raising money to buy and renovate a new building for an old church. In fact, the “ideal orgs” don’t resemble the Hubbard policy. But there isn’t even a policy about “Ideal Missions” so this is even more squirrel…

BUT, it’s being touted as a new fundraising cause:

Now for the big reveal of what is going to become the “ideal mission” (once you’ve given them enough money of course) and suddenly the masses will flood in.

Apparently the ideal mission will consist of providing everyone with green tinted glasses and covering the wooden slatted ceiling. Impressive.

Apparently this is going to make all the difference.

If there ever was such a thing as an ideal mission, this ain’t it.

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  1. Jere Lull (37 years recovering) says

    July 26, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    DM’s “Ideal” org: Empty of people, but pretty — and enormous.

    Reply
  2. Jere Lull (37 years recovering) says

    July 26, 2018 at 3:47 pm

    If you read the comments in the 1Sept 2014 “another 1 bites the dust”, Foothill was dead even in 2014, before the GoFundMe fiasco. Nothing there but the corpse rotting away. ’tis a shame as the building looks interesting. It’s just that there are no PEOPLE, not even passersby posing as students or staff.

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  3. Chuckles says

    June 26, 2018 at 1:34 pm

    Kim Kutner is one of the 12 donors. She is Jason Dohring’s sister-in-law, so I’m betting the Dohrings will be happy to write a check for $12,000, especially since it’s so close to Glendale.

    Reply
  4. Ammo Alamo says

    June 25, 2018 at 11:55 pm

    So let’s cover up the fire sprinklers, all they do is get things wet. Fire inspector? What fire inspector? Lock the door – tell them we are a Religionist House of Whoreships. Damn psyches, SPs every one of them.

    See how we left the neat big black pipe in place? It matches perfectly with the crack in the great big wooden thingie, which we were going to take down but no one had a ladder to reach that high.

    Christmas lights? What Christmas lights? I don’t see any Christmas lights. Do you see any Christmas lights? Anyone see any Christmas lights? Nope, no Christmas lights here. Where? Oh, those. No, they’re not Christmas lights, they’re just cobwebs. Christmas spider cobwebs. We’re leaving them there because we’re such good environ, enviroon, enviRonMentalists.

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  5. Sue says

    June 25, 2018 at 2:24 pm

    The comments alone are worth going to the gofundme page! – At the rate they are raising funds – I don’t see a new ceiling soon

    Reply
  6. zemooo says

    June 24, 2018 at 10:13 am

    So the cracked joists will not be replaced. I can why that would be incredibly expensive. Still, the ceiling may come down any day.

    As the mission is hunting for donors, why don’t they just keep some of that ‘uplines money’ and pay for it themselves? Oh, that money is sacrificed to the Lron, so his word may continue to flow to the masses. Plus, Miscavige would send a special mission to take the money and declare the mission holders SPs.

    Reply
  7. Jane Dough says

    June 24, 2018 at 1:52 am

    Wait, what? OMG, after the orgs are done, will they start fundraising for ideal missions?

    Reply
    • Still Laying Low says

      June 25, 2018 at 11:52 am

      Lol after the orgs are done… that will literally never happen – that is unless missycavige decides to foot the bill through the “war chest”. With orgs like Oslo, Lisbon, Hannover, etc. the ideal morgues will never complete fundraising through whatever they are doing now.

      Reply
      • PeaceMaker says

        June 25, 2018 at 6:56 pm

        It looks to me like Miscavige will have to keep footing the for “ideal” facilities for the remaining small and weak orgs that can’t raise the money themselves, to keep up the illusion of “expansion” and to keep on the pace of having 4 to 6 opening events per year. Plus he apparently also has to keep up appearances so that the IRS doesn’t have good grounds to object to Scientology sitting on so much cash and not doing anything.

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  8. Mat Pesch says

    June 24, 2018 at 12:05 am

    The poor Mission holders are going to be forced to dump lots of money into their dead, closed, dusty “mission”. I’m sure they are going to love having management force this upon them. It is sure to do what the “ideal org” campaign has done, force veteran supporters of the church to leave.

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  9. Alcoboy says

    June 23, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    (Choke)(gasp)!
    They’re raising money for WHAT?
    A NEW CEILING?!!!!
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Man, I love it! I wanna donate!

    Reply
  10. Old Surfer Dude says

    June 23, 2018 at 8:34 pm

    I was at the Fort Harrison in ’82. I decided to do some of my comedy in the Lemon Tree(?). I pretended I had a meter. Two local boys:

    Ok, bra. So, you no get drunk last night, right? Yes? Ok. You get nuff sleep? Yes? Ok. Hey bra??? You know smoke pcaclolo last night, right bra? Ok. Dis is the session. Ok…..HEY BRA!!! You rock slam bra! Hey bra! You not tinking bout me me bra, are you. Hey bra, (turns meter around so the pc could see the front. See bra I tell, you still rock slamming!

