<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10294">Gentlepersons,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10296"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10298">I don't buy the Big Lie.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10776"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10361">Though I (like almost any stakeholder in the bigger-than-all-of-us beast that is our local listener-supported radio station) have my own criticisms of the way things roll at KZYX, I (professional broadcaster since the '60's) am perfectly happy volunteering my time to spin tunes on air. You gotta serve somebody. Bob Dylan said that.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11018" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11192" dir="ltr">Change is inevitable; it's the law. In my opinion, keeping the station on air is more likely to bring about a melding of all our various agendas than reducing KZYX to smoking rubble. During pledge drive, whine not express your opinions along with your pledge of support?<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11876" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11958" dir="ltr">Let a thousand community stations (KNYO, KMEC etc) bloom!<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11603" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11664" dir="ltr">Respectfully,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11666" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11959" dir="ltr">Liz Helenchild AKA Bessie Mae Mucho<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10300"><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10538" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10537" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10536" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10535" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11428" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "sako4@comcast.net" <sako4@comcast.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> kzyxtalk <kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 3, 2015 10:37 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Kzyxtalk] The Big Lie<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10954" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv3064136264"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10958"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10957" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_10956">SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING TO PLEDGE TO KZYX -- THEY LIE!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11668">by John Sakowicz</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11670"><br clear="none"></div><div>The budget of KZYX is about $570,350. <span style="font-size:12pt;">Meanwhile, the budget at KMEC in Ukiah is something like $19,000.</span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> </div><div>The difference? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>KMEC is all-volunteer. On the other hand, KZYX has paid staff that sucks the very life force out of the station. They are bankrupting KZYX. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11771"><br clear="none"></div><div>And what is the lie?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11773"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11867">The lie you're being told during the current pledge drive is that local programmers at KZYX need that $570,350 to stay on the air. It's a lie. A big fat lie! The programmers don't need the money, because they don't get the money. Any money. Zero. Zilch. Nada. They don't see a cent. Not even gas money. Who gets the money? KZYX staff gets the dough. Lots of it. $234,502 in salaries and benefits, with another $18,554 thrown in for taxes.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11776">Don't believe me? See: http://kzyx.org/Board/MCPB%20FY2015%20Budget%20As%20Passed%207-7-14.pdf</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433351514032_11865"><br clear="none"></div><br></div></div></div><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>