<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Geneva; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-family: Calibri; "><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; ">Ann, Irene and I handed out 150 flyers. Most people very concerned and upset about the outcome and wanted to get details . One person who supported Footlighters, said that she also felt it was an unjust finding. <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Several people mentioned having the Grand Jury look into it. I also feel this is maybe our best bet for getting the unfairness brought to light. Our County and FB City abandoned our tv facility, at least did not help to get the case resolved amiably. Also did not help to secure equipment partially paid for by citizen tax dollars. Richard</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Geneva; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-family: Calibri; "><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Baskerville; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i>Footlighters Unfair to MCTV</i></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Geneva; min-height: 19px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">LOSING Mendocino Coast Television is sad for the North Coast –– destroying it removed an important means of local and political accountability. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 26px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">That a squabble in the Footlighters’ sandbox wasn’t settled years ago, and that greed replaced responsibility has resulted in the loss of a valued community asset, public assess MCTV –– <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font: 22.0px Baskerville; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i>Mendocino Coast Television.</i></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal Baskerville; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 24px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i></i></b></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Instead, a heavy handed</span><span style="font: 10.0px 'Lucida Grande'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">lawyer prevailed and convinced an inexperienced judge to rob the community of one of our most important</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">assets, partly funded by the City of Fort Bragg and Mendocino County taxes. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 26px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Scores of people depended on this facility to view and record sports, meetings, entertainment, local history, and more.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 26px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">We in Occupy Mendocino feel bad the two entities couldn’t resolve their differences to benefit all of the community. Perhaps</span><span style="font: 10.0px 'Lucida Grande'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">something might come in to take the place of MCTV, but it will be starting from scratch and will take</span><span style="font: 10.0px 'Lucida Grande'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">years to become a workable and viable entity.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 26px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal Baskerville; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i>This is truly a sad happening for our Coastal Community and County.</i></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 10.9px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 26px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 11.7px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">We ask you to please let the Fort Bragg City Council and the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors</span><span style="font: 14.0px Geneva; letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">know how you feel about the terrible loss of MCTV –– an important and vital entity that benefitted everyone while providing</span><span style="font: 10.0px 'Lucida Grande'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">information that could be accessed by our County and via the internet world wide. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 11.7px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 11.7px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 11.7px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); min-height: 26px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 11.7px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal Baskerville; color: rgb(54, 64, 77); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i>Probably Paul Bunyan would agree with Occupy Mendocino that a sense of civic responsibility is more important than self-centered greed.</i></b></span></div><div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span>
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