[Kzyxtalk] John Coate Narrative

[Scott Peterson]

Dear Mr. Coate,

I read your narrative about KZYX here:

http://johncoate.com/Coping_with_Meltdown_by_John_Coate.pdf

On page seventeen, you said, "Managing meant constant dialogue with 

the listeners, who elected the Board of Directors that hired me as GM. It

was difficult work, made harder by the constant bickering and sniping of 

people with socio-political agendas who wanted access to the Big 

Microphone so they could broadcast their views to everyone. Very few of 

them ever did any actual work. Despite that, in my seven years there we 

improved it financially, technically, and with the programming itself."

There's another narrative, however. Supported by records filed under

penalty of perjury. By you. While they were being hidden from Board

members like Doug McKenty and John Sakowicz.

Your narrative is that nothing was being hidden. And that nobody was

asking for them. That's contradicted by Doug McKenty's visit to your 

office along with his attorney. To look at the public inspection file. And

how you reacted. By calling the police.

There's another narrative, Mr. Coate. That you're a bullshit artist. And 

that running KZYX into the ground was the apex of your career. There's

no doubt that you destroyed it, Mr. Coate. That's evident in the Form

990s you were hiding. Along with the so-called audits. And the State

filings. Swearing those audits didn't exist. Under penalty of perjury.

In the seven years that you were here, KZYX lost 75% of its net assets. 

That's not a narrative. Or an opinion. It's fact. Supported by Form 990s

filed by you. Under penalty of perjury.

Your narrative is that you cut KZYX's debt in half while you were here.

That's contradicted by the Form 990s. Before you arrived, the debt was

$45,860. You can see that here:

http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/680/680050440/680050440_200706_990.pdf

At the time of your departure, the debt was $82,121. You can see that

here:

http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB-Audit-Report6-30-15.pdf

Once again, the facts support the other narrative. That you're a bullshit

artist.

Your narrative has fifty-two slides. One of them is dedicated to a

particular achievement. Where you spent two years as a cartoon

character named 'brojo'. In a chat room called 'Habbo Hotel.' The

narrative there is that it's good clean fun. But there's another 

narrative. That it's full of pedophiles, hate speech and cyber bullies.

You can see that here:

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/habbo/user-reviews/adult

The character named 'brojo' was known for hiding cabbages and 

farting in teleporters. You can see that here:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brojo&defid=1117424

Your narrative is titled: "How to Cope with Meltdown in Communities".

But the communities you talk about are mostly chat rooms. With two

possible exceptions. 'The Farm' and KZYX.

According to your narrative, 'The Farm' had "too much poverty" it was

"too leader-oriented" and had "too many rules
that became dogma."

The exact opposite of 'Habbo Hotel'. Where you can hide cabbages, fart

in teleporters and get paid for it. i.e., profitable chaos for John Coate.

The narrative that you 'improved' KZYX is certainly accurate in that way. 

Only the 'cabbages' you hid were Form 990s. And the 'fart' you left is

still here. 

There's another narrative of yours. That's even more important. It's

on your website here:

http://johncoate.com/porchlight_story.html

According to that narrative, "I dropped out so far that later in 1983, I got 

a statement from Social Security saying that from 1968 to 1983 I had 

made a grand total of $3000." That's when you started your chat room

career. First at 'The WELL'. An enterprise written off by its owners just 

last year because it 'did not bear financial promise.' You can see that

here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL

According to your narrative, a U.S. Army psychiatrist rejected you for 

being a 'mystic nomad' around 1970. That doesn't square with U.S.

Army policy, Mr. Coate. You can see that here:

http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/NeuropsychiatryinWWIIVolI/appendixa.htm

The only way to get rejected by a U.S. Army psychiatrist is for being

psychotic. Psychosis is a disability, Mr. Coate. It's nobody's fault. And 

it's nothing to be ashamed of. But it tends to explain the difference

between narratives. It also explains statements you made here:

http://johncoate.com/John%20Coate%20Resume%202016%20-%20Web%20Version.pdf

Not only about the financial condition of KZYX. But about who was

running the organization. You said, "(At KZYX) I am the head of the 

nonprofit organization and I manage the radio station."

I'm not calling you a liar, Mr. Coate. Far from it. I think that you actually

_believed_ you were running Mendocino County Public Broadcasting.

And that you were actually cutting KZYX's debt if half. While you were

nearly doubling it. 

This apparent disability doesn't exclude the other narrative. About your

being a bullshit artist. I think you're bullshitting yourself. As for the 

'language' you believed 'was easiest to digest.'? That's the language

easiest for John Coate to digest.

There's no harm in publishing your narrative online like you have. As

long as it's balanced by other narratives. So I'm not really 'fishing' for 

anything as you suggest. I've already got everything I need to do what

needs to be done. Which is balancing your narrative. And by giving you

the opportunity to respond.

Sincerely,

Scott M. Peterson

Mendocino

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> If you think that line from the auditor constituted a “policy” then I imagine it was a standard statement pertaining to his audit, not other MCPB policies.  As for me, I didn’t think about it much one way or another because the goals of such scrutiny were served in other ways.  If the Board asked for it, I gave it.  But even when they didn’t ask me for information, I supplied as much detail in all areas of the organization that I thought merited it, delivered in language I believed was easiest to digest.  I still think you are fishing for something you aren’t coming clean about.  And by the logic you supplied, one could surmise that the EFF does better than MCPB because they appoint, rather than elect, their Board members.Anyway, have a good life.  Over and out.John Coatetex at well.comjohn@edgeryders.eujohncoate.com707-357-2223
				
			
		
















 		 	   		  
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