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I have been out of circulation for a while, the reasons for which I will not trouble you.
I have had time to think … and those who know me certainly realize that this is a dangerous thing!
The ‘Straight Talk’ franchise has existed since the early 1990’s. It started on Q103FM in Lakeville and was revived on CATV 6 & WHDD Radio.
Unfortunately it has been confined to the internet since September 2011 after the pathetic local media teamed up with some equally pathetic local politicians to stifle FREE SPEECH which did NOT meet their sub-standards.
NOTE: Sub-standards in this case means LIE LIKE A RUG!
I have struggled with what to do and concluded that the worst thing would be to ‘go away’. What can I do to inform the citizenry effectively?
The result is a NEW franchise!
It is comprised of a website and a blog. In the future it will expand into broadcasts which will be on the internet and local public television. I would like it to be on local public radio, however the master manipulator of local public radio has ban me from that institution. Is this not typical of NPR affiliates? Take money from the public pot and then deny free speech to others.
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I am fascinated by the idea that a National Public Radio station has decided to become a political advocate. Regardless of the ramifications, especially concerning the 501 c 3 status of the Tri-State Public Communications organization, the self appointed President of WHDD radio, Marshall Miles, continues to pummel the Region One administrators.
While he works hard to distance his personal opinion from that of the organization which he manipulates, the bottom line is quite simple.
Mr. Miles, who obtained the financing which he lacked by finding Jill Goodman, continues to work on the edges of the law in his effort to validate his often misinformed opinions.
He frequently uses his power to delete the thoughts of those who he hates or disagrees with via his absolute authority on his filthy blog and by banning people on the WHDD Facebook page.
Obviously Jill Goodman and her father do little to reign in his assaults, which leads me to believe that they agree with him and his distorted concepts. After all Jill Goodman finances a substantial portion of his antics.
Mr. Miles has managed to convince a small army of recently energized voters that the Region One budget needs to be voted down time and again. He convinces them that there is some form of conspiracy which exists and needs to be squashed. They believe him and march forward on the quest to validate the very existence of someone who exhibits the education level of a stone.
Mr. Miles is only interested in himself and does this to bring attention to his media empire which is currently flying at full power.
Mr. Miles gets the support of public officials, such as Salisbury’s Curtis Rand and Falls Village’s Pat Mechare. Falls Village also lends its attorney to the cause. I find this amusing since Falls Village is the loudest when it comes to complaining about the costs which that community and its Region One representative Gale Toensing have assisted in elevating with their challenges and demands.
Mr. Miles insists that this is NOT a personal vendetta (see this article on his filthy blog). He also insists that his filthy blog is not a part of WHDD radio. If that is the case, why does he go out of his way to make statements that his blog posts are his and not those of WHDD or Tri-State Public Communications?
He has accused others of using the facilities of their employers to criticize him … is he not doing the same? Am I to believe that he is NOT using the resources of the non profit known as Tri-State Public Communications to publish and promote his personal opinion?
Fortunately Mr. Miles does NOT intimidate me with his bully tactics.
I know what he is and who he is!
I am asking everyone to take a serious look at what is happening … are you willing to screw-up the Regional School system in order to validate the opinions of a person who is obsessed with himself and willing to throw anyone in front of a bus provided it serves his purpose?
Each time you send the message of Marshall Miles and the Goodman family it costs the district at least $7,000. Wow! Is Falls Village willing to put up their share or are they going to ask the other towns to ‘share in the burden’?
It pains me to watch the citizens of Sharon contribute over $20,000 of their tax dollars to this organization. While there are those in Sharon who have subscribed to the philosophy of Marshall Miles, there are plenty who do not. When do you stand up and stop supporting Mr. Miles and the Goodman family with your dollars?
Interestingly enough Mr. Miles wants to change his 3 year lease with the Town of Sharon …
Hypocrite?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the oversight agency concerning communications media in the United States. The agency is charged with regulating the broadcast industry and has rules it follows in doing so.
Broadcasters are aware of the rules that regulate their particular media outlet.
When a citizen perceives that the rules have be violated, they are entitled to file a complaint with the agency. Much like an arrest is not proof of guilt in the criminal system, a complaint is not affirmation that a violation has been committed.
The agency (FCC) will take statements and rebuttals. They will review evidence and even case law in order to come to a conclusion. Ultimately the FCC may chose various courses of corrective action or chose to dismiss the complaint. There is a fair process which allows all parties to present their case.
