Karen#1
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We’re always interested when Scientologists run for public office, which isn’t very often. In 2020, we wrote about a former Sea Org member running for city council in the Oregon town of McMinnville (she lost). There was a married couple who each ran for office in Nevada (one of them, Brent Jones, did serve as a state legislator but failed in his bid to move up to lieutenant governor). And also in Nevada, we’ve had some questions about a perennial candidate there.
Now, we’ve learned about something a little different. Victoria Palmer, an independent Scientologist — someone who practices the ideas of founder L. Ron Hubbard but outside the confines of the official Church of Scientology itself — is running in Seattle’s November city council election.
And it’s the way we learned about Palmer’s candidacy that is maybe the most interesting thing about it.
Noted indie figure Rey Robles has announced a return of his “Theta Alliance,” which has an annual convention in Reno but hasn’t met since the pandemic hit.
In his flier, Robles noted that the Scientology “Free Zone” has been fractured in recent years, and it was time “to bring together all in the independent field practicing the works of Scientology and Dianetics including all developments.” The convention (with a $250 entry) will be taking place over three days, August 11-13 in Reno, and three speakers are featured on the flier.
The first is Robles himself, who is a very colorful figure. He said he had “sorcerer powers” on CNN’s 2017 Believer episode about the independents, and we also noted that at one time he was offering followers the secret of living to age 150 for only $100.
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