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TONY ORTEGA
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[Mayor Bruce Rector has questions no one wants to answer]
Things are really heating up in Clearwater over Scientology’s latest takeover attempt, and we’re fortunate that Mark Bunker is keeping an eye on it…
I attempted to go to last night’s Clearwater city council special work session about the Scientology revamp of downtown, but it was packed with what appeared to be all the excited Scientologists who had recently clapped and cheered at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Good Life Showroom. I doubt there were many non-Scientology citizens who were aware a presentation was happening tonight, but Scientologists sure did seem to get notified — and boy, did they applaud at the end of the presentation.
I was in the crowded lobby of the library as we all waited. Only a small fraction of the crowd would get into the chamber. Everyone else would be put into overflow rooms and watch it on monitors. One woman next to me said she had attended the presentation at the Fort Harrison Hotel and asked if I had been there. Like they’d let me in.
I decided to leave and watch the live-stream. Mayor Bruce Rector started things by saying they were holding this meeting because the council keeps getting asked about these much-hyped projects, but the city has been left largely in the dark. The mayor was most interested in hearing from the people behind the various anonymous LLC’s that are involved. It is a question he returned to several times, but it continued to be ducked throughout the meeting.
The presentation consisted of a member from each of the partners in the project speaking about their piece of the puzzle. That is, except for Scientology’s Flag Service Organization. FSO had Scott Dobbins, the head of Hybridge Commercial Real Estate, speaking on their behalf. That was something the mayor was not particularly happy about.
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Excerpt:
[Mayor Bruce Rector has questions no one wants to answer]
Things are really heating up in Clearwater over Scientology’s latest takeover attempt, and we’re fortunate that Mark Bunker is keeping an eye on it…
I attempted to go to last night’s Clearwater city council special work session about the Scientology revamp of downtown, but it was packed with what appeared to be all the excited Scientologists who had recently clapped and cheered at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Good Life Showroom. I doubt there were many non-Scientology citizens who were aware a presentation was happening tonight, but Scientologists sure did seem to get notified — and boy, did they applaud at the end of the presentation.
I was in the crowded lobby of the library as we all waited. Only a small fraction of the crowd would get into the chamber. Everyone else would be put into overflow rooms and watch it on monitors. One woman next to me said she had attended the presentation at the Fort Harrison Hotel and asked if I had been there. Like they’d let me in.
I decided to leave and watch the live-stream. Mayor Bruce Rector started things by saying they were holding this meeting because the council keeps getting asked about these much-hyped projects, but the city has been left largely in the dark. The mayor was most interested in hearing from the people behind the various anonymous LLC’s that are involved. It is a question he returned to several times, but it continued to be ducked throughout the meeting.
The presentation consisted of a member from each of the partners in the project speaking about their piece of the puzzle. That is, except for Scientology’s Flag Service Organization. FSO had Scott Dobbins, the head of Hybridge Commercial Real Estate, speaking on their behalf. That was something the mayor was not particularly happy about.
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Mark Bunker on last night's strange Scientology showdown with the Clearwater council
Things are really heating up in Clearwater over Scientology’s latest takeover attempt, and we’re fortunate that Mark Bunker is keeping an eye on it…
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