    The staff were seething! The rest of the people were laughing their asses off! But, I was public. All they could is stand there and seeth away.

    So, yes, I am a joker & degrader. Damn proud of my work.

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  11. Stephen H says

    June 23, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    Just too funny!
    We should all drop say $20 into the gofundme page, then we can say it’s all been funded by us so called declared SP’s ?

    Reply
  12. Peabody says

    June 23, 2018 at 5:09 pm

    Looks like there is plenty of ideal seating to handle the inrush of public.

    Years ago mistercabbage posted an edict on all the walls to inform anyone who had any CI against his plan for major expansion would be declared on the spot.

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  13. David Bates says

    June 23, 2018 at 4:59 pm

    Back about 10 years ago a group of friends, me included, wanted to paint the fence of a poor neighborhood ball park for the kids. We went to the paint store and bought all the mismatched paint and put it in a barrel. Color was not bad so we used that. Cost us $1.50 a gallon. Store had no use for it. So, those walls at that mission should take ten dollars to do.

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  14. Marie guerin says

    June 23, 2018 at 3:34 pm

    The green is puky . This mission has always been pretty cute and well taken care of.
    I used to volunteer there for a bit , until not signing staff became a problem.
    A lot of good people run this place , it felt like a family run business , never expanding.
    The OTs in the area were hiding there , doing courses away from the big orgs.
    That’s about it .
    I wish they would come to their senses and leave.

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    • ctempster says

      June 23, 2018 at 8:59 pm

      Marie, I chuckled at your post because I was one of the OT’s who did courses there to hide out from the orgs. At ASHO the registrars would wait outside the courseroom for them to let out. So to get out you had to walk the gauntlet that awaited you in the hallway outside the courseroom.

      Reply
    • Mary Kahn says

      June 24, 2018 at 9:27 am

      Marie, Is this where our dear friend used to hang out as well? Do you know where she is now? Pasadena? Maybe she has finally managed to be no where with no one bugging her to be on staff or OT Committee, which is what a lot of us OT’s wanted.

      Reply
  15. World Travelers says

    June 23, 2018 at 3:07 pm

    $cientology
    The IDEAL scam

    Reply
  16. John P. Capitalist says

    June 23, 2018 at 2:43 pm

    I think someone ought to submit a KR on this “squirrel tech” because any money going to a mere mission is not going to the Church of Scientology, and is thus inherently against Command Intention. Dave ought to know that this ceiling renovation is at risk of diverting $2,000 from whatever campaign he’s running at the moment.

    Incidentally, the Foothills Mission is only 2-3 miles from the La Tuna Canyon fire, which ravaged thousands of acres in September 2017, in the largest fire in the history of the City of Los Angeles. I’m stunned that this “upstat” mission was able to round up only two Scientology Volunteer Ministers out of the hundreds of thousands of people in what David Miscavige called “the biggest private relief force on Earth” to go to the fire lines and offer “pull my finger” assists or even to set up a tent somewhere to solicit donations.

    Montrose and the surrounding communities of Glendale, Burbank, Sun Valley, La Crescenta, La Canada/Flintridge and Pasadena probably has more Scientologists than anywhere except Clearwater. And lots of longtime members like to go to the missions so they don’t get regged as heavily while doing courses as they would at the Valley Org or at AOLA. And yet they can’t raise $2,000 for a ceiling renovation. Makes you wonder about the membership math.

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    • ctempster says

      June 23, 2018 at 9:02 pm

      The rennos would cost under $2,000. But they are sking for $10,000. Probably need the extra money to pay for light and cooling bills. Also note that the Foothills Msn is halfway under ground. Although they have windows, it is pretty dark in there. And after some of our ex Scn whistleblowers went there and took pictures through the windows of how empty the place is, now they cover their few windows with huge Dianetics posters, thus cutting off what little light they did get in there. It must be very gloomy in there with no natural light coming in.

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      • Newcomer says

        June 24, 2018 at 9:10 am

        Kinda like being a $cientologist these days!

        Yo Dave,
        ” It must be very gloomy in there with no natural light coming in.”

        Reply
  17. PeaceMaker says

    June 23, 2018 at 2:36 pm

    I assume there must be some sort of standard for the several missions that have been set up as “ideal” in the last decade or so, however vague or general those might be, but that we’ve apparently never gotten any reports of. I’d hazard a guess that it also involves the mission holder paying larger fees, and buying bigger stocks of overpriced material to have on hand – that will never move.

    Given that Scientology can apparently no longer meet its own requirements for “ideal” orgs when it comes to things like getting the CF finished or a big increase in staff, for the struggling mission-size orgs that are now being put in lavish oversized facilities, I’d guess that the standards for “ideal” missions are slipping. This picture certainly doesn’t look like previous ones, which were in nice buildings and thoroughly renovated inside so that they were almost miniature versions of the “ideal” orgs.

