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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Dear Ms. Courtney,</font><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">I've heard this expression before. And so have you. 'The</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Haters'. People who don't like KZYX. And are doing their</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">level best to destroy it. But who are they?</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Organizations are defined by their policies, Ms. Courtney.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Do you know what yours are? I do. So do others. Like Doug</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">McKenty. And John Sakowicz. You have no idea. Like a deer</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">in the headlights. You have no idea that you're standing</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">on a highway. Or what's coming. Reconciliation. With your</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">policies.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Your protege will tell you who 'The Haters' are. That's </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Bob Bushansky. He's got a passel of them. At the Redwood</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Coast Senior Center. Where Form 990s are filed by someone</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">without an accounting license. And at the Mendocino Coast</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Parks and Recreation District. Trying its level best to</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">declare bankruptcy. But somehow falling short. Uh-huh.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Your protege will -- or should -- admit that he was voted</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">off the board at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. By</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">'The Haters'. Who now control the show there.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">You know how elections go, don't you? You were a one-term</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">city councilperson at the City of Fort Bragg. Voted in by</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">'The Haters'. And then voted out by them. Because policy</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">wasn't being followed. It was the same at the Botanical</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Gardens for your protege. Just ask him.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">It was the same for the Redwood Coast Seniors. Evident in</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">a mass resignation. By the board of directors. In 2013:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><a href="http://mendocinotv.com/2013/09/29/redwood-coast-senior-center-annual-meeting/" target="_blank">http://mendocinotv.com/2013/09/29/redwood-coast-senior-center-annual-meeting/</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;">More of 'The Haters'. Yeah. Then there was the Cheese Shop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;">In my neck of the woods. Mendocino. Mr. Bushansky ran that</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;">until 'The Haters' came along. Then he gave it up to them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;">Golly, Ms. Courtney. You sure have plenty of 'The Haters' </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">around you. How are you fixed for 'The Lovers'? Back to your</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">policies.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">I _love_ KZYX policies. The ones you haven't read. Or can't</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">understand. I _love_ the KZYX brand too. A product of its</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">policies. There's only one thing I hate. Board members who</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">haven't read those policies. Or who can't understand them.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">So here's a second chance for you, Ms. Courtney. Take a</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">moment to read KZYX policies. And understand them. Here </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">they are:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><a href="http://media.kzyx.org/mp3/Policies/" target="_blank">http://media.kzyx.org/mp3/Policies/</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">But until you can read -- and understand -- KZYX policies,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">you can't be counted among 'The Lovers' of KZYX. But only</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">'The Haters'.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Scott M. Peterson</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">Mendocino</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">cc: (MCPB Board Members)</font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New, sans-serif"><br></font></div> </div></body>
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