Letters to the Editor
St. Petersburg Times
August 27, 2001
http://www.sptimes.com/News/082701/NorthPinellas/Condemnation_may_be_C.shtml Scientology doesn't deserve the credit Re: Scientology has done wonders for downtown, letter, Aug. 21.

What a moronic position Ward Wilson takes when he wants us to think that Scientology has saved Clearwater from decay and doom, and that the teaching of his leader L. Ron Hubbard saved our city.

I, for one, resent driving through my city and seeing hundreds of pathetic lost souls parading around downtown in their silly costumes.

I was born in Clearwater, and my family roots go back more than 100 years in Clearwater. It sickens me to see what Scientology has done to my town and its city government.

Mr. Wilson's rantings about the virtues of Scientology are probably his assignment to get another gold braid on his navy costume or maybe to get another bulb for his E-meter.

-- R. Padgett, Clearwater

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