Considering this, one should wonder why the President of Tri-State Public Communications (operators of WHDD, a non commercial low power FM station licensed by the FCC) is so disturbed about the complain which has been filed by Diane Goncalves, Assistant Superintendent of Region One Schools. As Mr. Miles feels he had the right to make political candidate endorsements, Ms. Goncalves believes he violate Federal Regulations by taking such action.
By all accounts, Ms. Goncalves acted on her own in filing this complaint, although Mr. Miles would have you believe it was some great conspiracy cooked up by the Region One Board of Education.
Regardless, the FCC will make a ruling or dismiss the complaint once they have completed their investigation. Mr. Miles should know this, given his years of broadcast experience and the fact that they (WHDD) were able to reach a settlement with the FCC in December 2010 in another complaint which had been filed with the agency concerning their underwriting practices.
In that case, WHDD was ordered to file some extra paperwork with the FCC and contribute $15,000 to the United States Treasury. They also neither acknowledged or denied that they had violated underwriting regulations, a rather ‘turn you head and look the other way’ approach.
Given this process, one would think that WHDD would enlist an attorney and proceed to present their case to the FCC in a quiet manner, as they did with the other complaint.
Instead, Mr. Miles turns up at a Region One Board of Education meeting, demands answers to his questions, and eludes to some kind of ‘unseen conspiracy’. This action causes me to question his motives as well.
Mr. Miles and WHDD may now cost the Region One taxpayers money since they might have to enlist the services of Attorney Brochu ($300/hour) to help defend against Mr. Miles accusations. This will have to come from the budget which in turn will deprive our school system of funds which would better be used for educational purposes.
One might ask the logical question: Why would the Region One School System engage legal services in this matter?
Your answer lies in this threatening email communication from Marshall Miles (WHDD Radio) to Region One Representative William ‘Scooter’ Tedder (and in CC form to the rest of Region One Board Members) on January 11, 2012:
From: Robinhood Radio <mmiles@catv6.com>
Date: January 11, 2012 10:33:15 AM EST
Cc: Gale Courey Toensing <gtoensing@comcast.net>, rukkilahart@yahoo.com, kariva@snet.net, jonathanmoore16@gmail.com, Marilyn Yerks <mt.yerks@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Complaint to WIlliam “Scooter” Tedder
To all Region One BOE Members, this is a letter that is being delivered to Scooter Tedder today.
Your prompt action is expected in this matter.
Marshall Miles
TO: William Tedder
Salisbury Representative
Region One Board Of Education
FROM: Marshall Miles
WHDD
67 Main Street Sharon, CT 06039
Scoot:
Here is a copy of the letter that was given to the board last night to give to you (I left one for each board member, but it’s obvious that it never got past Pat and Diane).
As I said at last night’s meeting in the public comment section, all I want right now is the following from The Region One Board:
A simple YES or NO from the board on the following question:
Yes or No, did the board give Diane permission to represent them in her personal complaint? (I have on tape Phil saying that was the first the board heard about it, and also that neither he nor the board signed the complaint).
Yes or No, did Patricia Chamberlain, Superintendent authorize or have knowledge on Diane’s complaint?
There are some very serious possible repercussions for every member of the Board, Patricia and Diane who are involved in this matter. Once my questions are answered by the board and Patricia, I will then proceed with appropriate action. It could range from a minor request, or, possible legal action either against the entire board, Diane, or the entire board, Patricia and Diane.
I suggest the board get moving on this, as I must file to the FCC no later than the 20th of January.
Thanks for your time, and your service to the community Scooter.
I should like to defend Diane Goncalves and commend her courage in standing up for what is right.
While Mr. Miles has chosen to move the FCC complaint into the court of public opinion, the final conclusions will be rendered by the Federal Agency in charge of licensing and enforcing the regulations surrounding Low Power FM radio stations.
Mr. Miles is trying to turn this situation around and (as I have already said) make it ‘all about Diane’.
The attempt to question when she assembled and filed her complain, proclaiming that she did it on ‘company’ time is thin at best.
Ms. Goncalves is a salaried employee of the Region One School District. She does not live by a time clock. She has no set hours. As a matter of fact, she works substantially more hours than the average person.
