Frank Williams heads up the non-profit organization PEG Broadcasting, our local public access channels 14 and 98. These channels air the city, port and county public meetings that not everyone has the time to attend and are entirely filmed by volunteers. Last year, Williams produced seven one side “documentaries” entitled “Build the Docks – They will come” with guest speakers like John Griffith, Jon Barton, Dan Varoujean and Sandy Messerle pushing, you guessed it, building a container dock, LNG, etc… Williams offered no dissenting voices an opportunity to join his production and even referred to opponents of some of these plans as CAVE people and one of his guests suggested environmentalists “hang themselves”.
Williams not only didn’t invite opponents of some Port projects but has gone so far as to try and muzzle the volunteers filming these meetings by telling them they can’t take their turn to speak during citizen comments. Nevertheless, Williams has not restrained himself from speaking out at public meetings, most recently at the Marine Reserves hearing, and calling his fellow citizens and viewers names and now he has taken out a full page ad in The World promoting his personal agenda. While the ad says it is paid for by Frank Williams, the production, the cameras, the filming, the server space and the air time are all paid for by public grants and donations. Williams is the CEO of this organization and his name calling is inappropriate and unprofessional and he should consider stepping down. Regardless, PEG Broadcasting definitely owes some equal time to those groups with different viewpoints.
Why not figfht back where it will hurt big time – in his wallet. You mention “non profit organization”. In Oregon these organizations are known as “Charitable” organizations. This is one of several organizations around town who enjoy tax exempt status but by their own description of their organization, they do not qualify for such status.
The IRS is most clear in their definition of “Exemption Requirements”. The organization must be organizaed and operated “exclusively” for exempt purposes. Exempt purposes is again defined by the IRS. The IRS requirements state that the tax exempt organization “may not attempt to influence legislation”. PEG is doing exactly what is not permitted. It’s all at the IRS web site or linked at the Oregon Department of Justice web site.
The most recent PEG Form 990 shows a substantial amount covering expenses that may stand the test of an audit but may also lead to confirmation that PEG should not be a tax exempt organization.
In the state of Oregon, tax exempt status is defined by both the IRS and DoJ. The DoJ monitors companies for compliance with IRS regulatons. If you agree that PEG may not propertly be a tax exempt organization, please contact one of my two new friends:
By telephone in the DoJ Portland office, DoJ Charitable group Manager Rhonda – (971) 673-1880 or by e-mail to Salem Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Grant @ Elizabeth.Grant@doj.state.or.us. Both want to hear about companies with questionable tax exempt status.
Why not figfht back where it will hurt – in his wallet. You mention “non profit organization”. In Oregon these organizations are known as “Charitable” organizations. This is one of several organizations around town who enjoy tax exempt status but by their own description of their organization, they do not qualify for such status.
The IRS is most clear in their definition of “Exemption Requirements”. The organization must be organizaed and operated “exclusively” for exempt purposes. Exempt purposes is again defined by the IRS. The IRS requirements state that the tax exempt organization “may not attempt to influence legislation”. PEG is doing exactly what is not permitted. It’s all at the IRS web site or linked at the Oregon Department of Justice web site.
The most recent PEG Form 990 shows a substantial amount covering expenses that may stand the test of an audit but may also lead to confirmation that PEG should not be a tax exempt organization.
In the state of Oregon, tax exempt status is defined by both the IRS and DoJ. The DoJ monitors companies for compliance with IRS regulatons. If you agree that PEG may not propertly be a tax exempt organization, please contact one of my two new friends:
By telephone in the DoJ Portland office, DoJ Charitable group Manager Rhonda – (971) 673-1880 or by e-mail to Salem Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Grant @ Elizabeth.Grant@doj.state.or.us. Both want to hear about companies with questionable tax exempt status.
There could not be a better example of having to take the bad with the good.
The work the volunteers do is great(the good), what a CEO can do to their works is disturbing. This is what you will get when we get our new county CEO. People at the top of non-profits, and government entities, running their own show with public tax dollars promoting a select agenda for a select few.(the bad and the ugly)..
We don’t have to accept this. You think these people running these agency’s and non-profits don’t hang together, guess again. Guess which one recently had an attempted take-over, for not playing along. You want to play at this level you have to be willing to share your resources. They think we don’t know about the lifestyle they get to live at tax payers expense. They think we don’t know about the grants, studies, and tax breaks available to the same people handling the public interest.
They all are lobbyist or have them on payroll.
It has to stop, it will stop, when they bankrupt the state, or the voters can stop them, by not accepting the bad with the good, or we can all wait for the revolution to come to us. This is rampant all over the country not just here, and the adjustments are going to happen.
It is one and the same person. Pretty outrageous to tell volunteers they can’t speak out at public meetings when the CEO is producing propaganda at the expense of the organization
If Its the same Frank Williams I’m thinking of Mary. I work as a casual Longshoreman. He has no respect for any one.He retired as a full time Longshoreman I believe. He is a total D–K. He treated me and others like we were Dog poo Poo under his feet. I wouldn’t trust him as how far I could throw Him.He has his own Agenda, and Its not for the good of Coos County.