Bunker reader Dee Findlay stole the show as Clearwater stood up to Scientology last night.

Bunker reader Dee Findlay stole the show as Clearwater stood up to Scientology last night « The Underground Bunker By now you’ve probably heard that the city of Clearwater is the proud owner of a 1. Church of Scientology, which wanted the plot for its own uses. The parcel sits between City Hall and two of Scientology’s Clearwater landmarks, the Fort Harrison and Oak Cove hotels, where wealthy Scientologists come from around the world to pay for expensive auditing levels they can get nowhere else. Miscavige said he wanted the plot for a swimming pool for guests at the Oak Cove, which was farcical.

The real reason, former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder told us, was to keep non- Scientologists away from the Fort Harrison, the church’s holiest spot on Earth. But at last night’s city council meeting, no Scientologists or church executives came forward to speak during the time for public comment before the council’s vote. And one person who did come forward to speak really stole the show. It was our own Dee Findlay, longtime Underground Bunker reader and Clearwater resident, whom we wrote about in 2. We knew her story, but still, what she said at the meeting knocked us over. After a faltering start about what she intended to talk about, she found her footing…What I’d like to say — which I haven’t, and before I die, and I’m 8.

I’ll be 8. 1 soon. And I hadn’t had the nerve to say it before: I’m sorry. And I apologize to the citizens of Clearwater for being a volunteer covert operator for the organization in the early 8.

I thought I was helping. I was a good member of the church.

And I thought they needed my help with their enemies. But that’s not true. I found that out later. Of all the speakers, her message was the most personal.

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We talked to her after the meeting, and after the council had voted 5- 0 to purchase the parcel and keep it out of Scientology’s hands.“When they voted I yelled a great wahoo, really loud. I couldn’t help it,” she says.

Dee started in Scientology in 1. Scientology’s spy wing. In one operation, she managed to get a volunteer receptionist job working for city commissioner Richard Tenney at his hot- tub store. He was running for re- election at the time, and Dee’s job was to see who was donating to his campaign.“When checks came in, I would write down who wrote them, and I was also turning over addresses and amounts to the church,” she says. Tenney lost re- election.

We asked her what the church’s attitude was to the city and its leaders.“They believed that it was their town, and they had to get rid of all their enemies,” she says. It took a long time for me to realize that no, they don’t own Clearwater.”She left Scientology for several years before she was briefly sucked back in about six years ago. Since then, she’s wanted to say something to the people of her town.“I finally did it. I wanted to go and apologize to the citizens of Clearwater.”She shared with us a fun vignette from the night’s long meeting. Although no Scientologists came up to the podium to speak, there was at least one member of the church in the audience.“I was actually sitting next to a Scientologist,” Dee says. She describes their conversation: “I was a Scientologist in the 7.

Dee told her. “So was I! In Seattle.”“Are you getting up to speak?”“I don’t think so, are you?”“Yeah, I’m going to.”“For or against?”“For the city.”“Oh, OK.”“Are you OSA?” Dee says she asked, referring to the spy division she used to volunteer for.“No.”“Well I was for a little while,” Dee told her. After Dee went to deliver her remarks, when she returned to her seat the woman was gone. We told her that her words produced a huge reaction here at the website last night. I had to do it. I needed to do it,” she says. ——————–Countdown to Denver!  Howdy. Con 2. 01. 7: Denver, June 2. Go here to start making your plans. ——————–Scientology disconnection, a reminder.

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The Office (U. S. TV series)The Office was an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 2.

May 1. 6, 2. 01. 3.[1] It is an adaptation of the BBCseries of the same name. The Office was adapted for American audiences by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons. It is co- produced by Daniels's Deedle- Dee Productions, and Reveille Productions (later Shine America), in association with Universal Television. The original executive producers were Greg Daniels, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman, Ricky Gervais, and Stephen Merchant, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons.

The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. To simulate the look of an actual documentary, it is filmed in a single- camera setup, without a studio audience or a laugh track. The show debuted on NBC as a mid- season replacement and ran for nine seasons and 2. The Office initially featured Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer and B.

J. Novak as the main cast; the show experienced numerous changes to its ensemble cast during its run. The first season of The Office was met with mixed reviews, but the following four seasons received widespread acclaim from television critics. These seasons were included on several critics' year- end top TV series lists, winning several awards including four Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series in 2. While later seasons were criticized for a decline in quality, earlier writers oversaw the final season and ended the show's run with a positive reception.