The fact that she recorded her office phone number for contact does not make it company business. The FCC has office hours which occur when she is at work – therefore that is the most logical place to note as a contact point. There is nothing suspicious here … it is simple common sense.
I wonder if Mr. Miles gets personal calls at his job? Should we question that since he is there most of the time? No … it is where he is best contacted.
Was this an effort endorsed by the Region One School Board? Certainly not. However, given the abuse that the majority of the membership and former membership have suffered over the past year and a half, I would certainly not object to the Board endorsing such action.
One should also note that Mr. Miles was not out informing the public when his company signed a ‘consent decree’ with the FCC on December 16, 2010. It seems that since $15,000 was to be ‘contributed’ to the United States Treasury, at least those who contribute to his non profit should have been informed so they would be aware of what their contributions were paying for. It also seems that those who were invested should have been informed of the reason for such a payment. Who’s hiding things now?
For those who don’t understand the alleged violation(s), maybe you should take some of your time and study FCC Regulations, as well as Federal Code Regulations. You might learn something.
At the end of the day I support Ms. Goncalves no matter what the outcome. She has been a dedicated Assistant Superintendent and is a valuable asset to our Regional School system.
I wish I could say the same for the other.
It truly saddens me to see Tri-State Public Communications in control of two out of three of our local media sources. More distressing is the fact that the other sources cover for this corporations actions.
In our northwest corner we have two public access television stations, two radio stations, and two newspapers which serve as our sources for news and information.
Tri-State controls both television stations and one of the radio stations. Unfortunately the other radio station is broadcast from an outside source and features little local content. Both newspapers (even when presented with facts concerning Tri-State’s less than honorable actions) shy away from the story and tend to paint a picture which would make you believe that Tri-State is the best thing to happen in this corner since the creation of media outlets. I should also note that these newspapers host weekly programs on Tri-State’s non commercial radio station.
It has been some time since I have posted about Tri-State Public Communications’ practices (go back on my blog posts to last year when I was personally screwed by said organization), however I was reminded of their questionable practices when I read a recent story in the Waterbury Republican American concerning a complaint filed with the FCC by Region One Assistant Superintendent Diane Goncalves.
The reporter (Ruth Epstein) crafts a story which portrays Tri-State’s President, Marshall Miles, as if he were the victim of some witches evil spell. Sadly, this is not the first time that Tri-State has been in question for its practices by the FCC. Mr. Terry Cowgill authored a very accurate piece at his blog concerning this and other issues with this organization.
I am amused (although it is not funny as in a ha-ha sense) by Mr. Miles’ demands for answers concerning Ms. Goncalves’ purported use of public facilities and equipment in the process of assembling and filing her FCC complaint. I believe his assumptions have no merit and are designed to give the public appearance that he is somehow being victimize by her … not that she doesn’t have all of the right in the world considering his series of public airwave assaults on her and our Superintendent, Patricia Chamberlain, since August of 2010.
I should submit that he who lives in a glass house should not throw stones.
Many of the practices employed by Tri-State in the operations of both their public television stations and their non commercial radio station would be hard pressed to stand up to any serious scrutiny by the Connecticut Public Utility Regulatory Authority, the Internal Revenue Service, or the Federal Communications Commission (as already shown by the settlement in 2010 with said agency).
Tri-State’s Board of Directors read like a who’s who of celebrities and important people of Northwest Connecticut when it was conceived in 2002. Today the Board of Directors is comprised of three people, two of whom have familial ties. The IRS takes a dim view of such boards.
Mr. Cowgill mentions the consistent negative balance at the end of each fiscal year (as noted in the Federal 990 reports to the IRS), however he fails to mention that immense amounts of cash are either contributed or loaned under the name of one of the members of its Board of Directors on an annual basis. Were it not for those deep pockets, the organization might surely be bankrupt.
Tri-State is also the ‘keeper’ of the Cable Advisory Council of Northwest Connecticut funds, which have not been accounted for with the State of Connecticut since 2005. This is a requirement of Connecticut State law.
Maybe I should create a list of questions for Tri-State to answer.
Tuesday (November 8, 2011) is election day in our municipalities. While there are many ‘non-races’, there are some contests. Three seats for the Region One Board of Education are in play – Canaan, Sharon and Salisbury.
For the record I am a candidate for the seat in Salisbury.
