June 3, 2000 - Gregg Hagglund

Highlights:

• Scientologists remain invisible.
• OSA thug Ramsay in hiding.
• Duty Officer keeps Scientologists in order, especially after discovering they lied to him.
• Beautiful weather leads to high flyer count.
• New SP Tech Revealed: The Unflattened Button.

Toronto Picket Report,
June 3, 2000.

Our morning crew was;
Kaeli, ZeratulCat, Slippery Jim, Mike Argue, Alan Barclay, Ron Sharp, Greg Hagglund.
Afternoon: Slippery Jim, Mike Argue, Alan Barclay, Ron Sharp, Greg Hagglund.
Flyer Count: 925 mixed RX Specials and No Science 150 mixed Buttons (see below)

An absolutely beautiful sunny and slightly cool day for a fairly calm and orderly picket. As usual we met at the Starbucks at 9:30 am.

At 10 AM Slippery Jim and I walked down to give our 'Confidential Orientation Letter' to the Off Duty Police officer the Org is still *forced* to hire. We then retired back to the coffee and our cohorts for a bit more of coffee and cookies before heading over to the vehicles to gear up.

We arrived at Org at about 10:30 Am and spread out quickly. I spoke briefly with the Police Officer and to my amusement discovered he had been fed and accepted the Orgs tired old BS about their property line being extended out into the sidewalk. I took a few minutes and left a message, via phone, with 52 Division about this. [Later, I understand during lunch, the Officer made contact with 52 and was updated on the Co$ deception. He was rather sharp with them in the afternoon.]

This picket saw the Debut of the New SP Tech : The Unflattened Button. These were invented by Slippery Jim. They consisted of your standard 2.5 inch button with nice sayings like:

XENU
www.xenu.net

or:

AIR
XENU

or:

Does
Scientology
Lie?
www.xenu.net.

These buttons were well received by the local regulars who rarely take flyers now, but scooped up the buttons and began sporting them. Also Jim had made up some nice SP2 thru SP9 buttons for us to wear depending on our SPnessship.

Alan and Slippery Jim worked across the street opposite the Org and the rest of us spread out, circulating slowly up and down the sidewalk. I have examined my audio recordings and discovered I did have 'invisible' Scientology shadows for awhile in the morning. (Those OT PowerZ are awesome.] However the 'shadows' had absolutely nothing intelligent or worthwhile to say.

[Interestingly I did see the OSA street thug, Peter Ramsay cowering inside the Org. I think I also spotted Janet Leveau, Co$ Org figurehead President, shivering with him. I wonder what spooked them so badly? Or would the answer to that question be 'telling tales out of school'?]

We did a brisk morning of leafleting on light steady pedestrian traffic and broke for an early lunch at 12:30 PM.

We returned at 2 PM to a bustling and busy street. Flyers were being sucked out of our hands and Slippery Jim quickly ran thru the last of his 'Unflattened' Buttons and he too began leafleting. Jim had to leave at 3 PM. And then Alan had to take a break at 4 PM due to a slight injury he suffered on his 'secret mission abroad' last month. Ron, Mike and I finished off the day, running out of flyers just a few minutes before 5 PM.

We then retired to the Duke of Gloucester for well deserved libations and sunburn remedies. Alan had a good table waiting for us and we spent a happy hour watching the Sea Orgies emerge from their cocoons inside the Org and tentatively, suspicious of SPs, take a few steps onto the street.

A good day and the best picket of the season to date.
We go again on June 24, 2000.

Gregg Hagglund SP7