Debt collector settles charges for $1.3 million-LTD COLLECTIONS- POSTED BY Robert Paisola

Robert Paisola, CEO, Western Capital

We Did it Again! LTD Financial Services Pays 1.3 Million to client!

By BARRY SHLACHTER

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

A Texas debt collector agreed to pay $1.3 million in civil penalties to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it misled, threatened and harassed consumers nationwide, sometimes using racial slurs and profanity, the FTC said Tuesday.

Houston-based LTD Financial Services, which worked with major credit-card companies and retail chains, admitted no wrongdoing and settled only to avoid a costly legal battle, said Leonard Pruzansky, LTD's chairman, who was named in the settlement along with Chief Executive Timothy Feldman and two top collection managers.

"We believe it's a fairly precedent-setting case," said Tom Carter, an FTC attorney in Dallas. It was the commission's largest cash settlement in a debt-collection action that did not involve more serious charges and the first to name key company officials instead of just the corporation, he said.

Using both English and Spanish, LTD collectors threatened to have a consumer's pay garnisheed, which can't be done without a trial, Carter said. When managers did uncover illegal practices, like informing relatives and co-workers of debts, they either participated or failed to discipline employees.

The case was helped by consumers who taped calls and by LTD's recordings, some of which revealed racial slurs, Carter said.

Pruzansky said, "We monitor our calls, and I can't imagine that instances of racial slurs were valid."

The case stemmed from thousands of complaints filed by consumers with the FTC, the Houston Better Business Bureau and state attorneys general, the FTC said.

But Carol Ritter, the Houston BBB's vice president of operations, said LTD either resolved complaints or sent the problem back to creditors. LTD joined the BBB in 1995, a year after the company was founded.

"I would say we are surprised," Ritter said. The BBB did not count LTD among the industry's worst offenders. "They appeared to be doing everything correctly," Ritter said. "We've seen some agencies in town that were just horrendous."

Nonetheless, the Houston BBB will consider whether LTD should be expelled in light of the federal action, Ritter said.

LTD questioned why the case was pursued even though consumer complaints dropped 33 percent last year from 2005. And its rate of complaint per consumer contact was lower than most of its competitors', the company said, citing FTC data received through a Freedom of Information Act request.

"We continue to be puzzled about why we were chosen for investigation," a company statement said. But LTD took the federal action seriously enough to enhance training. "One complaint is one too many," it said.

Do you KNOW when it is Time to STOP and GIVE? By Robert Paisola

Sometimes You Do Things For The RIGHT Reason, Are You Strong Enough to Know when you Are Being Told by Your Inner Self To STOP and HELP someone?? , By Robert Paisola

To all of our friends, students and readers around the world:

Today I am in Fort Lauderdale Florida attending an event at the LEARNING ANNEX. I have been busy dealing with all of the mechanics of being "In the Moment" of dealing with thousands of students and the hot and humid weather of South Florida.

Right now, I am back in my hotel room, and I felt the need to check in my with my corporate email liason, and all of a sudden it just hit me. We are making a worldwide difference.

The photo that you see above is one of myself, Robert Paisola and the Chief Executive Officer of IAI, The International Association of Investors, Mr. Don Burnham.

That was the focus of todays message, UNTIL I RECEIVED THIS.....

Take time to read this...

MR. ROBERT PAISOLA,


I HAVE BEEN FRANTICALLY TRYING TO REACH YOU. I LISTENED TO SOME OF THE AMAZING CASES THAT YOU DEALT WITH ON THE INTERNET ALL DAY YESTERDAY,AND ALSO READ YOUR PROFILE.

I PRAY THAT BY SOME MIRACLE I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE CONTACT WITH YOU. I DO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE VERY POPULAR AND IN GREAT DEMAND,BUT I REALLY THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN MY PARTICULAR CASE. AND IF ANYBODY EVER NEEDED YOU,I NEED YOU NOW.

