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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">The fourth one listed is 'Not paying for performance.' Look at KZYX's highest </span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">paid executive, Ms. Courtney. In 2008, it was a 'Manager' named John Coate:</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Mr. Coate got paid $54,000 that year. His predecessor was Belinda Rawlins.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">In 2007, she got paid $52,827 for being a 'General Manager':</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Ms. Rawlins was a short-timer. She came to that position in 2006. When KZYX's</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">net assets were $363,560. She burned through twenty grand of that money, and</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">somehow got it added to her paycheck. Nice. In 2005, KZYX had no manager at</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">all. And identical assets. So Ms. Rawlins wasn't actually performing at all. </font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">But she got a big fat raise anyway. Ms. Rawlins was -- according to herself -- </font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">a rainmaker. In a Ukiah Daily Journal puff piece, Jane Futcher described Ms.</font></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">But all she seemed to reinvigorate at KZYX was her own paycheck. So KZYX </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">definitely paid for performance. i.e.; Ms. Rawlins' personal wealth.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Then we have John Coate. Who earned a whopping $200 a year before joining</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">'The Well' for $20,000 a year. As a marketing manager in a computer firm.</span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Who knew nothing about computers or marketing:</font></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">So he became an 'electronic counselor' of sorts. Until the wheels came</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">off at 'The Well'. The catalyst was a shit disturber who posted blogs </span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">under the </font><font face="Courier New, monospace">name of 'Mark Ethan Smith'. Smith turned out to be a woman with </font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">an </font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">agenda. To put men like Mr. Coate in his place. Even identifying him </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">as a one of the 'Nazi penis worshipers' at 'The Well'. Forcing Mr. Coate</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">to spend thousands of hours dealing with 'Mark Ethan Smith'. Charging </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">'The </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Well' </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">for each and every
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">like </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">'The </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Well' did.</span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">read for anyone connected with KZYX: </font><a href="http://www.wired.com/1997/05/ff-well/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk824258" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">http://www.wired.com/1997/05/ff-well/</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">how eerily similar they all </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">were. All of them 'Grateful Dead' worshippers.</span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">To this very day, Mary Aigner -- aka Mary Prankster -- plays 'Grateful</font></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">neck -- of KZYX programming.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">As Mr. Coate drained KZYX's bank account, Ms. Aigner kept the love flowing.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">Resurrecting Gerry Garcia every week. Along with the money. Spellbound </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">was thriving. When it was actually tanking. Just like it went down at 'The</span></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">$378,000. Not including payroll taxes. </font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">To everyone's amazement, Mr. Coate </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;">is strange. Because he'd never been </span><font face="Courier New, monospace">evaluated. Not according to Board </font></p>
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