Production[edit]List of showrunners throughout the series' run: Greg Daniels served as the senior series showrunner for the first four seasons of the series and developed the British series for American television. He then left the position when he co- created the comedy series Parks and Recreation with fellow Office writer Michael Schur and divided his time between the two series.[2]Paul Lieberstein and Jennifer Celotta were named the series showrunners for the fifth season.[3] Celotta left the series after the sixth season and Lieberstein stayed on as showrunner for the following two seasons. He left the showrunner spot after the eighth season for the potential Dwight Schrute spin- off, The Farm, which was eventually passed up by NBC.[4][5] Daniels returned to the showrunner position for the ninth and final season.[6] Other executive producers include cast members B. J. Novak and Mindy Kaling.[7][8] Kaling, Novak, Daniels, Lieberstein and Schur made up the original team of writers.[9] Kaling, Novak and Lieberstein also serve multiple roles on the series, as they play regular characters on the show, as well as write, direct and produce episodes.[1. Credited with twenty- four episodes, Kaling is the most prolific writer on the staff.[1. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who created the original British series, are credited as executive producers, and wrote the pilot and the third- season episode, "The Convict".[1. Merchant later directed the episode "Customer Survey" while Gervais appeared in the episodes "The Seminar" and "Search Committee".[1.

Randall Einhorn is the most frequent director of the series, with 1. The series has also had several guest directors, including Lost co- creator J. J. Abrams, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon,[1. Jon Favreau, Harold Ramis, Jason Reitman, and Marc Webb.[1. Episodes have been directed by several of the actors on the show including Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Ed Helms, and Brian Baumgartner.[1. Development and writing[edit]Before the series aired its second episode, the writers spent time researching in offices.[1. This process was used for Daniels' other series King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation.[1.

The pilot is a direct adaptation of the first episode of the British version.[1. Daniels had decided to go this route because "completely starting from scratch would be a very risky thing to do" due to the show being an adaptation.[1.

He had briefly considered using the idea for "The Dundies" as the pilot episode. After the writers knew who the cast was, they were allowed to write for the actors, which allowed the show to be more original for the following episode, "Diversity Day".[1. Following the mixed reaction towards the first season, the writers attempted to make the series more "optimistic" and to make Michael Scott more likable. They also established the supporting characters of the series more, giving them actual personalities. They also made the lights in the office brighter, which allowed the series to differentiate itself from the British version. A common problem with the scripts, according to Novak, is that they tend to run too long for the regular 2. For example, the script for the episode "Search Committee" was initially 7.

A complete script is written for each episode; however, actors are given opportunities to improvise during the shooting process. Fischer said, "Our shows are 1. They put everything down on paper. But we get to play around a little bit, too. Steve and Rainn are brilliant improvisers."[2. This leads to a large number of deleted scenes with almost every episode of The Office, all of which are considered part of the show's canon and storyline by Daniels.[2.

Deleted scenes have sometimes been restored in repeats to make episodes longer or draw back people who have seen the episode before to see the bonus footage. In an experiment, a deleted scene from "The Return" was made available over NBC. Tunes, explaining the absence of a character over the next several episodes.[2. Daniels hoped that word of mouth among fans would spread the information, but eventually considered the experiment a failure.[2.

Casting[edit]According to Jenna Fischer, the series used an unusual casting process which did not involve a script. The producers would ask the actors several questions and they would respond as the characters they were auditioning for.[2. NBC programmer Kevin Reilly originally suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor declined.

Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk were reported to be interested in the part.[2. In January 2. 00. Variety reported that Steve Carell, of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was in talks to play the role. At the time, he was already committed to another NBC mid- season replacement comedy, Come to Papa,[2. The Office. Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned. He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Gervais' characterizations.[2.

Other people who were considered or auditioned for the role included Ben Falcone, Alan Tudyk, Jim Zulevic, and Paul F. Tompkins. Rainn Wilson was cast as power- hungry sycophant. Dwight Schrute, and he watched every episode of the series before he auditioned. Wilson had originally auditioned for Michael, a performance that he described as a "terrible Ricky Gervais impersonation"; however, the casting directors liked his audition as Dwight much more and hired him. Seth Rogen, Matt Besser, Patton Oswalt, and Judah Friedlander also auditioned for the role. John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer were virtually unknown before being cast in their respective roles as Jim and Pam, the central love interests.