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Jul 13, 1989
Scientology's changing strategy... Confront controversy, gain converts, and make money — Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)More: link , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Jun 13, 1989
Scientology buildings may be auctioned — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen Koff Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Seattle lawyer Walter D. Palmer says it was strictly "a business decision." But a result of an investment he made with business associate John G. Ritchie could result in a forced sale of Church of Scientology buildings in downtown Clearwater. And holding the auction for the men would be the Pinellas County government. Scientology lawyer Paul B. Johnson said he will seek an injunction to stop the sale. The proposed auction, which Palmer suggested two weeks ago, relates to Scientology's annual ...
Dec 24, 1988
Tax suits involve land sold by judge / Rives says he'll step aside in Scientologists' case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 23, 1988
Changing strategy: Scientology now steps right up to controversy — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com , link , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen Koff Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) After years of sparring with the townsfolk and veiling itself in secrecy, the Church of Scientology has succeeded in turning Clearwater into its spiritual mecca. Scientologists quietly run teen nightclubs, schools, day-care centers, management consulting firms and other businesses, records and interviews show. Now the strategy of the organization, longtime observers say, is to confront controversy, gain converts and make money - lots of it. Scientology's Clearwater operation brings in $1.5-million to $2-million a week, say church watchers who include Clearwater ...
Dec 10, 1988
Church of Scientology sues property appraiser — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Mar 3, 1988
Debate over sect fades — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Debbie Long Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — In 1975 the Church of Scientology, cloaked in secrecy, made this waterfront city its international headquarters. A lengthy outcry ensued when the public became aware the sect — under another name — bought a Clearwater landmark, the Fort Harrison Hotel. The Scientologists subsequently bought many other parcels of downtown Clearwater property, posting guards to keep the curious at bay. When the public and press asked questions about the aims of the Church of Scientology, sect leaders became mum about ...
Aug 14, 1987
Churches' tax-exempt status being scrutinized — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen Koff Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Filling rows of a hearing room as if they were waiting for the service to begin, some 25 Pentecostal ministers from as far as Jacksonville came on Thursday to watch their brethren do battle with the property appraiser. To Pinellas Property Appraiser Ron Schultz, it is the proof that they still deserve the exemption. Rev. W.S. Craig, pastor of the Apostolic United Pentecostal Church in St. Petersburg, said he went for 31 years without having to justify to the ...
Jul 30, 1987
Court ruling could affect local Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jul 31, 1986
Sect's purchase ousts tenants — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
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Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology paid $4.6 million Friday for a 200-unit Skycrest apartment complex to house its growing staff. The church now owns 11 pieces of property — five of which are used as dormitories. And while sect staff members are getting new lodgings, residents at Hacienda Gardens Apartments, 551 N. Saturn Ave., are being shown the door. They can stay at the complex until their current leases expire — but no longer. "We purchased it to provide additional ...
Oct 24, 1984
Property appraiser studies sect records — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
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George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology complied Tuesday with a court order directing the sect to allow Pinellas County Property Appraiser Ron Schultz to examine records relating to the controversial organization's tax status. Schultz, accompanied by a county accountant and an attorney, began examining the sect's financial records Tuesday morning on the top floor of the former Fort Harrison Hotel, which is the organization's world headquarters. "In effect, we are doing a financial audit," of the Church of Scientology's Flag Service ...
Aug 16, 1984
Sect accuses phantom firm of land gobbling — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
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Howard French Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) An unnamed, $2 billion corporation has been making a bid to control Clearwater real estate by buying more than 300 parcels of property since 1973, according to Heber C. Jentzsch, international president of the Church of Scientology. And when the church began buying downtown property in 1975, he said, that phantom corporation began a campaign to discredit the church and to keep property values low until it could complete its own acquisition program. "We must have cut across the plans of ...
Jun 8, 1984
Scientologists file suit over tax exemption denial — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
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Jack Reed Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — As it has for the past several years, the Church of Scientology has sued the Pinellas County property appraiser and tax collector because the organization was denied a tax-exempt status. Property Appraiser Ron Schultz rejected the Scientology application for exemption of real and tangible property taxes for 1983, and the Property Appraisal Adjustment Board upheld his decision. The Church of Scientology, which filed two suits over those taxes last week, says it should not be made to pay taxes ...
Oct 30, 1983
Tide turning // Scientologists may be losing battle with Clearwater — Miami HeraldMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anders Gyllenhaal Source:
Miami Herald CLEARWATER — A poker-faced doorman bows slightly at the entrance of the Fort Harrison and motions visitors to the lobby, where a crowd waits at the front desk and dozens of guests rush up and down the marble staircases beneath the crystal chandeliers. A larger-than-life portrait of L. Ron Hubbard, the reclusive founder of Scientology, stares down upon his followers from high on the wall. Many of them wear the sea merchant uniform that is part of their code. Most criss-cross ...
Apr 1, 1982
Scientologists lose tax battle — The Advisor
Jan 10, 1982
A tight corner for the Scientologists — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 8, 1982
Scientologists lose disclosure battle — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 3, 1982
Scientology remains an issue in Clearwater — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Dec 30, 1981
Hearing today in Scientology tax case — Evening Independent (Florida)
Dec 18, 1981
Church of Scientology reorganizing — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 12, 1981
Curb Scientology with ordinances, lawyer suggests — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Oct 22, 1980
Scientologists announce plan to help community — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.ca
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Church of Scientology president Ken Whitman announced Tuesday a four-point plan to increase the church's contributions to the community. At a morning press conference in the former Sandcastle Motel, which the Scientologists bought last year, Whitman said the church will begin a $50,000 facelift of the former Bank of Clearwater, purchased by the church in 1975. He said workers this week will begin repairing the roof, repainting the building, adding planters, including small trees, in front of the building, ...
Jan 9, 1980
Dispute over tax status goes to court — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , antisectes.net
Dec 15, 1979
Scientologists agree to pay some back taxes — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 14, 1979
Scientologists may give in, pay back taxes today — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 7, 1979
Commission adopts anti-cult measures — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Dec 7, 1979
Commission plans action against Scientologists — Clearwater Times (Florida)
Apr 27, 1978
Scientology church gives county spending records — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , groups.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Susan Denley Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology has given Pinellas County their records showing how the church spends its money, but those records are being kept confidential under a court protective order. The records were turned over to county attorneys Monday in preparation for a civil trial that begins today to determine whether the church's Clearwater property should be tax-exempt. he property in question in the lawsuit — which deals specifically with 1976 taxes — is the former Fort Harrison Hotel and ...
Dec 28, 1977
Scientology Church again files suit seeking tax-exempt status — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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