<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><div style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-size: 12pt;">O, I guess I could refute Mr. Bushansky's claims, one-by-one. But why bother? I just got home from a week on the road to report on the Council on Foreign Relations meeting in New York on military leadership and strategy, then on to Sacramento for the SACRS meeting. I'd much rather spend some time with my wife, our three whippets, and tend to our rose garden. <div><br></div><div>Let the Bushanskies of the world babble on. Suffice it to say listeners vote with their dollars, and KZYX's Spring Pledge Drive this week is something less than spectacular. The people of Mendocino County are starting to <i>get it</i>. By getting it, people are starting to realize KZYX is less of a truly "public" public radio station than it is a private clubhouse for a few insiders. KZYX management is secretive, paranoid, and punitive. Its management is Stalinist, not democratic. Zero-tolerance for dissent is the price of admission into the club. </div><div><br></div><div>Otherwise stated, censorship is the price.</div><div><br></div><div>Last year, Doug McKenty was kicked out of the club. His ""Open Lines " show was canceled, and Doug had his broadcasting privileges suspended. Why? He started agreeing with station critics. An attempt is now being made to kick me out of the club. Last week, KZYX's so-called "business development manager", a niggly pigglt-type named David Steffen, tried to revoke my broadcasting privileges.Why? Because he falsely said I failed to read station ID at the top of the hour during a recent show. The real reason? Because I filed an informal objection of the station's two FCC licenses pending a change in station management. But when Norman De Vall was recently kicked out of the club by being dumped a the moderator for the candidates debates, well, that pissed off a lot of people. Norman is the retired, highly respected, member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. Norman is also the former, long-time, popular radio show host of "The Access Program" on KZYX, He is currently a court-appointed advocate for children. Why was Norman dumped? For the simple reason he started <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT750" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">www.kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org</a></span> to allow a public forum for unrestricted free speech on issues at KZYX.</div><div><br></div><div>Bad move dumping Norman. Very bad.</div><div><br></div><div>I predict KZYX will be forced to change as support wanes. KZYX must change or die. Change or die -- the station's flunkies, apologists, and pit bulls, notwithstanding.<br> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"ann brown" <divinesight@icloud.com><br><b>To: </b>kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org, "bob bushansky" <erb@mcn.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"discussion-lists.mcn.org" <discussion@lists.mcn.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 16, 2014 12:53:45 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Kzyxtalk] KZYX "Where the Truth Lies" Bob Bushansky<br><br>Find Bob Bushansky’s e-mail address above.<div><br><div><div>On May 16, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Toni Rizzo <<a href="mailto:toni@mcn.org" target="_blank">toni@mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm posting this for Bob Bushansky. Please respond to him if you have comments (email at bottom).<div><br></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> WHERE THE TRUTH LIES</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">When I see non-profit boards of
directors try hard to improve their organizations, I cheer for them.
Serving on a non-profit board is often difficult, time consuming,
almost always unpaid and emotionally unrewarding. When one person or
a group of people, on the board or off, decide that they don't like
what is being done or how it is being done and take a thoughtful,
informed, knowledgeable, and honest approach to changing things it
could be positive for that organization.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">KZYX, our Mendocino County Public
Broadcasting radio station, on the other hand, is being attacked and
individuals are having their reputations impugned by a board member
who is thoughtless, uninformed, unknowledgeable, dishonest and
conducting a campaign of malicious intent. I am going to list only a
few of the oh so many statements and false accusations made by John
Sakowicz, current KZYX board member. I will refute the falsities and
submit documentation that disproves Mr. Sakowicz's alternate reality.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">In his letter to the FCC, dated
January 27, 2014, [ Exhibit # 4] John Sakowicz alledged a number of
things:</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* Former KZYX reporter “Christina
Aanestad was fired without cause”.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i>Response: Attached is an e-mail
from Christina, dated June 21, 2009. In that e-mail she clearly</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <i>states”I was laid off
not fired. John{Coate} has done right the right thing in this
process.</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> Exhibit
# 1</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* JS goes on to
say: “It should be noted that Mr. Coate unilaterally added both the
title of Executive</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> Director and
its powers, to his former title and powers of General Manager. This
expansion of Mr.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> Coate's
powers means that he does not have to consult the Board on most
decisions regarding the</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> operations
of the station.”</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><br></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i>Response:
In John Coate's Employment Agreement, dated August 18, 2008 and
signed by</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <i>David E. Hopmann, Board
President, Item 1 states that “The Station shall employ the </i>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <i>Employee and the
Employee shall serve the Station as its Executive Director and
General</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <i>Manager.” The
Employment Agreement further states: “The Executive
Director/General</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> Manager reports to the Board. Paid
and unpaid Staff report to the Executive Director/</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> General Manager.” The Employment
Agreement also says that the ED/GM will “manage</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> hiring, dismissal and recognition
of employees, assuring compliance with authorized</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> personnel policies and applicable
laws.” </i>Exhibit # 2 <i>
</i>In other words John Coate is
doing what</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> he was hired to do
– manage the day to day operations of the Station.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">* Another JS
accusation was that John Coate was not following EEO (Equal Economic
Opportunity)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> rules, which
require the posting and advertising for staff positions under FCC
regulations.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> The specific
instance was the opening of News Director in 2011. JS states “Another
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "> employee, David
Brookshire, was hired without posting or advertising the job.”</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <i>Response:
When the number of full time staff exceeds 5, the Station must file
an Annual EEO</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> Public Report. The report filed for
the year ending July 21, 2011 clearly shows that four</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> recruitment/advertising sources
were used to fill the position of News Director. They were:</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> the Ukiah Daily Journal,
<a href="http://monster.com/" target="_blank">Monster.com</a>, Mendocino Beacon-Fort Bragg Advocate-News and</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> the KZYX Website. There were a
total of 8 persons interviewed from those sources.</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i> </i>The
2011 Annual EEO Public File Report is Exhibit # 3.
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">For the time being
I am only putting forth these items with which I have copies of
documents that belie John Sacowicz's false claims.</p><div><br></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">The puzzling thing
to me is, what is the motivation for this bad behavior? If it is, as
is claimed, to improve the station then why did he not bring his
grievances to the board before jeopardizing the station by
independently submitting a letter to the FCC asking for the denial of
the station's license renewal. If he is successful, it could be the
demise of the station. At best he has delayed the normally quick
process.
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">At one time in his
life John Sacowicz may have had stature. Currently if his name is
mentioned people roll their eyes and one person has said to me that
the way to tell if John Sacowicz is lying is to wait for his lips to
move.
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</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">KZYX &
Z just had a board election and two people running for open seats
that supported John Sacowicz's view of things were defeated. The
members seem to have more sense than to believe anything that John
Sacowicz and his acolytes have to say. If you want a copy of the 4
exhibits please contact me and I will show them to you.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">Bob Bushansky</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="mailto:erb@mcn.org" target="_blank">erb@mcn.org</a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><br>
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