<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Excellent letter, Scott. </div><div><br></div><div>John Coate excelled at two things -- self-promotion and myth-making.</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Scott Peterson" <scottmartinpeterson@hotmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org>, gblack@mcn.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:30:00 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Kzyxtalk] John Coate didn't save MCPB<br><div><br></div>
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 12pt;
font-family:Calibri
}
--></style>
<div dir="ltr"><div>Gordon Black, <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Volunteer Programmer, MCPB -- gblack (at) mcn.org</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Dear Mr. Black,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Count me among your fans. I've enjoyed your radio show on KZYX for a </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>long <span style="font-size: 12pt;">time. I understand that you're a fan of John Coate. As evidenced by</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;">the statement: "Coate merely saved MCPB." And published here:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://theava.com/archives/44886#2" target="_blank">http://theava.com/archives/44886#2</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm sure that you wrote that with all sincerity. Many people -- particularly</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>KZYX programmers -- have done the same. But there's something you</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>should see. The Form 990s that Mr. Coate filed here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/680050440/popup/1" target="_blank">http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/680050440/popup/1</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And the audit he left here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB-Audit-Report6-30-15.pdf" target="_blank">http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB-Audit-Report6-30-15.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you study these records, you'll see that John Coate didn't save MCPB.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Quite the opposite happened. During his tenure, MCPB's net assets</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>dropped by seventy-five percent. While it's debt nearly doubled. Don't</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>feel bad for your statement. Lots of people made the same statement.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But that statement had one source -- John Coate. It was very difficult to </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>confirm. Because Mr. Coate was hiding Form 990s. With a policy written</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>on the Form 990s themselves: "No review was or will be conducted."</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I asked Mr. Coate about that recently. Along with the reasoning for that</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>policy. He wouldn't tell me. Maybe he'll tell you. You can reach him at </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>tex (at) well.com.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The only reason I can think of is misdirecting good people like you. Into</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>believing that he'd saved MCPB. When he'd done the exact opposite.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The current forecast for MCPB isn't very promising. According to recent</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>figures, MCPB's net assets are down to three percent of what they were</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>before Mr. Coate arrived. And that MCPB will be bankrupt in a matter of</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>months.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You're a thinking man, Mr. Black. That's evident in the statement you</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>published. But I implore you. Please study MCPB's Form 990s. And its</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>latest audit. Then reconsider your statement. And consider publishing a</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>retraction. To enlighten your fellow MCPB programmers. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Scott M. Peterson</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mendocino</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>Kzyxtalk mailing list<br>Kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org<br>http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>