Disturbing that Florida AG held major fundraiser with Scientology's wealthy in Clearwater last year

Even more disturbing to me is that US Republican Representative David Jolly accompanied her.

This happened last year, but first I am hearing about it. I don't remember hearing or reading anything about it at all.

From the Tampa Bay Times, a newspaper that has done much research and many exposes on Scientology.

Pam Bondi's Clearwater fundraiser organized by Scientologists


Pam Bondi's Clearwater fundraiser organized by Scientologists 06/30/14 (Last modified: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 7:43pm)

Attorney General Pam Bondi, who already has raised millions for her re-election campaign, can expect to pull in more dollars tonight at a Clearwater fundraiser where all six organizers are prominent members of the Church of Scientology.

....Bondi's "special guest,'' the invitation says, will be U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Indian Shores.

Hosting the event are Liz and Michael Baybak, owners of a 23rd-floor penthouse in the swank Water's Edge condos downtown. The tower, perched on a 40-foot bluff, affords stunning views of Clearwater Harbor to the west and, in every other direction, Scientology's many buildings.

....Other organizers are Brett Miller, who has been active for years in local Republican politics, and his wife, Dr. Jill Hagan, a Clearwater dentist; and Joanie and Steve Sigal, co-founders of a Clearwater marketing company, SJS Associates. The two couples also have contributed to local, state and congressional candidates, most of them Republicans.

.....Bondi is aware Scientologists are staging the event, said campaign spokeswoman Christina Johnson. She said Bondi first connected with Scientologists in 2010 when she and other elected officials toured some of the church's Clearwater facilities. Bondi spoke then to a group of Scientologists about human trafficking and the evils of pill mills, a topic that resonated because Scientologists sponsor what they tout as the largest antidrug program in the world.

Turns out the FBI investigated church work sites, "primarily in California, focusing on physical and mental restrictions and probing whether they constituted human trafficking. The investigation ended with no charges filed."

There is a lot of controversy about that anti-drug program called Narconon. Here are some Google links on a search.

Google links about Narconon.