The Lakeville Journal published their endorsements for these races (10/28) and also provided profiles about each of the candidates involved. The Journal contacted all candidates with a questionnaire so they could create these profiles and gave equal space to all candidates. While I may have some differences of opinion with their endorsements, I commend them for presenting all of the candidates equally and in their own words. They also made their pages available for citizens to state their preferences.
The Lakeville Journal, a private company, did a stellar job of presenting these races to the people of our area without bias. I tip my hat to the Journal.
Unfortunately WHDD (aka Robinhood Radio) which is operated by the 501c3 non profit Tri-State Public Communications and affiliated with National Public Radio, chose to handle the three Region One election contests a bit differently.
Apparently WHDD did not feel a need to invite all of the candidates to do interviews. I am assuming that candidates had to go knocking on their door if they wanted air time. While there is no violation of US Code or FCC regulations, it certainly does not fit the profile which they like to create about themselves. WHDD claims to be the place for information in the northwest corner but has failed to make any real effort to inform the citizens about the candidates in these races.
My suspicion is that our little public radio station has an agenda that is less that ‘fair and balanced’ concerning the Region One contested seats. Tri-State’s President and lead morning show host, Marshall Miles, has been consistent in his badgering of the Region One Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Board Chairman, and sometimes other Board members since August of 2010. He and his co-host (also the Treasurer of Tri-State), Jill Goodman, went so far as to advocate the defeat of the Region One budget earlier this year, based on information about administrator contracts that was at best inaccurate. Not long ago they cooked up a conspiracy theory about a Board meeting that was cancelled because it would have lacked a quorum, nothing more.
WHDD (Tri-State) has not been shy about the agenda they have spouted across their public airwave. They are trying to influence an election. Mr. Miles went so far as to post endorsements on the WHDD Facebook page. They are supporting candidates (at least two of the three he has endorsed) who have agenda designed to distract the Board from the business of education and target the top Regional administrators for elimination.
There has been extensive debate and some court cases concerning non commercial broadcast stations and political candidate endorsements. While the courts have ruled in favor of free speech, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) views 501c3 non profits differently concerning candidate endorsements.
IRS provides various non profit status classifications in the 501 category. There are three designations of non profits which allow for political activities such as candidate endorsements, however the 501c3 classification is NOT one of them.
From the IRS website:
Can a tax-exempt organization endorse candidates for public office?
The type of tax exemption determines whether an organization may endorse candidates for public office. For example, a section 501(c)(3) organization may not publish or distribute printed statements or make oral statements on behalf of, or in opposition to, a candidate for public office. Consequently, a written or oral endorsement of a candidate is strictly forbidden. The rating of candidates, even on a nonpartisan basis, is also prohibited. On the other hand, a section 501(c)(4), (5), or (6) organization may engage in political campaigns, provided that such activities are not the organization’s primary activity.
While Mr. Miles and Ms. Goodman will state that ‘this is Marshall’s opinion’ (and he prints that on the WHDD Facebook page), the fact that it appears on the official WHDD page brings Mr. Miles personal opinion into question. The IRS has issued publications on this matter, giving specific examples of when board members and executives of non profits cross this treacherous line. While the IRS does not restrict individual speech concerning candidates for public office, they do restrict what 501c3 organizations may do in this arena.
Mr. Miles is the President of the non profit and must exercise caution when he makes his endorsements. Based on the following example from the IRS, his endorsements being posted on the company Facebook page may well violate IRS code.
Here is one of 21 situations the IRS published in reference to rule 2007-41:
Situation 4. President B is the president of University K, a section 501(c)(3) organization. University K publishes a monthly alumni newsletter that is distributed to all alumni of the university. In each issue, President B has a column titled “My Views.” The month before the election, President B states in the “My Views” column, “It is my personal opinion that Candidate U should be reelected.” For that one issue, President B pays from his personal funds the portion of the cost of the newsletter attributable to the “My Views” column. Even though he paid part of the cost of the newsletter, the newsletter is an official publication of the university. Because the endorsement appeared in an official publication of University K, it constitutes campaign intervention by University K.
At the end of the day I am sorry that we do not have another local radio station. Most of the time WHDD spends its time pandering to those who might open their wallets to Tri-State. Their local news and political coverage is bias and there is no hesitation about banning people from the airwave when they do not submit to the hosts point of view. They even eliminate comments they don’t agree with from their Facebook page.
