[WXBH-Discuss] Re: [progressivekentucky] wxbh bummer

[John Wilborn]

At last Thursday evening's board meeting David Morrison, who has made  
extraordinary efforts to raise money for the Brick House and who  
bitterly opposed the leasing of studio space within the WXBH  
listening area, bluntly stated "It's about the money." Mark has done  
nothing more than confirm what Dave so candidly said.

John, can you provide us a quote from board meeting minutes,  
committee meeting minutes, radio collective minutes, or any other  
source in which Mark said he felt the Brick House should be folded  
into nothing more than a radio station? Or, are you speaking for him?  
With permission?

John, you stated (see below) "In six months time, we've gone from $0  
income to $1200 a month." I couldn't help but notice you avoided the  
word "recurring" in describing this monthly income. Is it because the  
Brick House now has $1200 a month in income that the mortgage payment  
is 14 days past due and yet another $50 late fee has been incurred?  
Is it because the Brick House now has $1200 a month in income that  
MCI cut off the telephone service a couple of weeks ago? Is it  
because of this $1200 monthly income that the LG&E service to the  
Brick House was cut off in May and the generosity of David Morrison  
was required to quickly restore it?  However, I must concede you did  
not say when this $1200 per month income materialized nor did you say  
for how many months the Brick House has enjoyed this income.

Let us now coronate the king of spin.

John Wilborn
Treasurer, Brycc House, Inc






On Jul 15, 2007, at 1:42 PM, John Hicks wrote:

> Mark McKinley wrote:
>> Regarding the WXBH posts: It really is about the money - money for  
>> the WXBH lpfm community radio project.
> ...
>> The issue is about money: the empty Brick House bank account today  
>> - even after a $7,000 contribution from the WXBH radio project  
>> account.
>>
>> The issue is about money: it’s not about bungling by the WXBH  
>> project team management - rather the failure of the building’s  
>> supporters to raise the money that ownership/operation of the  
>> current Brycc, Inc property demands. The failure to raise money is  
>> not due to lack of effort.
>>
>> The issue is about money: unfortunately, there is no money  
>> currently available in the Brick House budget for building  
>> improvements.
> Thanks for the clarity at last, Mark. Finally we know how you  
> really feel about building the Brick House into a viable and  
> valuable public resource (vs. folding it into nothing more than a  
> radio station). Wish we had had this conversation earlier ... in  
> place of the ones we did have.
>
> Congratulations are due to fellow board member David Morrison who  
> had the courage to bring this issue to a head at last week's  
> meeting so the truth would come out. I was busily scurrying around  
> in the background trying to placate everyone, keep the plates  
> spinning, the house of cards standing. Dave felt it was better to  
> call a spade a spade. Dave was right. I was wrong. Make a note of  
> that, folks, and learn from it as I have.
>
> Let me make it clear that I believe Mark is a good soul who really  
> wants to do the right thing. He has poured his heart into the radio  
> project for the last two years, concentrating his efforts on  
> "bringing a voice to the voiceless," reaching out to communities  
> that have not had a voice and working with them to produce radio  
> programs. I hope he continues to be a part of us.
>>
>> The noise machine from my friend John Hicks should turn attention  
>> to creating noise in the BH cash drawer to cover expenses for the  
>> building it voted to continue to own/operate.
>
> And that's exactly what we are doing. In six months time, we've  
> gone from $0 income to $1200 a month. We need to double that. But  
> then we've only just begun.
>
> And so concludes this episode of Brick House Drama.
>
> Thanks, Sandie, for lending us your forum for this little family  
> therapy session.
>
> --John Hicks
> Chairman, Brycc House Inc.
> 502-213-0428
> http://brickhouse.cc
> http://wxbh.org
>
> -- 
> John Hicks
>
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