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Scientology program may fall to budget ax

Title: Scientology program may fall to budget ax
Date: Thursday, 26 May 2005
Publisher: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Main source: sptimes.com

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The sponsor gets word that Bush plans to veto $500,000 for the prison program. TALLAHASSEE — A $500,000 program that uses some teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to help prison inmates likely will be vetoed by the governor today, the bill's sponsor says. The program, known as Criminon, was quietly added to the state budget by one powerful legislator: Rep. Gus Barreiro, a Miami Beach Republican. He heads the House subcommittee overseeing billions of dollars in criminal ... [Read the rest at sptimes.com]