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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Mr. Coate,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I read your narrative about KZYX here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://johncoate.com/Coping_with_Meltdown_by_John_Coate.pdf" target="_blank">http://johncoate.com/Coping_with_Meltdown_by_John_Coate.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On page seventeen, you said, "<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Managing meant constant dialogue with </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the listeners, who elected the Board of Directors that hired me as GM. It</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><div class="ecxpage" title="Page 17" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><div class="section" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="ecxlayoutArea" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">was difficult work, made harder by the constant bickering and sniping of </font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">people with socio-political agendas who wanted access to the Big </font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">Microphone so they could broadcast their views to everyone. Very few of </font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">them ever did any actual work. Despite that, in my seven years there we </font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">improved it financially, technically, and with the programming itself."</font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">There's another narrative, however. Supported by records filed under</font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">penalty of perjury. By you. While they were being hidden from Board</font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">members like Doug McKenty and John Sakowicz.</font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3">Your narrative is that nothing was being hidden. And that nobody was</font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><font color="#444444">asking for them. That's contradicted by Doug McKenty's visit to your </font></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><font color="#444444">office along with his attorney. To look at the public inspection file. And</font></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><font size="3"><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">how you reacted. By calling the police.</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">There's another narrative, Mr. Coate. That you're a bullshit artist. And </font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">that running KZYX into the ground was the apex of your career. There's</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">no doubt that you destroyed it, Mr. Coate. That's evident in the Form</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">990s you were hiding. Along with the so-called audits. And the State</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">filings. Swearing those audits didn't exist. Under penalty of perjury.</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">In the seven years that you were here, KZYX lost 75% of its net assets. </font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">That's not a narrative. Or an opinion. It's fact. Supported by Form 990s</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">filed by you. Under penalty of perjury.</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">Your narrative is that you cut KZYX's debt in half while you were here.</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">That's contradicted by the Form 990s. Before you arrived, the debt was</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3">$45,860. You can see that here:</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font color="#444444" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/680/680050440/680050440_200706_990.pdf" target="_blank">http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/680/680050440/680050440_200706_990.pdf</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">At the time of your departure, the debt was $82,121. You can see that</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">here:</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB-Audit-Report6-30-15.pdf" target="_blank">http://kzyx.org/Board/audits/MCPB-Audit-Report6-30-15.pdf</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Once again, the facts support the other narrative. That you're a bullshit</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">artist.</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Your narrative has fifty-two slides. One of them is dedicated to a</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">particular achievement. Where you spent two years as a cartoon</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">character named 'brojo'. In a chat room called 'Habbo Hotel.' The</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">narrative there is that it's good clean fun. But there's another </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">narrative. That it's full of pedophiles, hate speech and <span style="font-size: 12pt;">cyber bullies.</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can see that here:</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/habbo/user-reviews/adult" target="_blank">https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/habbo/user-reviews/adult</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">The character named 'brojo' was known for hiding cabbages and </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">farting in teleporters. You can see that here:</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brojo&defid=1117424" target="_blank">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brojo&defid=1117424</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Your narrative is titled: "How to Cope with Meltdown in Communities".</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">But the communities you talk about are mostly chat rooms. With two</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">possible exceptions. 'The Farm' and KZYX.</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">According to your narrative, 'The Farm' had "<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">too much poverty" it was</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">"too leader-oriented" and had "too many rules
that became dogma."</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri">The exact opposite of 'Habbo Hotel'. Where you can hide cabbages, fart</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri">in teleporters and get paid for it. i.e., profitable chaos for John Coate.</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri">The narrative that you 'improved' KZYX is certainly accurate in that way. </font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri">Only the 'cabbages' you hid were Form 990s. And the 'fart' you left is</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri">still here. </font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri">There's another narrative of yours. That's even more important. It's</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri">on your website here:</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="http://johncoate.com/porchlight_story.html" target="_blank">http://johncoate.com/porchlight_story.html</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3">According to that narrative, "I dropped out so far that later in 1983, I got </font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3">a statement from Social Security saying that from 1968 to 1983 I had </font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3">made a grand total of $3000." That's when you started your chat room</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3">career. First at 'The WELL'. An enterprise written off by its owners just </font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3">last year because it 'did not bear financial promise.' You can see that</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3">here:</font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">According to your narrative, a U.S. Army psychiatrist rejected you for </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">being a 'mystic nomad' around 1970. That doesn't square with U.S.</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Army policy, Mr. Coate. You can see that here:</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/NeuropsychiatryinWWIIVolI/appendixa.htm" target="_blank">http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/NeuropsychiatryinWWIIVolI/appendixa.htm</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">The only way to get rejected by a U.S. Army psychiatrist is for being</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">psychotic. Psychosis is a disability, Mr. Coate. It's nobody's fault. And </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">it's nothing to be ashamed of. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">But it tends to explain the difference</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">between narratives. It also explains statements you made here:</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><a href="http://johncoate.com/John%20Coate%20Resume%202016%20-%20Web%20Version.pdf" target="_blank">http://johncoate.com/John%20Coate%20Resume%202016%20-%20Web%20Version.pdf</a></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Not only about the financial condition of KZYX. But about who was</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">running the organization. You said, "(At KZYX) I am the head of the </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">nonprofit <span style="font-size: 12pt;">organization and I manage the radio station."</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I'm not calling you a liar, Mr. Coate. Far from it. I think that you actually</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">_believed_ you were running Mendocino County Public Broadcasting.</span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><font size="3">And </font>that you were actually cutting KZYX's debt if half. While you were</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">nearly doubling it. </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">This apparent disability doesn't exclude the other narrative. About your</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">being a bullshit artist. I think you're bullshitting yourself. As for the </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">'language' you believed 'was easiest to digest.'? That's the language</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">easiest for John Coate to digest.</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">There's no harm in publishing your narrative online like you have. As</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">long as it's balanced by other narratives. So I'm not really 'fishing' for </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">anything as you suggest. I've already got everything I need to do what</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">needs to be done. Which is balancing your narrative. And by giving you</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">the opportunity to respond.</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Sincerely,</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Scott M. Peterson</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">Mendocino</div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px;">> 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. </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;">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.</div><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;">Anyway, have a good life. Over and out.</div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px;"><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;"><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline" style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;"><br style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;"></div><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;">John Coate</div><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;"><a href="mailto:tex@well.com" style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;">tex@well.com</a></div><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;"><a href="mailto:john@edgeryders.eu" style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;">john@edgeryders.eu</a></div><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;"><a href="http://johncoate.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;">johncoate.com</a></div><div style="line-height: 25.559999465942383px;">707-357-2223</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ecxcolumn" style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column">
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