[Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Announce]- respose to John Sakowicz

[David Gurney]

"Staff salaries are a personnel matter and are not up for public perusal."

Baloney.

All salaries at a non-profit, donation supported public radio station
should and must be open for station supporters and the public and to know
about and "peruse."

...

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Carole Freeman <madrone at mcn.org> wrote:

> Thank you, Meg. i appreciate your comments.
>
> On Jun 17, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Meg Courtney <mcourtney1 at mcn.org> wrote:
>
> > I thought I had posted this earlier but had inadvertently only sent it
> to Mr. Sakowicz. A shoter version of his posting is below mine)
> >
> > Friends and Neighbors,
> > (I know this really should be on the discussion list as I understand it,
> but since Mr. Sakowitz has posted it here I will reply here to set the
> story straight) (and I am only on this forum temporarily because I have a
> rental I wanted to advertise)
> >
> > I am on the KZYX board and I have gotten to know John Coate and station
> business pretty well in my tenure. I  can assure you that John Coate
> resigned not because of any of the issues that John Sakowicz refers to but
> because of personal family issues, one of which is that he & his wife have
> had to live apart for the better part of a year because of her job in Santa
> Rosa, and that he also has family there, and that he has served KZYX
> incredibly well for 7 years as the GM under very trying circumstances, not
> the least of which is the constant battering of current board member John
> Sakowicz which has cost the station close to $20,000 in legal fees to
> thwart the specious allegations he has promoted under the guise of
> "conscience" If this is "conscience" please take me to another planet!
> >
> > The "demand letter " referred to is just another in a long list of
> specious attempts to undermine the GM and the station. Staff salaries are a
> personnel matter and are not up for public perusal. I can go on & on about
> Mr. Sakowitz but this is an announce list and this is my annoucement.
> >
> > Meg Courtney
> >
> >> Dear Friends and Neighbors:
> >>
> >>
> >> On June 11, KZYX Executive Director and General Manager, John Coate,
> resigned, only one day after he was served with a demand letter for
> financial disclosure at the station. The letter was prepared by a legal
> team, and it was signed by three current or past KZYX board directors,
> including myself, Doug McKenty, and King Collins, one past member of the
> Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Norman De Vall, and one member and
> recent board candidate, Dennis O'Brien.
> >>
> >>
> >> The demand letter was prompted by Coate's refusal to answer questions
> asked by me about staff salaries when the station's audit was presented at
> the May 4 annual meeting. The refusal by Coate to answer questions from a
> board director about important financials at a public meeting is a
> violation of the California Corporate Code.
> >>
> >>
> >> The letter was also prompted by Coate's post on his Facebook page where
> he referred to 37% and 32% of the station's members who voted for reform
> candidates, respectively, during the last elections, as a "hate group" and
> "haters" who should "STFU". (See Urban Dictionary for the meaning of this
> acronym.)
> >>
> >
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