<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Ms. Bosk, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Don't have a horse of any kind. For the record, after my show was taken off air by said meth user, Cooperrider, I asked for the show to be restored at KMEC as you suggest in your note. The MEC Prez said she would restore it to the program schedule. Then, she said she wouldn't and didn't. You can't make this stuff up. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">I don't have a criminal record and would certainly not be in possession of crystal meth. I am not ashamed for living a life without having a criminal record. Contrary to what you may think, it's not a merit badge. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">m</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 3:09 PM <<a href="mailto:nsi@mcn.org">nsi@mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Mary! Get off your mucking high horse. . . . Alicia Littletree Bales has<br>
led a purposeful life since the age of seventeen. Every day of it! A life<br>
full of risk and forked pathways, and when it came down to it: incredible<br>
dependability. She is an inspiring woman, from a generation sorely<br>
under-represented in Mendocino County's public squares. . . . Pick up your<br>
sour grapes and go take back your radio show. If you don't have an arrest<br>
record at your age, you should be ashamed of yourself. -beth robinson<br>
bosk<br>
To the Editor:<br>
><br>
> Didn't know if you saw this. It's Alicia Bales' last newsletter as "Prez"<br>
> (her words) for the MEC. I noted two things. Two board members were<br>
> leaving which leaves a total of two women; and, that Bales intended to<br>
> help<br>
> with new talent during the transition after securing herself a spot at<br>
> KZYX..... she couldn't secure new talent as president of the MEC in the<br>
> two<br>
> or so years she was there. In fact, she personally removed board members<br>
> who were not like her in thought, word or deed.<br>
> In her final MEC letter, President Alicia Bales writes " When people<br>
> wandered over to our booth, I proudly told them the MEC is a local<br>
> grassroots resource center in Ukiah that provides support to activists and<br>
> groups working for social and environmental justice in Mendocino County.<br>
> That we operate a Low-Power FM radio station at our Standley Street<br>
> storefront, provide a monthly newsletter to amplify the work of local<br>
> organizations, and offer meeting space and outreach support for local<br>
> organizing efforts. And isn’t that what really changes the world, local<br>
> people joining together to build grassroots movements?"<br>
><br>
> The Mendocino Environmental Center, thanks to Bales, has been reduced to<br>
> two board members, no money, no mention of a determined volunteer pool to<br>
> work towards the MEC's mission, no short or long range plans for the MEC,<br>
> and 'rents' its space from BOS John McCowen while "offering the space" as<br>
> a<br>
> meeting room for local groups. One has to ask: what have the MEC<br>
> volunteers actually* changed in the world. * How many people have had<br>
> their<br>
> lives directly made better through the MEC. And, what real tangible<br>
> resources for Mendocino residents does the MEC have in place under<br>
> outgoing<br>
> "prez" Alicia Bales? Mostly, there are poorly made signs cluttering the<br>
> space McCowen owns. Easy peasy. Simple. Nothing.<br>
><br>
> About the low-power radio station: My national news and public affairs<br>
> program was removed from the program schedule by Sid Cooperrider, *a very<br>
> close personal friend of Bales*. Cooperrider is such a close a friend that<br>
> he didn't bother to tell Ms. Bales that he unilaterally decided to remove<br>
> a<br>
> well-received program. Cooperrider was/is not a board member and he<br>
> purged<br>
> my program (without board knowledge) that he himself quit two years ago.<br>
> He<br>
> quit the program out of anger because he thought he should be paid. NO<br>
> ONE<br>
> is paid at the MEC. NO ONE. So, my well-received program was removed by<br>
> Cooperrider with Bales approval and support.<br>
><br>
> BTW an interesting link:<br>
> <a href="https://mugshots.com/US-Counties/California/Mendocino-County-CA/Sidney-Allen-Cooperrider.70785291.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mugshots.com/US-Counties/California/Mendocino-County-CA/Sidney-Allen-Cooperrider.70785291.html</a><br>
> .<br>
><br>
> If the MEC is to survive, and I hope it does, there needs to be a clean<br>
> sweep of the gatekeepers that have been around for years.<br>
><br>
> The MEC needs to:<br>
><br>
> recruit volunteers who are truly open to the ideas and needs of ALL<br>
> community members<br>
> actively fund raise and not just bang pots on the court house steps<br>
> recruit viable board members who have non-profit management experience<br>
> develop the radio station into a real voice for the county with programs<br>
> of<br>
> real content and substance. Foregoing the self-interest and ego boosting<br>
> playlists.<br>
><br>
> Mary Massey<br>
> Ukiah, CA<br>
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