[Kzyxtalk] Salary of KZYX General Manager

[she-la]

Yes, that is a plan. We should do the very same thing. Personally, I think withholding information illegally  from the membership may be the beginning of John's slide down a slippery slope. I mean obeying the law is non negotiable.

sako4 at comcast.net wrote:

>David, 
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>KZYX only reports consolidated salaries as a single budget line item. The individual salaries are not broken down. Station GM, John Coate, has long maintained that individual salaries are a "privacy issue". 
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>That's a bunch of bull, of course. 
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>The County of Mendocino tried pulling that same stunt a few years ago. They tried not disclosing the salaries of department heads. When the Ukiah Daily Journal filed a freedom of information request and threatened to sue, the County relented and disclosed the salaries. 
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>As a point of information, KMUD discloses the salaries of all staff. 
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Gurney" <jugglestone at gmail.com> 
>To: kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org 
>Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 8:23:19 PM 
>Subject: [Kzyxtalk] Salary of KZYX General Manager 
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>Is this true, what Sack says: " I know what Coate gets paid, but the KZYX Board's secrecy rules prohibit me from disclosing it." 
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>Is Coate's salary a secret? Or is Sack O'Whiz just blowing more smoke? 
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>If true, why would anyone want to contribute to a community station that would not reveal what employees are being paid? 
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