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TONY ORTEGA
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Tuesday's meeting of the Pinellas County Board of Commissioners was not what we might have assumed would be the source of real drama in regards to Scientology's control of Clearwater, Florida.
But that’s what it was, and we’re only now piecing together what happened.
We heard from both Brooks Gibbs of the Save The Garden movement in Clearwater, and former Clearwater vice mayor Mark Bunker about what the county was about to do and what the two of them spoke up against.
And it sounds like the two of them were just in the nick of time to avert a disaster.
Here’s how Mark explained it to us…
We both spoke at the county commission hearing Tuesday afternoon. The county has been operating out of some key buildings in downtown Clearwater including the courthouse. They are moving out of those to Largo, and the buildings they are leaving have been the best hope for the city to have a sizable enough footprint for us to continue developing downtown despite Scientology.
When I was on the city council, the plan was always to work with the county to ensure that these properties stayed with the city and not fall into Scientology leader David Miscavige’s hands. Of course, our city attorney was chased out of town by the new council, who may be planning to give the county buildings to Miscavige wrapped with a lovely bow.
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Excerpt:
Tuesday's meeting of the Pinellas County Board of Commissioners was not what we might have assumed would be the source of real drama in regards to Scientology's control of Clearwater, Florida.
But that’s what it was, and we’re only now piecing together what happened.
We heard from both Brooks Gibbs of the Save The Garden movement in Clearwater, and former Clearwater vice mayor Mark Bunker about what the county was about to do and what the two of them spoke up against.
And it sounds like the two of them were just in the nick of time to avert a disaster.
Here’s how Mark explained it to us…
We both spoke at the county commission hearing Tuesday afternoon. The county has been operating out of some key buildings in downtown Clearwater including the courthouse. They are moving out of those to Largo, and the buildings they are leaving have been the best hope for the city to have a sizable enough footprint for us to continue developing downtown despite Scientology.
When I was on the city council, the plan was always to work with the county to ensure that these properties stayed with the city and not fall into Scientology leader David Miscavige’s hands. Of course, our city attorney was chased out of town by the new council, who may be planning to give the county buildings to Miscavige wrapped with a lovely bow.
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Brooks Gibbs and Mark Bunker save Pinellas County from a blunder favoring Scientology
Tuesday's meeting of the Pinellas County Board of Commissioners was not what we might have assumed would be the source of real drama in regards to Scientology's control of Clearwater, Florida.
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