Gabe has never pulled his punches when it comes to Scientology. At a CAN conference on March 19, 1988, Gabe spoke of the cult:

"They employ legal and psychological terrorism to silence their critics and their biggest achievement would have been that I not come to this conference but in view of their interests, their concerns, I am a little leery to say what I had planned to say that in my opinion the Scientologists represent the biggest threat to the American institutions of the family, the home, the political institutions, but I will say it and they do."

Gabe was served with legal papers from Scientology immediately after this speech. In January of 1990 Gabe spoke at the Clearwater city commission meeting, asking them to investigate Scientology's activities.

Scientology kept busy too. On June 26, 1992 a hate crimes suit by Scientologists Alice Herben and Marsha Lovering against Gabe was rejected. Their second attempt at the same suit failed, with Judge John S. Andrews calling it a "sham pleading."

Despite Scientology's constant attacks on Gabe, he still continued and continues to exemplify what a good citizen is all about. Gabe is a credit to the city of Clearwater and deserves recognition for his strength and tenacity against such a powerful and ruthless opponent.

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