I AM SO UPSET THAT I CAN'T SLEEP OR EAT SINCE I CAME IN FROM A 2 WEEK JOB (I AM A BABY NURSE) ON THE 5-TH OF JUNE AND FOUND PAPERS TAPED ON MY FRONT DOOR INFORMING ME THAT I HAD BEEN SUED.

SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE,I HAVE ABSOLUTLEY NO IDEA WHAT TO DO.THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A DATE THAT I HAVE TO RESPOND BY BUT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT DATE IS AND WHAT IT IS THAT I AM RESPONDING TO OR TO WHOM. THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WAS CALLED FIRST USA BANK.

I ACCEPTED A CREDIT CARD FROM THEM ON OR AROUND NOVEMBER OF 1996.

AT THE TIME I STARTED BUSINESS WITH THEM I HAD A DECENT PERCENTAGE RATE.


I PAID MY BILL ON TIME EVERY MONTH, AND THEN ONE MONTH I NOTICED THAT MY PERCENTAGE RATE HAD BEEN DRAMATICALLY RAISED.

SINCE I HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT SUCH A THING ONLY HAPPENED IF A PERSON WAS LATE OR MISSED PAYMENTS I THOUGHT IT WAS I MISTAKE THAT COULD BE CORRECTED WITH A PHONE CALL.WHEN I CALLED I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS HAD SOLD TO ANOTHER COMPANY AND THEY HAD DIFFERENT POLICIES AND THEY COULD OR WOULD NOT LOWER THE RATES.

I WAS UPSET THAT THEY HAD TRANSFERRED OUR CONTRACT WITHOUT CONSULTING OR EVEN NOTIFYING ME.

ISN'T THAT BREACH OF CONTRACT? BUT SINCE I WAS SO BUSY WORKING TO PAY MY BILLS I JUST QUIT USING THE CARD ,BUT STILL PAID EVERY MONTH. IT WAS HORRIBLE!

I WOULD SEND IN $150.00 EVERY MONTH AND $132.00 WENT TO INTEREST. AND THEN I HAD A SERIES OF BAD INCIDENTS THAT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO WORK.

I WAS FIRST IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT THAT PUT ME BACK ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS AND THEN AFTER GETTING BACK TO WORK FOR A VERY SHORT TIME BECAME VERY ILL WITH A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS THAT REQUIRED PRETTY MAJOR SURGERY.

I WAS SICK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH THE FAMILY THAT I HAD BEEN WORKING FOR MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE.

AND SO NOW I DIDN'T HAVE A JOB(OR HEALTH INSURANCE) BY THIS TIME AS YOU CAN IMAGINE MY MONEY WAS PRETTY LOW AND SO I HAD TO SET PRIORTIES.AT THAT TIME I CALLED MY CREDITORS AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND FOR THE MOST PART WAS DEALT WITH VERY KINDLY(I CONTINUE TO HAVE GOOD CREDIT WITH THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS TODAY)

BUT FIRST CARD ABSOLUTLEY REFUSED TO WORK WITH ME AT ALL. FINALLY I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO JUST STOP PAYMENTS,I REALLY HATED TO DO THAT BUT THEY WOULDN'T BUDGE,AND ALSO I KNEW THAT THEY HAD ALREADY RECEIVED MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER ANY ACTUAL CHARGES THAT HAD BEEN MADE ON THE CARD.

I BELEIVE THE ORIGINAL CREDIT LINE WAS AROUND $5000.00 AND SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT I COULD HAVE EVER GONE OVER THAT AMOUNT+I HAD STOPPED USING THE CARD LONG BEFORE I HAD STOPPED THE PAYMENTS.

