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<div dir="ltr">Dear Ms. Courtney,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for finally complying with member demands to make MCPB's</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>bylaw amendments from 1990 public. It's now clear -- at least to me --</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;">why they've been hidden from the public for all these years.</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;">Under Article III, Section d) of the document purporting to be Amended</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div>By-laws from 1990, the following assurance can be found: "The </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>corporation will not engage in any act of self-dealing as defined in </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Section 4941(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or corresponding</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>provisions of any later federal tax laws."</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In an Amendment dated July 10, 2010, that Section was completely</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>written out. You can see that Amendment on your website here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kzyx.org/images/pdf/MCPBBYLAWSAdopted12July2010.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.kzyx.org/images/pdf/MCPBBYLAWSAdopted12July2010.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Under your administration, MCPB has engaged in self-dealing. By giving</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>valuable air time to officers and family members. Starting with your</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>'partner' -- Bob Bushansky. Early this year, Mr. Bushansky began airing</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>a program on right-wing politics titled, 'Politics -- A Love Story'. Every</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>other Friday. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>At the same time, your fellow officer Stuart Campbell got his own show.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>'Consider This' -- a program on philosophy and religion. Also every other</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Friday. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>While another fellow officer Jane Futcher got her own show. 'The </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cannabis Hour' -- a program about cultivating and trafficking illegal</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>marijuana.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>These shows amount to two hours of air time per week. And have gone</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>on for twenty-five weeks. For a grand total of fifty hours of<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> air time.</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;">Each one of them precious and irreplaceable. And come at a cost well</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;">known to MCPB. $73.00 an hour. That's the 'burn rate' MCPB reported </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;">in 2009. Bringing MCPB's self-dealing total to $3,650.00. For six months.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div>The self-dealing hasn't helped MCPB. Not at all. Look at the Form 990s.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The ones that MCPB has been hiding for the past seven years. You can</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>see them here:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/680050440/popup/1" target="_blank">http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/680050440/popup/1</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Your response to Dennis O'Brien is absurd, Ms. Courtney. Your position -- </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>as I understand it -- is that MCPB has been violating Federal law for</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>decades. And has never been challenged. Thus is protected by law</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>like the 'Statute of Limitations' and 'Laches'. This is absurd.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Federal law supersedes by-laws. Period. Especially when they've been </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>hidden. Doubly so when they involve self-dealing.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Nonetheless, thanks for quoting the statutes for filing civil actions</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>based on what you've admitted in your letter. The clock starts now.</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><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">cc: (MCPB Board Members)</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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