<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><div><br></div><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000">Eric -- I am so totally pissed that even after John Coate and I had these two heart-to-heart conversations about healing broken relationships at the station, after which I was prepared to make some concessions, including modifying or withdrawing my FCC complaint, and after which I also worked my ass off to schedule an A-list guest for my Spring Pledge Drive show tomorrow -- Katrina vanden Heuvel -- here comes Steffen kicking me to the curb, or trying to, and here coming Aigner kicking Norman De Vall to the curb. I feel played. And if John Coate had no role in Steffen's and Aigner behaviors, then John Coate should feel played, too. His staff is undermining him.<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Eric Sunswheat" <eric.sunswheat@gmail.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:25:27 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Fwd: Steffen vs. Bosk - how resolve?<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric Sunswheat</b> <br>Date: Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:08 PM<br>Subject: Steffen vs. Bosk - how resolve?<br>
<br>How do we know for sure that KZYX Business Development staffer David<br>
Steffen's email, suggesting that Beth Bosk's comments or reporting "have no<br>
place in any discussion of KZYX or the individuals", was of his own making.<br>
<br>
How do we know the David Steffen email was not instigated by a operational<br>
policy, or shadow scripted, by General Manager John Coates and or Program<br>
Director Mary Aigner.<br>
<br>
Is there a pattern developing with the comment on Bosk. Did David Steffen,<br>
or GM John Coates dba David Steffen, 'throw a curve ball' at John Sakowicz,<br>
by intentionally making a deliberately false claim that station ID was not<br>
announced on air.<br>
<br>
Before making the station ID false claim, did Steffen, or Steffen/ Coates,<br>
or Steffen/Aigner, or Steffen/Aigner/Coates, already have the information<br>
that Sakowicz's actual transgression, was having read the underwriting at a<br>
procedurally incorrect time.<br>
<br>
Was the truth a substantial violation or simply a technical violation of<br>
station policy because, of its one time occurrence and not a continuing<br>
regular event. Is it true that there might not have been actual harm to<br>
the underwriter supporter nor a complaint there from.<br>
<br>
Was it evident that there may have been a valid reason for not reading<br>
underwriter announcement at the time scheduled, so the program guest could<br>
be on air, as the radio host declares.<br>
<br>
Was the false claim of not reading station ID which would have been a<br>
substantial violation of KZYX's broadcast FCC license, part of a<br>
strategic 'sucker punch'.<br>
<br>
Was this a '1, 2' attempt to destabilize the radio show host, by pausing<br>
to first allow Sako to indignantly respond to the false claim 'bait', then<br>
following up with the hair splitting true fact, of reading underwriting<br>
copy at half hour instead of at top of the hour.<br>
<br>
Perhaps only Steffen/Aigner/Coates knows for sure. The saga continues to<br>
tilt with windmills and inquiring minds.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Eric<br>
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<br>
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Douglas wrote:<br>
<br>
> Why not just challenge her to Trial By Combat?<br>
> She gets to choose the weapons.<br>
> Maybe she'll let you off with a plastering of lemon (appropriate)<br>
> meringue pie...<br>
><br>
> On 5/15/2014 11:32 AM, King Collins wrote:<br>
> > David Steffen says: She (Beth Bosk) doesn’t know me yet she casually<br>
> throws insults around, and the administrator of this list doesn’t admonish<br>
> her or remove her from the list. The unconscionable epithets she regularly<br>
> includes in her angry and dishonest screeds, which often get forwarded by<br>
> her fans, have no place in any discussion of KZYX or the individuals.<br>
> ><br>
> > Steffen charges that Bosk should be censored. And there may be others<br>
> who agree.<br>
> ><br>
> > But for the sake of democracy and the colonized masses, let's not call<br>
> on the list administrator. He's already done a courageous and costly<br>
> service, by starting this listserv.<br>
> ><br>
> > We know that the administrator has the power to shut us down, and if I<br>
> may express my bias: Thank God it is de Vall and not Aigner who controls<br>
> this list.<br>
> ><br>
> > And so it has come to pass that on KZYXtalk listserv, the most<br>
> democratic discussion that ever happened at KZYX, David steffen accuses<br>
> Beth Bosk of casually throwing insults around (See above), and that Beth<br>
> Bosk should be censored for her remarks.<br>
> ><br>
> > Suggested Grievance Procedure. I am not kidding about this.<br>
> ><br>
> > Once the grievance has been clearly stated, and Beth has had the<br>
> opportunity to respond, then I suggest we take comments from others and a<br>
> vote to see if others agree that there is substance to the grievance.<br>
> ><br>
> > And if we the people have so decided, then we should have a hearing,<br>
> perhaps in front of a panel of list users, chosen in some way, or perhaps a<br>
> panel of judges chosen in some way, or perhaps in front of everyone. As in<br>
> Common Law, we must find some way to reach a judgment.<br>
> ><br>
> > And should one be found guilty, we can proceed to the consequence phase.<br>
> Here we can use our imagination. Perhaps an announcement in the newspapers<br>
> that so-in-so was found to be to be guilty of making unfounded nasty<br>
> comments, and/or so-in-so will be banished from the list for a period of<br>
> time.<br>
> ><br>
> > I am serious about this proposal, because I don't want Norm de Vall on<br>
> the hot seat, and because I genuinely believe that we must find a<br>
> democratic way to resolve our differences and because I don't want to lose<br>
> this list or anyone on it.<br>
> ><br>
> > For KZYXtalk, --king collins<br>
> ><br>
> > * * * *<br>
> ><br>
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