The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will hear an appeal of Narconon's zoning permit to set up a facility in Leona Valley over the objections of local residents. Leona Valley is a rural community located about 60 miles north of LA.

The hearing will take place during the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, in the Hall of Administrators, 500 West Temple, Los Angeles, room 381B, beginning at 9:30 am. Any interested party can testify at the meeting. (Typically such people are given only 3 minutes each.)

This appeal is being heard at the request of Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, whose district includes Leona Valley.

Scientology is expected to pack the meeting with cult members, as they previously did at a town meeting in Leona Valley. Therefore, any Narconon critic in the Los Angeles area who can possibly make it to this meeting should try to attend and ask to speak.

For more information about Narconon's invasion of Leona Valley:

http://Stop-Narconon.org/LeonaValley

-- Dave Touretzky: "This is your brain on Narconon."
http://Stop-Narconon.org http://Narconon-Exposed.org

<p><hr><p> Subject: Leona Valley Narconon battle heating up
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
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Date: 21 Jun 2006 01:43:06 -0400

Leona Valley residents are getting ready to go to battle to keep Narconon out of their community. In preparation for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing on July 25, they have created a series of advertisements and flyers to educate their fellow citizens and mobilize support against this cult invasion.

I've webbed the flyers here:

http://Stop-Narconon.org/LeonaValley

Scroll to the bottom of that page to see thumbnails, and click on the links for the full-resolution versions. These are very professional looking advertising pieces. One features C. Everett Koop.

The creators extend their thanks to the ARSCC for providing such valuable resources such as Stop-Narconon.org, Narconon-Exposed.org, Crackpots.org, and Operation Clambake.

No wonder Scientology hates the Internet.

-- Dave Touretzky: "This is your brain on Narconon."
http://Stop-Narconon.org

<p><hr><p> Subject: Why Leona Valley matters to Scientology
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Message-ID: <4498ecb3$1@news2.lightlink.com>
Date: 21 Jun 2006 02:52:35 -0400

The battle over Leona Valley's attempt to keep Narconon out of their town is one that Scientology cannot afford to lose. Here's why:

At present there is not a single Narconon facility anywhere in Los Angeles County, a region twice the size of Rhode Island that is home to nearly 10 million people.

Los Angeles County also has one of the largest concentrations of Scientologists in the world; its only rival is Clearwater, Florida.

Scientology's corporate headquarters are there, at 6331 Hollywood Boulevard. And 2 miles away, ASHO and AOLA occupy L. Ron Hubbard Way, with Bridge Publications just around the corner.

This is Scientology country. If Narconon is rejected on Scientology's home ground, it will be a massive loss of face for the cult. And it will set a precedent that can be pointed to by other communities. So there's a lot at stake here, and a lot for the cult to lose.

Will they lose?

Supervisor Michael Antonovich will have to convince two of the other four county supervisors to reject Narconon in order to block approval of the Leona Valley facility. Untold pressure is being brough to bear on these folks, even as we speak. What can keep them on the straight and narrow? Media attention.

Write to the Supervisors: Gloria Molina, Yvonne Burke, Zev Yaroslavsky, Don Knabe, and Michael Antonovich, urging them to keep Narconon out of Los Angeles County. Their contact information is available at: http://bos.co.la.ca.us/

Then write to the LA media, urging them to cover the story, and pointing them to Stop-Narconon.org for information.

We can win this thing.

-- Dave Touretzky: "This is your brain on Narconon."
http://Stop-Narconon.org/LeonaValley

<p><hr><p> Subject: Re: Why Leona Valley matters to Scientology
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Message-ID: <4499cc6f$1@news2.lightlink.com>
Date: 21 Jun 2006 18:47:11 -0400

In article <c8GdnatP0ts8KwTZnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@comcast.com>, ewsnead <ewsnead1@comcast.net> wrote: >
>This wording suggests that Supervisor (Mayor) Antonovich already knows the
>truth about Narconon and its Scientology connections whereas the other four
>county supervisors remain in the dark.

Antonovich definitely knows the truth, because he's been supplied with extensive documentation from multiple sources. And Leona Valley is in his district, so the issue is more relevant to him than to the other Supervisors.

I don't know how much the other Supervisors know about Narconon's sordid history and cult connections. Hopefully the readers of ARS and OCMB can help to educate them. When they get letters from all around the country (perhaps even some from outside the US) warning them about a cult group trying to set up shop in their county, they should think twice about doing the Scientology's bidding.

>Is there any particular set of reasons why only Antonovich has had access to
>reliable information concerning the cult? It seems he would be available to
>share his knowledge with the other supervisors.

Antonovich has been the focus of some peoples' efforts because it's his district. And it was Antonovich who requested this appeal hearing, so we know he's listening.

>Which of the two remaining supervisors might be least susceptible to being
>compromised by Scientology influence including the inevitable bribes? I'd
>like to economize my efforts by concentrating upon those supervisors most
>likely to be open to the truth about the cult.

Unfortunately, I have no data on the other Supervisors: Gloria Molina, Yvonne Burke, Zev Yaroslavsky, and Don Knabe. If you write to one, it should not take too much effort to write to the other three. And it may be dangerous to consider some as "safe" and others as "suspect". As far as I'm concerned, until they issue a statement publicly rejecting Narconon and Scientology, they're all suspect.

-- DAVE TOURETZKY: "YES, YOU CAN STOP NARCONON."
http://Stop-Narconon.org http://Narconon-Exposed.org