Meet Gabe Cazares - Former Mayor of Clearwater, Florida

Judge Ben Krentzman stated that the "material introduced into the record could support the conclusion" that Scientology's policy is to "be the sole source of information about itself and to attempt to quell dissenting views offered by its opponents, who may be labeled 'suppressive persons,' by the harassing use of the legal process."

In July of 1979 Gabe wrote a summary of what had happened in Clearwater so far:

In 1975 the Scientology Cult occupied the City of Clearwater through the surreptitious actions of two front organizations. Records now reveal that this paramilitary international political group issued military-style directives as follows:

Secret document re Project Normandie - establishing control in Clearater, Florida area;

Secret Guardian order re UCF legal establishment - Project Goldmine (Florida);

Secret report re Goldmine (United Churches of Florida) - front for Clearwater operation.

On March 26, 1980 Gabe filed a $1.5 million against Scientology for invasion of privacy, malicious prosecution, and abuse of judicial process.

Merrell Vannier, an attorney actually working for Scientology, wormed his way into Gabe's life and got himself hired to work for Gabe on this case. After this charade was finally exposed, Vannier had his license to practice law revoked in Florida because of this.

Scientology continued to harass Gabe. The operations against Gabe outraged the citizens of Clearwater who held a rally on his behalf.

On Sept. 29, 1981 Scientologist Milton Wolfe wrote the governor of Florida asking that Gabe be removed from the Florida Human Relations Commission.

Gabe was not quiet, nor did he back down.

On the Phil Donahue television program in 1984, Gabe boldly stated that "For the first time in history an American city, Clearwater, was occupied with classified secret orders by a paramilitary terrorist organization."

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