mrmokelly:

Thank you for contributing JustAnn…

There is a similar theme throughout all my series and a similar theme throughout all of their respective criticisms. The main criticism levied is that all of “this” (whatever the situation/organization) should have been kept “in house.” The discussion of such issues should not ever be done in the public space and to do so embarrasses the writer (me) and the organization.

That’s the main criticism or it’s some variation thereof…

Let me put this on the record so everyone who reads this is clear. If it could’ve been handled internally, there would have been no “reason” for 8 members to file in effect a class action lawsuit against the organization.

If it could’ve been handled “internally” you would not have the organization’s president routinely suing its own members simply because she wanted to stifle them from forming any collective dissent against her.

You can not have all these lawsuits going back and forth and also argue this is an “internal issue.” This is no more an internal issue than the 100 million dollar lawsuit levied against the organization for the wrongful death of the Ivies here in California some years back. Was that an “internal issue” too? Of course not…it’s a COURT PROCEEDING, not a plenary session.

The honus is on the organization(s) to handle their business internally…not on the media to not talk about it when it becomes public domain. These lawsuits are available in the court documents, nobody NEEDS the FOWI or The Mo’Kelly Report in which to find them. So point #1, you can’t sue each other back and forth and then have the dirty nerve to complain that it’s followed in the press or complain about “how” it’s mentioned in the press.

Such issues are not internal in nature.

Now, how you go about handling things in its wake, at your next Boule…absolutely an internal issue. If AKA votes new certain “constraints” to avoid such similar occurrences in the future…absolutely an internal issue. If Barbara McKinzie sues another one of AKA’s members or member of the media…absolutely NOT an internal issue.

Here’s a parallel:

Families fight all the time and how they resolve them is “an internal issue.” But the moment the parents divorce and engage in a custody battle…no longer true. The moment one parent goes too far and abuses a child or another parent is arrested on domestic violence charges…no longer an “internal issue.” Depending on if you’re a high-profile individual, the court proceedings will be reported in the media.

AKA can’t sue each other back and forth and then blame the media for acknowledging the obvious. You can’t walk around reminding everyone of your glorious 101 year history (read: high profile) and then expect everyone to shut up while the at least 6 lawsuits in the past two years fly overhead.

The MOMENT the courts become involved for any reason…it’s no longer an internal issue. The moment the IRS becomes involved, it’s no longer an internal issue. That’s the whole point of the courts, you’ve said “your honor, we can’t figure this out on our own…we need you to step in.”

If you think general media should not or will not comment on an organization where its members and leadership are suing each other back and forth almost monthly, you are a fool.

In terms of embarrassment, this is not a reflection on the whole of the organization only the few in which you wish to rid yourself of. Organizations are LAUDED for rooting out corruption, not standing idly by and remaining quietly complicit.

Also, if you think that the lack of media coverage helps the organization eventually deal with the mess…you are a fool. The lack of media scrutiny has ALLOWED this to progress so far out of hand. The internal checks and balances failed, THAT is why it’s come to this point. The external pressure of the media is what will SAVE the organization.

All this talk of being discreet is a specious argument in these situations. It’s like saying you don’t want to go to the doctor because you don’t want anybody to know you have cancer…and haven’t figured out that all of the homeopathic remedies in your medicine cabinet have not only failed, but allowed your cancer to grow and metastasize.

Hmm…maybe I should say that again.

It’s like saying you don’t want to go to the doctor because you don’t want anybody to know you have cancer…and haven’t figured out that all of the homeopathic remedies in your medicine cabinet have not only failed, but allowed your cancer to grow and metastasize.

You collectively can continue your misguided discussions about “your business in the street” or deal with the business at hand and save the organization. Your choice, but discretion doesn’t mean a whole lot when your organization is on the brink of extinction because you failed to deal with the monster before it became uncontrollable.

To all of my detractors, I don’t need you to like what I’m saying or doing. My hate mail flows daily and if you haven’t figured it out, I’m undeterred and unrelenting. The more you hate, criticize and threaten, the more likely I will continue the endeavor. Right is right and wrong is wrong. I will not stand silent in the face of this.

Your organization made all of this “public fodder” by suing members left and right. Go blame Barbara A. McKinzie for doing such a ridiculous thing. None of my posts are done to ridicule “the sorority” or “the Church” only to root out the criminals in each/both. Somebody’s gotta do it…might as well be me.

So let the hate mail flow…

mrmokelly:

Let me reiterate…this is not a thread to discuss what does or does not get commented on at Hicktown Press. Please take that up with her on her blog. But to her point…it seems it's not tolerated given the grass roots movement afoot.