    It’s also a sad state of affairs that now funding for everything from scientologists’ critical health care needs to mission facilities, is ending up on gofundme.

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  18. N. Graham says

    June 23, 2018 at 2:24 pm

    What’s the difference between the two rooms again?

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    • Old Surfer Dude says

      June 23, 2018 at 2:40 pm

      The overhead lights.

      Reply
    • Peabody says

      June 23, 2018 at 5:10 pm

      Different exposure and a very nice ceiling treatment.

      Reply
  19. Overrun in California says

    June 23, 2018 at 2:09 pm

    I liked the “before renovation” picture better.

    Reply
    • peterblood71 says

      June 23, 2018 at 5:01 pm

      Too much humanity in that one. Human & $cientology just don’t mix.

      Reply
      • Old Surfer Dude says

        June 23, 2018 at 8:06 pm

        I always thought members were Cyborg’s.

        Reply
        • peterblood71 says

          June 24, 2018 at 11:13 pm

          And you were RIGHT!

          Reply
        • Jere Lull (37 years recovering) says

          July 26, 2018 at 3:38 pm

          SCIborgs!

          Reply
    • Marne says

      June 23, 2018 at 6:49 pm

      I do too ! ! !

      Reply
  20. Mike Maddux says

    June 23, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    I got the Wizard of Oz reference!

    Reply
  21. JVB says

    June 23, 2018 at 1:51 pm

    $1,200 raised over two months, with twelve contributions. Yikes – this will take a while.

    Reply
  22. I Yawnalot says

    June 23, 2018 at 1:20 pm

    I’ve got a couple of sheets of drywall left over, little bit chipped and minor water damage but it’s theirs if they want to come pick it up. Be ideal for me.

    Reply
    • Old Surfer Dude says

      June 23, 2018 at 2:41 pm

      No shit!

      Reply
    • Old Surfer Dude says

      June 23, 2018 at 5:15 pm

      I’ll come and get it. You’re in Australia, right?

      Reply
      • I Yawnalot says

        June 23, 2018 at 8:54 pm

        Yep, I can leave it at the airport car park if I’m not home.

        Reply
        • Old Surfer Dude says

          June 24, 2018 at 9:40 am

          Roger, that.

          Reply
  23. Patrick Luscher says

    June 23, 2018 at 12:54 pm

    Well…
    Before or after, it’s still quite ugly. But if I had to choose, I would say I prefer before!

    Reply
  24. Wynski says

    June 23, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    An Ideal FOR profit Cult of Scientology center. Hmmm.

    Reply
  25. SILVIA says

    June 23, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    Wrong target – MEST

    Wrong Why – MONEY

    The WHO – Miscabage

    Reply
  26. chuckbeattyx75to03 says

    June 23, 2018 at 11:32 am

    Scientology is its people not its furniture.

    If brainwashed staff who act like “Truman Show” actors too much, it makes outsiders fear coming into Scientology’s “Truman Show.”

    Empty furniture, is better than “Truman Show” fake staff though.

    Hubbard’s doctrines force “Truman Show-ism” on the Scientology staff though, so it’s always creepy.

    How to make that work, only on those already part of the “Truman Show”.

    Reply
    • Old Surfer Dude says

      June 23, 2018 at 5:17 pm

      You know, Chuck, it truly is like the Truman Show.

      Reply
      • chuckbeattyx75to03 says

        June 23, 2018 at 10:55 pm

        Tory Christman aptly crowned Scientology as a Truman Show, a decade ago, and someone before her likely even saw it that way. Scientology’s membership is Hubbardian behavior playing alongism. Quit fast is the KSW#1 right way to get out of there.

        Reply
  27. jim says

    June 23, 2018 at 11:23 am

    Since this is already a ‘make-believe mental mockup’ of the Demented Midget , would it be appropriate to mail them some Monopoly Money to match?

    Imagine their surprise when the BofA or Wells Fargo refuses those deposits.

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    • Old Surfer Dude says

      June 23, 2018 at 12:02 pm

      Oh! Definitely! What a hoot that would be! Try paying for services with Monopoly Money! There’s no sense of humor in the cult! These folks gotta lighten up! But, that’s against policy.

      Reply
      • Overrun in California says

        June 23, 2018 at 3:05 pm

        you’re a joker and degrader OSD.
        (And we love it)

        Reply
        • I Yawnalot says

          June 23, 2018 at 8:58 pm

          Always thought OSD played with a 54 card deck.

          Reply
          • Overrun in California says

            June 24, 2018 at 4:31 am

            53, you’re only allowed two jokers.

            Reply
            • Old Surfer Dude says

              June 24, 2018 at 9:42 am

              And I am one of them!

              Reply
              • I Yawnalot says

                June 24, 2018 at 2:45 pm

                Good to see there’s no cheating then. Deal ’em up and let’s play.

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