<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I want to mention one more fact. The reason for the financial disaster was because a handful of people (I count five) took complete control over the station, promoting there own political philosophy, censoring a large portion of the community, and giving programs to their friends. They did this in defiance of board policy. </div><div><br></div><div>Why did nobody stop them?</div><div><br></div><div>All the volunteers over the last decade who noticed what was happening and tried to do something about it were summarily dismissed. </div><div><br></div><div>Again, why did nobody stop them?</div><div><br></div><div>Over a dozen programmers lost their shows, and dozens more refused programs. Many other volunteers just walked away when they noticed how dysfunctional the situation was. </div><div><br></div><div>Why didn't anybody do something?</div><div><br></div><div>Some tried and not only endured the loss of their programs, but slanderous attacks in the local press. Board members went out of their way to publish articles claiming falsely that the station had been "saved" and those trying to point out the financial disaster were simply out to "destroy the station" because they were upset about losing their programs. </div><div><br></div><div>The catch is, these board members had not read the stations policies, or studied the stations financial documents. They were just listening to one of these five people. </div><div><br></div><div>One of those people told them the boards function was to hire, and not "micromanage" the GM. There went all board oversight. Other than that, they need to find rich people to give large donations. </div><div><br></div><div>Well, there went all those pesky policies, designed to ensure the station operated in accordance to the communities will and to ensure that the stations "programming and operational philosophy is controlled by the membership." Interestingly, membership numbers plummeted, but no one on the board seemed to notice. </div><div><br></div><div>Some of these five people, the ones who took control of the station, have a history of involvement with cult-like "narcissistic groups." For those of you who don't know, narcissism is a form of passive aggression. </div><div><br></div><div>Here is an article that will help you understand what happens when a passive aggressive takes over a business:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyanderson/2013/03/06/passive-aggressive-behavior-will-destroy-a-companys-culture/#23401020369a">http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyanderson/2013/03/06/passive-aggressive-behavior-will-destroy-a-companys-culture/#23401020369a</a></div><div><br></div><div>Notice the passive aggressive is mean behind the scenes, and polite out in public. It is common for someone who is wronged by a passive aggressive to become visibly upset. They are called the "identifiable patient." Passive aggressives use this anger as a way of avoiding the facts and claiming the identifiable patient is "crazy" or engaging in "personal attacks." In this way they often get away with otherwise aberrant behavior. </div><div><br></div><div>Sadly, 10% of those living in our culture suffer from a passive aggressive coping mechanism. These can either be learned from a "group" or developed as a response to trauma. </div><div><br></div><div>While I have compassion for those who suffer with this issue, we as a community DO NOT help them by enabling their behavior. </div><div><br></div><div>It is my opinion that those who have been overtly wronged as well as "defenders" of the station's status quo are both victims here, and I sincerely hope we can learn how to work together in the future. Either to save the station, or begin anew...</div><div><br></div><div>Doug</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><br>On Jul 2, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Scott Peterson <<a href="mailto:scottmartinpeterson@hotmail.com">scottmartinpeterson@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Dear Ms. Winslow,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">In keeping with Norman's suggestion, I'll try to avoid any </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">tit-for-tat </font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">here. But that should apply to everyone.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Your reference to 'opinions' is important here. That's been</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">the tactic of key KZYX individuals for a long time. As a way</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">to dismiss others. Not over opinions. But facts.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">I think that Doug McKenty mentioned it. As a passive</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">aggressive strategy. And a way to put someone down. Which</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">gets a negative reaction. And the subject is </font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">then blamed </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">for overreacting. Over anything they say or do.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I'm not perfect, Ms. Winslow. But most of what I've brought</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">here is fact. Some people appreciate it. Some don't.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Many of those who don't have one thing in common. They're</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">KZYX programmers. Who threw their fellow programmers under</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">the bus. By treating them the same way. Let me summarize</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">ten of the facts that I've introduced here:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">1. FACT: Former Manager John Coate implemented a policy to</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">hide Form 990s from MCPB for five years running.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">2. FACT: Those Form 990s showed that MCPB hadn't prepared</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">audited financial statements for that time period.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">3. FACT: MCPB gave the Corporation for Public Broadcasting</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">documents that appear to be audited financial statements to</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">receive over a million dollars in grant funding. </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">4. FACT: The CPB has a strict non-compliance policy that</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">prohibits much of what MCPB/KZYX has been doing.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">5: FACT: MCPB/KZYX has exhausted 97% of its net assets</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">since John Coate was hired.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">6: FACT: John Coate admitted to being declared unfit for</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">military service by a U.S. Army psychiatrist during the</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Vietnam War.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">7. FACT: The only way for that to have happened is for</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">John Coate to have suffered from psychosis.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">8. FACT: John Coate has claimed on his resume that he</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">reduced 93% of KZYX's debt, when he actually incurred</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">97% of it.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">9. FACT: All of these facts have been brought to MCPB/</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">KZYX's Board of Directors' attention. Along with proof.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">But they dismiss it as opinion. And laud Mr. Coate.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">10. FACT: At MCPB/KZYX's current 'burn rate' and net </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">assets, MCPB/KZYX will be bankrupt in less than four </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">months.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">All of this is based on public information. Garnered</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">from official sources. Filed under penalty of perjury.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Or else admitted. </font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">By John Coate. Anybody could have </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">found it. It's the </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">same for posting it here. Anybody </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">could have done that </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">too. But they didn't. So I did.</span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">This thread started with a compliment. From someone</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">named Bernie. Who appreciated what I'd done. One of the</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">embittered programmers posted a demeaning message. So</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">I responded. Then there was a reaction to my response.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">From a former programmer. Another demeaning message.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">So I responded again. Both of these people were women.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Neither brought any facts. Only opinions. I responded</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">with facts. None of which have been disputed.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">If my ignorance is demonstrated -- as you say -- then</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">surely you can show us all where. By unravelling just</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">one of my facts. Right here. Right now. Not as opinion.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">But as fact. Feel free to go back through all of my</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">posts. Surely you can find _some_ inaccuracy.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Otherwise, the tirade is yours.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Scott M. Peterson</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Mendocino</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">>you degrade this list and your message by demeaning this person.
i will ignore the rest of your tirades from now on.
you have lost my respect and demonstrated your own ignorance.
I had been following with interest until you degenerated thusly
and completely invalidated any further
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