AND THEN I HAVE 7-8 YEARS OF WHICH I SENT IN AT LEAST$150.00 A MONTH,IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS AGO;

TO BE EXACT AUGUST OF 2003(BY THIER OWN ACCOUNT) AND THEY ARE SUEING ME FOR $14,053.73

IN ADDITION TO ATTORNEY FEES ,ALL COST OF SUIT AND FOR PRE AND POST JUDGEMENT INTEREST AT THE HIGHEST RATE ALLOWED BY LAW,FILING FEE OF AT LEAST$400.00.

BUT THE PART THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST IS THE LAST LINE JUST BEFORE THE LAWYERS SIGNATURE WHICH STATES;FOR POSTJUDGEMENT INTEREST ON THE AGGREGATE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHEST RATE ALLOWED BY LAW OR BY CONTRACT UNTIL PAID IN FULL;FOR GENERAL RELIEF AT LAW OR IN EQUITY. SIGNED BY LAWYER 'BERTOLINO LORENZANA LLP' AUSTIN TEXAS PHONE NO.512-476-5757 COUNSEL FOR PLANTIFF.

PLEASE TELL ME THAT THEY CAN'T JUST WIGGLE THIER PIN AND TAKE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR.

SOMEONE DID CALL ME ON THIS A FEW MONTHS BACK OFFERING SOME SORT OF SETTLEMENT,BUT I COULDN'TAFFORD WHAT HE SAID WAS REQUIRED AT THAT TIME ,AND HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT FOR SOME REASON THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A VERY SHORT TIME FRAME FOR US TO WORK IT OUT.

I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE WITH MY LINE OF WORK FOR 2-4 WEEKS AT A TIME AND WHEN I AM ON THE JOB MY WORK IS SO INTENSE AND EXHAUSTING THAT I RARELY HAVE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF ANY PERSONAL BUSINESS.I GIVE AROUND THE CLOCK CARE TO NEWBORNS,USUALLY HIGH RISK INFANTS THAT REQUIRE CONSTANT MONITERING. I DON'THAVE ALOT OF MONEY AND WHAT I DO HAVE I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD FOR.

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO.

THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF LAW THAT WILL PROTECT ME AND MY BELONGINGS FROM THOSE SHYSTERS.

THANKS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU.

LAVONNE


My friends, this is what life is about. This is what Western Capital is about. We are here for you and there is no amount of money in the world that would make me prouder than to help this young lady.

You see, it is NOT about how much money you have. It is not about how big your home is. It is not about how many people "Need" you, It is all about the Spirit of Abundance and the Spirit of Outflow.

There is nothing that can make me more proud than to be the conuit to help this mother who has dedicated her life to taking care of new born babies in the NICU.

This is why we do not pay attention to people like Stephen Dark at the Salt Lake City Tabloid Newspaper, The Salt Lake Weekly. This is why we do no listen to people like the PI in Florida, John Brewington. This is why we could care less what "Uncle Normie" has to say about our company and finally this is why Mr. Creditwrench ( Credit Wrench) himself, Bill Bauer has no effect on our operations.

I want you to know that we are here for YOU and that is why we fight the battles that we fight. That is why we deal with the media in the way that we do.. because if your child were born 3 months premature,wouldn't you feel a deep moral obligation to that person who stood by your side 24x 7 as the baby was developing?

What would you do?

Is Integrity Gone In todays Business World?

In our "keep up with the Jones'" and infomercial get-rich-quick propaganda culture, it seems that making money, beating the competition or winning-at-all-cost has become more important than HOW we achieve those virtues.

As an angel investor and relatively exposed entrepreneur I am presented with all sorts of business schemes and am promoted all sorts of "success stories".

I was recently pitched a business model where at the end I simply asked them to send me a sample of the product. I tried it and it was crap (I checked a thesaurus to find a kinder word, but none applied as equally).

I relayed this information to the pitchman and he retorted with how big the margins were and how they could "position and package" the story and the tremendous money that could be made. I was flabbergasted! I shouldn't have been, I hear it all the time.

