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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Tim,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I think you've brought up a good point. That I should follow the advice of somebody</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>with no skin in the game. To win friends. Which is exactly why MCPB is in this pickle.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>King Collins called that the 'centrist' model:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/latest9.html" target="_blank">http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/latest9.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you want to 'win friends' -- just hold your nose and look the other way. Raoul van</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hall had another word for it -- 'cronyism'.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This has been going on for a long, long time at MCPB. Jim Tarbell recalled the virtual</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>impossibility of conducting employee evaluations -- lest the board lose friends:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/responses/KZYX_History_1996.html" target="_blank">http://www.greenmac.com/hiddenAgenda/responses/KZYX_History_1996.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>That was in 1995. Fast forward to 2008. Twenty-three years later, and nothing had</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>changed. MCPB was in such bad shape it had to resort to stealing from the CPB just</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>to make ends meet. That went on for seven years, Tim.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On the other end, you've got the egalitarians. Folks like King Collins, Doug McKenty,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dennis O'Brien, John Sakowicz, Marco McClean -- to name a few. With a listserv like</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>this. Where anyone can speak their mind. Even Mr./Ms. SM. You won't find that in </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>the centrist camp. Dissent is forbidden there. There's no real debate there either.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Facts aren't welcome. Only sycophants are.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You wanted safe harbor, didn't you? There's been some progress made toward that.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>That was made by Dennis O'Brien -- an egalitarian. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">What have the centrists done for </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you lately?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you could turn back time -- and be honest with yourself -- which model would you</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">choose?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sincerely,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Scott M. Peterson</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mendocino</span></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wasn't in 'discussion' with you, Smp, tho not surprised you seized another
opportunity to misdirect...you could still follow sm's advice, and win friends.
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