Hopefully reasonable people will not listen to the WHDD agenda designed to disrupt the Region One education system. The Region One Board needs to focus on quality education and cost controls in a volatile economy, not on creating controversy for the WHDD Breakfast Club to chatter about in the morning.
It was 2002 when Tri-State Public Communications was successful for its bid to be designated the public access provider for the Lakeville Cable Franchise by the DPUC. Tri-State convinced the department of how their plan was superior to the one presented by Planet Access. At this same time the Northwest Corner Cable Advisory Council was resurrected under the leadership of Dale Jones.
Connecticut General Statutes created local Cable Advisory Councils to be the conduit for communications between the general public, the cable companies, and the State. The statutes also mandated the cable companies to provide funds for the activities of the local councils, specifically a minimum of $2,000 each year. The advisory councils are mandated to report their activities with the department annually, including an accounting of how the funds were dispersed.
The newly energized council decided to entrust the funds with Tri-State since they had obtained Federal 501(c)3 status. While the council had explored depositing their funds with the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, absent any real explanation in their minutes, Tri-State was given the status as ‘keeper of the funds’. (Take a look at the reports … 2003 – 2004 – 2005)
Annual reports were filed (late or not) until 2005. There is a strange absence of reports after that period.
More troubling is the fact that at the August 18, 2011 meeting of the Council the Chair (Anna McGuire) was not sure about the current balance of the account and even admitted that she possessed the check for $2,000 that had been issued for 2011 and had not deposited said check as of that meeting. My understanding is that this check is issued in January.
Considering this, the question becomes what has happened to this money? When you review the reports that were filed with the DPUC, one could calculate that something in the ballpark of $14,000 (or more) of funds are not accounted for. More frustrating is the following email from 2010, sent from the Advisory Council Chairperson to the President of Tri-State Public Communications, during a period when I was requesting equipment from the designated public access provider (Tri-State) and was being told they DID NOT have funds for CATV, and suggested I contact the Cable Advisory Council for money …
—– Original Message —–
From: Anna McGuire
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 10:17 PM
Subject: CATV6
Marshall,
I need to know how much is in the Cable advisory account. I couldn’t get the information because my name was taken off the account. I’m doing a report for the State.
The advisory committee is working to get more people filming. I know that at this point CATV doesn’t have really a lot of cameras so I’m proposing that the advisory committee purchase them .
Could you or Mike get back to me with a dollar amount before Thursday.
Best way to reach for the next couple of days is my cell (Number Deleted)
Anna
The report that is referred to above does not appear to have been filed with the State. Once again the question is ‘where did this money go’?
The Cable Advisory Council adopted bylaws (attached to the 2003 report) and is governed by the Connecticut General Statutes. Neither the bylaws or the LAW of the State seem to have been followed. The Chairperson of the Advisory Council and the Board of Tri-State appear to be ignoring that which is mandated or voted upon by a body that is established by the State.
Maybe an audit would reveal the truth or disprove any suspicions some of us may have.
Finally, I believe those who contribute to Tri-State Public Communications should be aware of how some of their money is being used … paying ‘contributions’ to the United States Treasury for violations of underwriting regulations … Follow this link … FCC Decent Decree
More will come on this story … however … I must move forward to address some of the ‘less than honest’ politics that are happening in this Northwest Corner …
Stay with us and share this BLOG with your friends in our area … Thank you!
I spent the weekend at the Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck helping my good friend and entrepreneur Janet Lynn … The Wheel Thing.
It was a nice break from the seemingly never ending story of how Tri-State is crafting reality (at least their version) in order to access your wallet for their ‘noble cause’.
This will be my final post in this ‘to be continued’ story.
I need to move on since there are other important issues to deal with and this blog is my sole method for addressing them, at least for the moment.
Tomorrow evening we will address two final issues concerning Tri-State’s handling of finances and their dealings with the FCC.
I presume you had time to examine the four years of reports I made available online at the Straight Talk website. These reports are also available through the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (formerly DPUC) website.
I would like to point out some problems with these filings by Tri-State Public Communications President Mr. Marshall Miles. I had no knowledge of these reports until I was looking for financial information during my dealings with Comcast concerning access responsibility.