The money making potential is supposed to override the fact that essentially they are defrauding people by promoting a product that is not worth what they are charging and will not deliver what they promise. I am vehemently opposed to this.

Our society places too much value on the external "affects" - the big houses, cars, yachts, planes and vacations than on how you have committed your life force to create value for which these things were earned. The focus seems to be on the end and the means is insignificant. WRONG!

That is as insidious as admiring the luxuries of a drug dealer and forgetting that he got the money by selling a product that destroys lives and ultimately kills people. It does not have to be as extreme as a drug dealer to be morally corruptible.

Lending your talents, energy and life force to anything that is based on hype and hyperbole is also fraud – of the worst kind – fraud of your integrity. Over the last 10 years I have turned down countless business opportunities that would have earned me tens of millions of dollars – I kid you not. Personally I COULD NOT do these ventures because it would be at the sacrifice of my personal principles and integrity.

Do you think I am crazy? Then you need to read this article again and again. Trust me, you will be rewarded many times over for protecting and acting in accordance with your integrity in the end. For one thing you will not forfeit your soul in your attempt to gain the world.

What is Integrity? Here is a great article from Denis Waitely that explains:

Integrity is the Real Bottom Line Dictionary definition: soundness of moral character, adherence to ethical principles and being unimpaired. Its middle English root is related to integrate-to bring together as a whole-and integral -- complete and whole. These references to wholeness rightly suggest that integrity affects all aspects of our lives, which is why it is like a healthy investment portfolio filled with blue chip stocks such as honesty, fairness, and loyalty.

Integrity that strengthens an inner value system is the real human bottom line. It means that you don't base your decisions simply on being politically correct. You do what's right, not what's fashionable. You know that truth is absolute, not a device for manipulating others. And, it's not just in the major decisions that this quality is needed. Complete integrity in little things is no little thing at all. As has been said many times, "The devil is in the details" and "elephants don't bite, but fleas do." There are no degrees of integrity.

You have it or you don't. Being slightly dishonest may be a safe adventure for a time. But one day, inevitably, little details will be noticed and the piper will have to be paid. Your word is more valuable than a surety bond. What you are speaks so loudly, no one can really hear what you say. If what you do matches what you say, your life will speak forcefully indeed. In people, we value honesty more than any other virtue. We expect it from our leaders. We must demand it from ourselves.

This week and from now on, "seek the truth," and "speak the truth." - Denis Waitley

Support Mounts to kill IRS Outsource Program

Support Mounts to End IRS Privatization Program

Key politicians and advocacy groups are lining up against an IRS program to privatize tax collections, as suspect contracts have raised further concerns about the effectiveness and transparency of the program.


OMB Watch has joined with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Citizens for Tax Justice, and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) to urge Congress to pass H.R. 695 and S. 335, bills that would end the IRS private tax collection program. In conjunction with these groups, OMB Watch sent letters to the House and the Senate making the case that this wasteful and dangerous program should be terminated immediately.

The IRS private debt collection program, authorized in 2004 and initiated in September 2006, contracts out the collection of tax debts that the IRS has identified but claims it does not have the resources to obtain. Contractors are allowed to keep 21 to 24 percent of all the money they collect, even though IRS employees could do the same work for one-eighth the cost.

Representatives controlling key committees have also made public their opposition to the private debt collection program. Rep. Jose Serrano☼ (D-NY), chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government, repeated his intention to end the program at a March 28 hearing. At that hearing, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson gave a muted defense of the program, acknowledging concerns about cost and taxpayer rights that Bush administration officials had previously denied. Paulson did not recommend repealing the program, but signaled he would not strongly oppose repealing it. "It's a hard one for me to feel strongly about," Paulson said in a recent TaxAnalysts article.

In addition, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Charles Rangel (D-NY) has stated his intention to repeal the IRS privatization program and asked that the IRS not issue any more contracts to private debt collectors. Rangel's interest is most likely in moving forward with H.R. 695, which is co-sponsored by Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Steve Rothman (D-NJ) with bipartisan support.

