<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><div><font face="Arial">This just in. On Monday, May 12, at 12:17 p.m., Norman De Vall posted to the KZYXtalk listserv (kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org). Mr. De Vall confirms the following: "After a brief meeting with Mary [KZYX Program Director, Mary Aigner], I was told that KZYX staff would conduct the (candidate) interviews; she followed with (and this is almost a direct quote) -- anyone who criticizes the station, or enables others to do so, won't have a microphone."</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">The question now is: Will KZYX General Manager, John Coate, terminate or otherwise discipline, Ms. </font><span style="font-family: Arial;">Aigner? Will Ms. Aigner be allowed to prevent Norman De Vall, a highly respected, retired public servant, who also hosted a popular and long-running public affairs show on KZYX, from hosting the candidates debates on KZYX, as he has normally done for many years? </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Will be the abuse of a volunteer be tolerated at KZYX?</span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">More to the point: Will censorship be tolerated at KZYX? Will the KZYX Board of Directors allow such a blatant</span><font face="Arial"> violation of Mr. De Vall's right to free speech or freedom of association? Will the Board allow such an abuse of authority -- authority placed in Ms. Aigner, and her boss, Mr. Coate, by the station's 2,396 members. Will the public allow this abuse of authority? </font></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>nsi@mcn.org<br><b>To: </b>"Joel Waldman" <poet@mcn.org>, "King Collins" <king@greenmac.com><br><b>Cc: </b>announce@lists.mcn.org, discussion@lists.mcn.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, May 12, 2014 1:18:00 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [MCN-Announce]- [MCN-Discussion]- What?<br><br> <br> Folks: Norman has responded on the discussion listserv.<br> For those of you who ritually renew your KZYX membership during<br>the Spring Drive and would miss that personal connection by phone<br>with the radio station, <br>I suggest a better strategy would be to make the call and explain to<br>the volunteer why you are reluctantly (if that is the case)<br>withholding your pledge this season. <br>Asking to talk to anyone of the staff would also be appropriate. At<br>the very least, insist that Norman's hosting of the pre-election<br>interviews be re-instated. <br>Mary Aigner and John Coate's treatment of former Supervisor<br>Norman deVall is as insane as it is outrageous, and detrimental to<br>the choices we have to make this Primary.<br>Please. Withhold your pledge this week. Let them know you are<br>withholding. If things improve you can always pledge in Fall and<br>not lose your opportunity to vote in the next KZYX board election. <br>Why let this go on and on and on. --beth bosk<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Joel Waldman" <br>To:"King Collins" <br>Cc:<br>Sent:Mon, 12 May 2014 12:19:03 -0700<br>Subject:Re: [MCN-Discussion]- What?<br><br> It's a very long, sad story and I have work to do in the garden.<br><br> Just know that I responded to an open invitation issued ON THE AIR<br>by <br> DJ Blankfort to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace issue as a <br> supporter of the right of the existence of the State of Israel and<br>the <br> creation of a new Palestinian state, the two-state solution. Know, <br> too, that my offer to appear was accepted and publicity was <br> promulgated and disseminated both in print and on the air,<br>announcing <br> the forthcoming discussion and my debate with the, generally, anti- <br> Israeli stance of "Takes On The World." An hour before air-time the <br> newly appointed general manager called me to announce that, in the <br> name of "Good Radio" he was rescinding my invitation. Since then all<br><br> broadcasters have had to issue disclaimers that anything said on his<br><br> or her show was the sole responsibility and opinion of the speaker. <br> The lone arbiter of what MAY be broadcast is John Coate. I am no <br> longer waiting for his promised "future opportunity" to take issue <br> with his regularly broadcast programs that delight in pro-Arab <br> propaganda, distortions and lies against the State of Israel. And <br> while I expect a storm of protest to this note, never have I<br>received <br> ANY acknowledgement or recognition of the censoring of MY radio <br> appearance and MY opinions. Oh, no...that's not true. Norman called <br> John and asked why I was summarily dropped with no broadcast <br> explanation. All I got was a shrug and some mumbling about "Good <br> Radio." That said, I'll send in a couple 'a bucks to keep Dan <br> Roberts' shows on and allow the droning elevator sounds of the new <br> KZYX to continue performing its white noise. And that just out of<br>the <br> goodness of my heart. Did anyone hear any one of those dipsticks say<br><br> a single word about the fabulous performances the Mendocino Theater <br> Company has mounted of Carter Sears' direction of "Grace" now in its<br><br> final weeks? The papers liken the ensemble's tragic-comic timing to <br> chamber music.<br><br> Local radio, hmmpf!<br><br> On May 12, 2014, at 9:26 AM, King Collins wrote:<br><br> ><br> > I am unable to decipher this message. Please help. --king<br> ><br> > On May 12, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Joel Waldman wrote:<br> ><br> > Cool heads, whadda joke!<br> ><br> > These dick-heads (they know who they are!) are the best, most <br> > practiced Machiavellians in the North Country.<br> ><br> > They are gonna play this out for all it's worth, squeezing every <br> > last drop of sympathy and coin they can extract from us poor soap-<br><br> > opera fans until we fall off our thumbs, exhausted from the<br>panting <br> > wait!<br> ><br> > Truth, out!<br> ><br> ><br> > On May 11, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Liz Helenchild wrote:<br> ><br> >><br> >> Agreed, Ann! We await Norman's version of The Story. All else is <br> >> just rumor mongering, the downside of community creativity & <br> >> passion for community radio. 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