Clearwater



A letter to the editor of the St. Petersburg Times on August 27th

criticized the building of the Super Power building in downtown

Clearwater, Florida.



"Aren't we lucky. Scientology's largest facility in the world. Right here

in Clearwater. As the article says, an unmistakable presence. In reality

it is the last nail in Clearwater's coffin. This building is a

monstrosity. It has scarred Clearwater's skyline.



"Yes, people stare at the building, not because of the architecture but

because of the evil it represents. Can you imagine how many lives and

families were ruined to pay for this building?



"Real churches, such as Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, feel

intimidated. That is what the cult does. They are not a real church so

they make a structure that intimidates. Even the cult calls it a 'super

power building,' not a church. Real churches inspire warmth and reverence

to invite someone to worship.  The cult instead shows off its wealth and

opulence. It doesn't invite, it repulses. - David Rodman, Dunedin"



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Edmonton



The Edmonton Journal reported on August 30th that a government project to

revitalize Edmonton, Canada has paid for repairs to the Scientology org.



"An initiative to rejuvenate the faded east downtown is running out of

time to spend $75,000 of the province's money with little to show for the

$150,000 the effort has already spent. With just 31/2 months left in the

three-year mandate of the Jasper East Village project, there's a risk the

revitalization project will fail to spend a third of its $225,000 budget.



"The Edmonton initiative boasts two major street-front restorations after

almost three years when at least eight or 10 might have been expected,

Conley said Thursday. Architect David Murray, who has worked on the Jasper

East Village project since the beginning, said talks are still underway to

restore the historical facades of two more buildings on 97th Street,

although the province may have to agree the work can be completed next

year. Murray said one prospect is the vacant building just south of the

Fix & Smith law office and the other is home to National Cappuccino &

Pasta.



"He also cited two examples of smaller accomplishments: The program

cost-shared a sign and canopy for the Edmonton Community Loan Fund when it

had an office on 97th Street. Unfortunately, the company moved and took

the sign and canopy. The Church of Scientology, also on 97th Street, got

assistance with a new sign and offered to do street-front repairs."



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Relational Disorders



The Washington Post reported on September 1st that the proposal to

identify Relational Disorders as a form of mental illness is being

criticized, in part because of the anticipated opposition of Scientology.



"Some of the nation's top psychiatrists are advocating the creation of an

entirely new category of mental illness that could profoundly alter the

practice of psychiatry and result in tens of thousands of families being

diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. In a monograph being circulated by

the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the doctors recommend that a

category called 'Relational Disorders' be added to the next edition of the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), which is the psychiatric

profession's official guide for defining emotional and mental illnesses.



"This new type of disorder would identify sickness in groups of

individuals and in the relationships between them. This is a profound

conceptual shift from the medical model of psychiatry, in which illnesses

are diagnosed solely in individuals. The psychiatrists calling for the

creation of a 'Relational Disorders' category are led by Michael First of

Columbia University, editor of the previous edition of the psychiatry

manual, and David Reiss of George Washington University. They and others

say that troubled relationships are the reason many people seek

psychiatric help and that improving those relationships can lift people

out of depression, improve cardiac and immune system functioning and even

heal wounds faster.



"Several psychiatrists oppose the move, portending a clash that could last

for months or years - doctors are still in the early planning stages for

the next edition of the manual.  Some worry that the new category of

disorders would fuel fears that psychiatrists are inventing disorders as a

backdoor way to fix social problems.



"'You can take road rage as a relational disorder. It's a relationship

between the person and traffic,' said Bedirhan Ustun, a doctor with the

World Health Organization. Robert Spitzer, a previous editor of the

manual, said the new category would give fresh ammunition to critics of

psychiatry, such as the Church of Scientology. 'There are Scientologists

on the street making fun of our diagnoses,' he told First, referring to

critics outside the meeting halls who spun a roulette wheel to offer

passersby a psychiatric diagnosis. 'It's one thing to call something a

problem. But to call it a disorder is to move away from the medical

model.'"



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Tom Padgett



Arnie Lerma reported on September 1st that Tom Padgett has been arrested

while waiting for his son to arrive for court ordered visitation. Tom has

been fighting his ex-wife, a Scientologist, over visitation and alleged

non-payment of support.



"He was arrested last night at the Providence, RI airport where he was

supposed to meet his son for visitation. He was arrested by a swarm of

cops and then was taken to Warwick RI jail. I believe this for a 'failure

to appear' charge against Mr. Padgett in Madison Kentucky, about a matter

that was overturned on appeal, but is being used by his

ex-scientology-wife to destroy him and his relationship with his son."



"Tom said that the RI police said they received so many faxes to go after

him that they thought he was Kentucky's 'most wanted criminal.' Other

charges have been added besides the failure to appear, one being flagrant

non-support. I believe that Kentucky will be there Tuesday morning with a

governor's warrant to drag him back down there."



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