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Clearwater’s new city manager: ‘We must develop a partnership with the Church of Scientology’

 We told you earlier that Clearwater city councilman Mark Bunker was told that a recent secret meeting between the city’s mayor, city manager, and city attorney with Scientology leader David Miscavige was a 3.5-hour harangue by the diminutive church []

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Scientology honcho lectures Clearwater leaders on how he’s been mistreated

 Like the rest of you, we’ve been fascinated by the skillful reporting by Tampa Bay Times writer Tracey McManus as she’s covered the ongoing strife between the Church of Scientology and the city of Clearwater, []

Danny Masterson’s odds? Juries really don’t like Scientology, Wise Beard Man reminds us

[On Cleveland Street yesterday]

So now it can be told. While we were preparing for our quick trip to LA to cover Danny Masterson’s criminal arraignment, we heard from a French television network that wondered if we might be able to help them with a segment on Scientology they were []

Clearwater city manager unhappy about landing on our ‘Top 25 Enabling Scientology’ list

[The Aftermath’s finest moment?]

Someone alert Glen Stilo, but Mark Bunker sent us an email this week. And boy, are we glad he []

Another records request from Scientology shows how Mark Bunker drives them nuts

[Mark Bunker is amused, Glen]

We know you find these Glen Stilo records requests with the city of Clearwater as entertaining as we do, so we thought we’d share the latest []

Ted the tour guide called ‘bigoted hate group’ by Scientologist city board member

[Ted Reinhard and Downtown Development Board chair Paris Morfopoulos]

Well that didn’t take long. On Tuesday we told you about Ted Reinhard, the Clearwater, Florida tour guide who has decided to start offering guided walking tours of the city’s creepy downtown, which is dominated by the Church of Scientology and it’s “spiritual mecca,” the Flag Land []

Scientology continues to harry Mark Bunker over his every utterance

 OK, this is kind of funny. Scientology is apparently panicked because Mark Bunker and your proprietor haven’t been talking on the phone []

Clearwater Councilman Mark Bunker’s radical suggestion: Embrace Scientology?

 After the most recent Downtown Development Board meeting, Clearwater City Councilman Mark Bunker had a brainstorm. He just sent us this video, and we agree with him that our readers could run with this []

Scientology’s obsession with City Councilman Mark Bunker is truly off the charts

 It probably would not surprise you to learn that once Mark Bunker was elected to the Clearwater city council in March, Scientology began obsessively submitting records requests to the city to get copies of every single communication Bunker has made either on his public or private devices and social media []

Mark Bunker wants to get the FBI looking at Scientology in Clearwater

 [Make sure you’ve seen yesterday afternoon’s breaking news about Jane Doe’s lawsuit being []