Allow me to point out some specifics …
Page Two (all reports)
The 2007 – 2009 reports list the weekday and weekend access hours are listed as follows:
Monday Thru Friday 3 PM till 6 PM Saturday 10 AM till 2 PM
Sunday and evening hours by appointment
(Note: The 2010 report drops the words ‘evening hours’)
During my tenure Tri-State never discussed having specific hours. On several days of the month I would be gone by early afternoon to film a community meeting. Since I had NO help, hours could only occur when I was in the facility. I was never there on Saturday unless there was a broadcast problem that required my presence on site.
Page Four (2007 to 2009 reports, Page Three 2010 report)
Programing details for each of the channels programming (6- Public Access / 252- Government Access) are listed in this section. Note that these numbers are identical in every report. I know for a fact these numbers were changing each year. Our core system (the Nexus) kept extremely accurate records of programming which aired on CATV 6, however no one from Tri-State ever viewed those log records to my knowledge. How could someone report programming activity with any accuracy if they had not looked at the records?
The reported programming for CATV 252 could not possibly be accurate since no television programming ever aired on 252 (Government Access). Channel 252 broadcast an internet generated information package (Total Info) and cycled local community service boards while broadcasting WHDD radio – 24/7.
I was also shocked to learn that 410 programs were produced annually at the CATV facility. Even when I count all the community meetings that were filmed (and that number expanded in my last two years when Robert Gray joined us as a volunteer in North Canaan) I could hardly reach 210 programs. I can certainly state that we DID NOT have 200 additional programs produced at our facility each year.
I remind you that these numbers varied from year to year (in the real world) but somehow not in the reports. You should also note that CATV 6 broadcast 18 hours per week of non-video radio from WHDD. The broadcasting audio was covered with local community service boards.
Page Five (2007 to 2009 reports, Page Four 2010 report)
Here you find information about employees.
Each year I am listed as a full-time employee, along with my annual salary. I was not an employee. My classification was as an ‘independent contractor’. Employers are required to contribute to and withhold FICA taxes for employees. Tri-State withheld nothing and provided no benefits to me. I was responsible for all of my taxes.
The next section lists part-time employees, of which there were none. Instead, Tri-State lists volunteers in this section. There are a number of volunteers listed over this period who never did any service for CATV. In fact, TWO volunteers who regularly did service for CATV never appear on the report – Phylis Bernard and Robert Gray. The Chairperson of the Cable Advisory Council (Anna McGuire) is listed every year when she did nothing more that call an occasional Council meeting and never participated in work functions at CATV. Even more interesting are her assigned levels of experience …
2007 – 4 years 2008 – 4 years 2009 – 5 years 2010 – 3 years
This must be NEW MATH!
This section of the report may be some of the most glaring evidence to support the thoughts that these reports may have been a bit more than inaccurate.
Page Seven (2007 to 2009 reports, Page Six 2010 report)
We learn about outreach on this page. Public Access providers are required by law to do outreach. While Tri-State reports various types of programs, I don’t have any recollection of them. There was never an Open House, I did one tour with some Cub Scouts, never spoke to a Club or Exchange, and don’t recall hearing many radio PSA’s stating that public access studios were available. Tri-State’s main website (Robinhoodradio) didn’t have any link to the CATV website, and every piece of print promotion failed to mention CATV.
Page Eight (2007 to 2009 reports, Page Seven 2010 report)
The items on this page report about training sessions held in the CATV facility. While I am listed as being an instructor in three of the four years, I somehow don’t remember these training events. Comparing numbers can get interesting too. Each year Tri-State proudly states — Everybody that trained was used as a volunteer! If that was so, why did the numbers of volunteers listed shrink instead of grow? In 2009 it purports that while 2 people participated in training workshops, 8 people completed training. The number of regular studio and edit suite users are simply incorrect as well.
Page Nine (2007 to 2009 reports, Not reported 2010 report)
This page will show you all of the purchases of equipment for CATV operations. While Tri-State’s President has been telling people they purchased equipment for CATV over the past four years, he fails to list it on the reports. One might also note that the value of equipment remains constant, thereby assuming no depreciation occurred. The 2010 report does not have this page, however it has an outdated inventory of equipment in the facility.
The 2010 report was filed in late June of 2011. You might have noticed that is was hand written. These reports are due in February by State Statute.
Once again, I will place links to the reports so that you may examine them yourself …
Reports (PDF) ===>>> 2007 2008 2009 2010
(To be continued …) (To read this story from the beginning, scroll down to ‘Changes and some explanation of what has been happening … ‘)
Straight Talk 