Bob Minton Speech July 2000
Clearwater City Commission
If
the city of Clearwater wants to get serious about redevelopment, the
first part of any redevelopment plans for downtown Clearwater involves
transforming Scientology from a mafia-like totalitarian political
movement into something resembling a church.
The
people of Clearwater made it clear on 7/11 that they do not intend to
pay for a Scientology playground in downtown Clearwater. When
Clearwater residents were polled by the SPT a couple of weeks before the
referendum, people said they would still not come downtown any more than
presently after the development. Ask yourself WHY? Contrary
to Mr. Roberto's stated feeling Scientology is the WHY!!!
The
Lisa McPherson Trust, which is a Scientology watchdog group located in
downtown Clearwater has a blueprint for the first step in redeveloping
downtown Clearwater which is a 10 point plan for reforming Scientology
into a beneficial citizen of Clearwater. Read our plans, it's on
the Lisa McPherson Trust website at www.lisamcpherson.org/LMT
or write to us or stop by our office at 33 N. Ft. Harrison and help us
fight for Scientology reforms. Ask Mr. Roberto to give you a copy
of our plan that we gave to him in February.
There
are many things right about Clearwater but Scientology is not one of
them. If you Mr. Mayor and the City Commissioners want to take a
very positive step for redevelopment and for the future of Clearwater
you will first fix what is wrong about Clearwater, Scientology.
You held 60 meetings all over Clearwater about a redevelopment plan that
was wrong for Clearwater. I urge you to hold 6 meetings in
Clearwater about what is wrong with Scientology. You may learn
something about Clearwater's biggest problem.
On
another matter, I hope Mr. Keller will be following Mr. Roberto out of
town because I think there is no place in Clearwater city government for
a bigot. On July 5th, Mr. Keller called Mark Bunker, a Clearwater
resident employed by the Lisa McPherson Trust in Clearwater a bigot
because Mr. Bunker wanted to ask a question about Scientology's impact
on the St. Petersburg Times' poll I referred to earlier. Mr.
Keller need to crawl out of Scientology's bed and re-learn the meaning
of bigotry before he shoots off his mouth in public again calling anyone
in the Lisa McPherson Trust a bigot. The City of Clearwater owes
Mr. Bunker an apology for Mr. Keller's tasteless and despicable
behavior.
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