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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Ms. Courtney,<style><!--
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--></style><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a recent editorial, you said that John Sakowicz made 'numerous unfounded</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>allegations of financial impropriety' on the part of MCPB. I've never seen that.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But I'm coming to your rescue anyway.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't think that you -- or any of your fellow board members -- have done any</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>such thing. Quite the opposite. I don't believe you've done anything at all.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Let me demonstrate. You're the president of MCPB's Board of Directors. You're</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>supposed to conduct board meetings. Recorded with meeting minutes. I know</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>of at least three board meetings that have taken place since you've presided. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And none of those meeting minutes have been posted at their usual place. The</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>KZYX website. I'm not saying you did that on purpose. What I'm saying is this:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You didn't do anything.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's another demonstration. You've got things that appear to be audited </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>financial statements. On the KZYX website. Those are supposed to be done</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>through an audit committee. And then presented by the auditor. But it didn't</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>happen. You didn't do anything wrong, Ms. Courtney. You didn't do anything.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And a third demonstration. The CPA who prepared your last Form 990 is Frank</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>X. Gloeggler. His latest Form 990 is on the KZYX website here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB%202013%20Tax%20Return.pdf" target="_blank">http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB%202013%20Tax%20Return.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Can you count, Ms. Courtney? Okay. It's twenty-five pages long. Now look at the</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>same tax return here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/680/680050440/680050440_201406_990.pdf" target="_blank">http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/680/680050440/680050440_201406_990.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Now count the pages there. If you can. It's twenty-two pages long. How are you</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>at arithmetic? All right. Twenty-two from twenty-five is three. Isn't it? So the</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Form 990 that got filed is missing three pages. Right? Did you know about that?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>No. Because you never counted them. You didn't do that on purpose. You didn't</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>do anything.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Can you tell time, Ms. Courtney? Look at the date on the letter from Mr. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gloeggler. It's March 2, 2015. Right on page one. Do you see that? Okay. Now</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>follow this link: <a href="http://rct.doj.ca.gov/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://rct.doj.ca.gov/</a> It'll take you to the Registry of Charitable</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Trusts. Where you can look MCPB up. Along with <span style="font-size: 12pt;">every Form 990 that's been </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">filed. And a time stamp. Showing when it was </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">received. If you did that, you'd find </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the date that Form 990 was received. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It's February 9, 2015. Which comes first, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ms. Courtney? Is it February? Or </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">March? Right. February comes first. So this Form </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">990 was filed a month </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">before Mr. Gloeggler sent it to you. With his name on it. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Did you notice </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">that? Of course not. You didn't notice anything. Because you didn't </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">do anything.</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Can you read, Ms. Courtney? Good. At the same place you can pull up the</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Registration Renewal Fee report for that year. It's the second from the bottom.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It's only a page. What date do you see on the bottom? Right. It's January 28,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2015. Which comes first? January? Or March? Uh-huh. This was filed two </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>months before Mr. Gloeggler's letter. Now go back to that letter for just a</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>minute:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB%202013%20Tax%20Return.pdf" target="_blank">http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB%202013%20Tax%20Return.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Now turn to page forty-three. Can you count that high? Sure you can. If you</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>actually did, you'd find the same form. Sent to MCPB for filing two months</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>after it'd already been filed. Wow. Not look at the item <span style="font-size: 12pt;">number nine on that </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">filing. Where it asks if MCPB had prepared an </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">audited financial statement for </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">that year. Do you see the answer? </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There's an 'X' in the box marked 'No.' Do you </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">see that? Did you see </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">that before? No. You didn't see anything. Because you </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">didn't look.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now go to the KZYX website again. Where it says there are audited financial</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>statements. For the same exact year:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB%20FY%202014%20Audit.pdf" target="_blank">http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB%20FY%202014%20Audit.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Now go to page three. How's your memory, Ms. Courtney? Do you recognize</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>the auditor? It's Frank X. Gloeggler. The same gentleman <span style="font-size: 12pt;">who said that MCPB </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">hadn't prepared audited financial statements. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now look at the date. It's </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">September 30, 2014. Six months before </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">his letter to MCPB. Reporting no audit.</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You didn't know that, did you? Because you didn't look. You didn't do anything.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>How are your detective skills, Ms. Courtney? Can you find the three missing </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>pages? Sure you can. It's something called a 'Schedule B'. It lists all of MCPB's</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>contributors. Including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For $187,022.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In fact, that's MCPB's only contributor. Did you know that, Ms. Courtney?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of course not. You don't know anything. Because you don't do anything.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I can prove it. Look at that Form 990 again. On page seven. Where it reports</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>the average number of hours you spend every week on MCPB business. How's</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>your vision, Ms. Courtney? Can you see what that number is? That's right, Ms.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Courtney. It's a zero.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>One last thing. On how MCPB actually got that contribution. It's called an Annual</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Financial Report. Or AFR. You can find a whole stack of them here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/mcpb-bylaws-and-financial-statements" target="_blank">http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/mcpb-bylaws-and-financial-statements</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Go to page ten on any one of them. And look at item number eight. You can't </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>miss it. Because it's in bold: "Total Expenses (sum of lines 1 to 7) must agree with</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>audited financial statements." Do you see that? They all do. Going all the way</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>to 2008. Now go back to the State website. And look at the Registration Renewal</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Fee forms for the same time period. At item number nine. Where it swears that</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>no audited financial statements had been prepared. Signed under penalty of </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>perjury. Each one of them. By John Coate.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I know you must be a very busy person, Ms. Courtney. But it might be worth</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>your while to run a total. Of all contributions that MCPB has taken from CPB</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>under the assurance that it had audited financial statements. According to my</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>arithmetic, it's over a million dollars now.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I got all this information from the KZYX website. And the Registry of Charitable</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Trusts. Who got it from John Coate. Under penalty of perjury.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>How's your insurance coverage, Ms. Courtney?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Scott M. Peterson</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mendocino</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">> Scott,</span><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"></div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px;">According to our ex- GM John Coate, there IS NO policy. Where did you get this information? </div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px;">John did not know what I was talking about when I inquired. 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