Hill Tribe Political Intervention At AECC: Ken, You Won't Be Getting That Cow Back In The Barn

I was just back at the Hill Tribe's WHCB 91.5 FM Je$u$ Bu$iness web site this morning and ran across this most interesting and recent post under the "About" tab:

[AECC d.b.a. WHCB 91.5 FM and the Cameo Theatre]
Policy Prohibiting Political Campaign Intervention
by Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation

Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation and any of its subsidiaries shall not engage in any political activity.




Specifically prohibited are the following:

1. Endorsing or opposing, either directly or indirectly [emphasis mine] any candidate for public office.
2. Donating or contributing to a candidate’s campaign.
3. Participating or engaging in political fundraising events or otherwise soliciting contributions to a candidate’s campaign.
4. Distributing statements for or against a particular candidate.
5. Engaging in any other activity that may favor or oppose a candidate.

The Board of Directors of Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation adopted this Policy Prohibiting Political Campaign Intervention by Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation and its subsidiaries on September 25, 2006.

Well Ken, you won't be getting that cow back into the barn ...I take it that this use of AECC "subsidiaries" shall include Dr. Kenneth C. Hill's Information Communications Corporation in which AECC owns a 49% ownership interest.

Another item of interest was the following information pertaing to the AECC Board of Directors:

WHCB 91.5 FM is owned and operated by Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation (AECC), recognized as tax exempt as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organizaiton under the rules of the Internal Revenue Service. AECC is chartered in the State of Tennessee and operates under a volunteer Board of Directors.

These Directors include:

President - Dr. Kenneth C. Hill - General Manager of WHCB 91.5 FM

Vice-President - Rev. Guy Tilley - Director Emeritus of Bancroft Gospel Ministry

Secretary - Sandra Gonce - Nurse, Wife, Mother, Grandmother

Jane Bobic - High School Instructor, College Instructor

Dr. W. A. Johnson - Pastor of Lee Street Baptist Church

Rev. Jack M. Hilton - Pastor Bible Evangelical Methodist Church

Frank Waldo - Business Owner, Christian Missionary

Janet Hill - Director of the Historic Cameo Theatre [Bristol, Virginia]

Dr. N. W. Hutchings - President of Southwest Radio Church of the Air, Inc.

John V. Hunt, Jr. - Technician

"Include"? One is lefting wondering if this information presented at the WHCB 91.5 FM web site is actually an incomplete listing of all members on the AECC Board of Directors...and there are also the misleading implications present that Dr. Kenneth C. Hill and his wife Janet Hill are somehow AECC "volunteers".