[Kzyxtalk] Who's afraid of the Big Bad Meanie?

Tue Feb 25 16:58:42 PST 2014

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE BOARD OF KZYX/YZ

Simple Question:

Is there any valid reason why Sack-o-witz
has not been removed from the Board by his peers?
His campaigning against the station is dis-graceful.
Certainly, BY NOW, in violation of by-laws.

Or is this "controversy" he has stirred up
part of the Grand Takeover?

In either case, shame on you.
And those who allow it to continue.

The people of Mendocino County were not born yesterday.
Yx/Yz has no need for such a bullying tar baby
who serves only to dismantle workable systems
via hate campaigns. No matter who he
pretends to "side" with, loyal-ties are obvious.
As Neil Young once sang,
"I've seen the devil & the damage done".
The man is an agitator of the very worst sort.

Coate could have nipped this problem in the bud
Years ago . . . by spending the time to actually meet
and get to know his neighbors, (the public)
rather than listening to his handlers
—like Sack, who gets all the airtime he wants.

Many are weary of Yx/Yz using our demographics
(rural, economically depressed, under-served, diverse)
to run what has become, essentially, a free propaganda machine
for those military retirees and corporate raiders who fear
the "locals" and have vowed to subjugate them
by whatever means necessary.

Please, take your closed loop system elsewhere.
We have special glasses that can see right through
Fascism, Imperialism, McCarthyism
and Hegelian Delphi techniques.

And ears that can tell the difference between NPR
of decades ago . . .
and their present incarnation
as Avery wasteful use of time and money.

If you cannot, I invite you to
take your ambitions elsewhere.
I hear they're ramping up in SA again,
if the climate in Eastern Europe is too harsh.

Mendocino County
will always remain
in America.
The land of the free, and the home of the brave.
Where the true principles of democracy
are not corrupted . . . but embraced.

Again I respectfully ask:

Is there any valid reason removing Sack-o-witz
from the Board cannot be an item on tomorrow's agenda??

This would surely be the
first step
toward creating trust
in a rational discussion
of how "Mendocino County Public Radio"
can better serve it's mandate
to provide
educational programming
of interest and value
to our
rural, economically depressed, underserved, diverse
community.

~C.

CSwan
<cswan at willitsonline.com>

On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:40 PM, David wrote:

> As these messages pile up, perhaps the Bohemian’s Gretchen Giles’  
> editorialized revelation was true. For anyone not in the loop at  
> the time, some of Mr. Sakowicz’s history is worth revisiting.
>
> David
>
>
> http://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/mendo-island-war- 
> of-words-beth-bosk-vs-john-sakowicz-kzyx-vs-the-ava/
>
>
>
> David Steffen
> KZYX Business Development
> (707) 895-2324 office
> (707) 322-9895 cell
> (707) 895-2451 fax
>
> From: kzyxtalk-bounces at lists.mcn.org [mailto:kzyxtalk- 
> bounces at lists.mcn.org] On Behalf Of sako4 at comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:21 PM
> To: kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org
> Subject: Re: [Kzyxtalk] open lines and trading times
>
> There is no difference between Aigner and Coate. Think of them as a  
> two-headed hydra.
>
> I'll go further.
>
> It's my belief that Aigner trained Coate to be the pit bull that he  
> is. She trained him. Remember, Aigner has been at the station since  
> its inception. That was 25 years ago. Aigner has seen the station's  
> many and various general managers come and go. Come and go. Come  
> and go. Aigner is the one, true survivor.
>
> You have to give Aigner credit: She fought her way to the head of  
> the line -- a mile-long line of hippies.
>
> You have to give Aigner credit: The only other job she's ever had  
> in the Anderson Valley was driving a Bruce's Bread Bakery truck.  
> Now -- and for many years before now -- she has been the real shot  
> caller at KZYX.
>
> Coate may be immaterial.
>
> From: "she-la" <sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com>
> To: tbray at wildblue.net, kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:18:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Kzyxtalk] open lines and trading times
>
> He is not the only one who believes that he was set up. The trouble  
> is that no one was around for that conversation with Aigner so her  
> denying the fact that it ever happened is her only way out.
> One thing I am sure of--McKenty is not a liar while I wish I could  
> believe that Aigner & Coate have the same regard for the truth. I  
> personally have caught Coate in a lie about his being given the  
> title of Executive Director and I know how closely the two work  
> together to back each other up.
> The coming election might give us a better idea of who the members  
> think is more believable.
> Sheila Dawn
>
> Tim Bray <tbray at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
> John, as has been explained to all us programmers, it was NOT the  
> profanity that got Doug suspended - it was his failure to respond  
> by shutting off the caller, apologizing to the listeners, and  
> reiterating station policy on profanity.   (I didn't hear the show,  
> but it's my understanding from those who did, that Doug simply let  
> the conversation go on.  As management had previously made clear,  
> they view that as a potentially serious FCC infraction.)   WDan  
> followed the policy and was temporarily suspended (NOT a "free  
> pass" as you allege).  I don't know anything about the Sherry  
> Glaser incident.
>
> I know Doug believes he was set up.  Doug believes a lot of things  
> that aren't necessarily so.  He sees conspiracies everywhere.  His  
> belief that he was being set up for dismissal became a kind of self- 
> fulfilling prophecy.  (When you believe strongly in something, you  
> behave in such a way as to make it become true.)
>
> Tim Bray
>
> On 2/24/2014 11:06 PM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote:
> Doug McKenty was kicked off the air as a result of Coate's  
> selective enforcement of the FCC's profanity policy, Tim, and you  
> know it. Recently, W. Dan got a free pass. He was back on the air  
> after a token suspension. Someone told me a profanity also aired on  
> Sherry Glaser's show. I don't know for sure, because I didn't hear it.
>
> In any case, read Doug's recent letter in the Ukiah Daily Journal  
> explaining how he believes he was set up by station management.
>
>
>
>
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