A couple of weeks ago I raised the issue of the terrible abuse of the English language by our local chairman in his numerous posters for a charity event to be held on 29th Sept 2013 in Shoreham.
This is advertised as a "charity event" and one would expect it to be pretty simple, and that a charity event is to raise money and awareness of a charity. Sadly this is not the case, despite Mr Mendoza's claims in the local paper.
 |
| From Mendoza's column in the Harald |
So which charities do you think are being supported then? The claim that the event is raising money for both the Chestnut Tree House Hospice, and the Say no to Drugs campaign appears to be pretty clear.
Although it isn't quite as simple as that. You see, Say no to Drugs, Say yes to Life, is not a charity at all, it is in fact part of an organisation which has been refused charitable status by the charities commission, it is actually a business concern belonging to the Church of Scientology. You can check out their contact details HERE.
I wonder if the Chestnut Tree Children's hospice are aware that this event is being held in their name and that the band performing are high level Scientology recruiters, who in turn appear to support some pretty mean treatment of kids, like forced labour contracts signed at age seven, and horrendous living conditions, one of the band's kids even has THIS to say about them. Pretty damning eh?
Yes, If you ask me I'd recommend that instead of attending this event, just give your cash directly to the Hospice and cut out the chance of being recruited into a cult and having your kids treated like this.
If you think that you have a choice whether your money is given to Scientologists, have a look at this:
They've received quite a few quid from Adur and Worthing Councils already. Mendoza seems to be pretty good buddies with this cult already, but if you ask me, giving money to a kids charity that has been taken from a cult that is not too keen on the protection of it's own youngsters, is pretty damn sick, and inviting them to our town to hand out their leaflets and try to recruit locals is bloody irresponsible of our elected representatives.
Say no to Cults, Say yes to Saying "bugger off out of Shoreham" to Cults.
K