Rangel said his immediate concerns over the program stem from a suspicious denial by the IRS to renew one of the current debt collector's contracts. The contractor — Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson — is a debt collector based in Texas. Some of the firm's employees have been convicted of bribing public officials, and the firm itself is currently being sued for similar behavior, as the New York Times reported in August 2006.

Neither the IRS nor Linebarger have explained why the contract was not renewed. A tax expert in San Antonio, where Linebarger has offices, speculated that Linebarger may have had trouble recovering the tax debts, making the contract less profitable. Private contractors do not have the legal authority to compel tax payment if a debtor refuses to cooperate.

IRS Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has found data suggesting private collectors have only successfully obtained payments from 20 percent of the cases IRS gave them. The IRS has not released information explaining what has happened to the vast majority of cases given to private collectors. Olson said that given the lack of data, it is impossible for the public to evaluate the program. On the other hand, a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has found that IRS has taken enough steps to protect taxpayer rights and ensure that the debt collection program is monitored for effectiveness. The report urged further action in computer security and how the IRS tracks data on taxpayers who request to deal with IRS agents instead of private contractors, among other concerns

Giving by Foundations Topped $40-Billion Last Year, Posted by Robert Paisola, Director, The Western Capital Foundation

Giving by Foundations Topped $40-Billion Last Year, Report Says

Giving by foundations soared to more than $40-billion last year and broke the $36.4-billion giving record set in 2005, according to estimates by the Foundation Center, The New York Times reports.

The center, a New York research group that educates grant seekers, attributed the increase to a combination of a strong stock market and the establishment of new foundations.

“The new foundations being created today are much bigger,” said Sara L. Engelhardt, the center’s president, “and much more money is moving through them at a faster pace than through older foundations.”

Many of the new foundations, Ms. Engelhardt said, are controlled by living donors who want to give away more than the minimum 5 percent of assets required by law.

The Foundation Center’s data were released a day after The Chronicle issued the results of its annual survey of big foundations, which found that giving in 2007 is likely to continue to be at least as strong as it was last year.

Financial services company moves HQ from California to Utah

March 19, 2007

Financial services company moves HQ from California to Utah
By Debbi Taylor
The Enterprise

Following the acquisition of Salt Lake City-based Pacific Financial Lending Inc. by Lodi, Calif.-based Pacific Financial Solutions Inc., (PFUO), the company has moved its corporate headquarters from California to Midvale.

When PFUO began negotiations with Pacific Financial Lending the company began looking for a new location for its corporate headquarters that would accommodate the growing company and its new operations, most of which are located in Utah.

Additionally, Bruce Grogg, founder and president of Pacific Financial Lending, was named chief executive officer of PFUO, and his partner, Josh Lindsay, was named president. "The shareholders of Pacific Financial Solutions liked what we were doing so they started negotiations with us to merge our companies in with theirs," Grogg said. "Their CEO stepped down and retired and I became the CEO and we moved corporate out here rather than have me travel back and forth from there."

Grogg said that with so many of the company's new assets being located in Utah, it made economic sense to relocate the corporate headquarters here. As Pacific Financial Lending, the company occupied about 600 square feet in two offices at 1405 S. Main St. in Salt Lake City. Following the merger, the company moved into a 3,000 square foot office complex at 7001 S. 900 E. in Midvale. "We were falling over ourselves in Salt Lake," Grogg said.

"Plus we expanded after we moved to our new location and hired more people. We are expanding like crazy. We will be hiring more in the next couple of weeks and we hope to be at 100 by year's end." Operations in Lodi will remain in place, which includes the company's warehousing and ATM kiosks divisions. The new Pacific Financial Solutions is a financial company that owns and manages ATM machines, as well as provides point-of-banking terminal technology and Internet enabled kiosks.

Other divisions of the company include a consumer lending, a media agency that provides direct response, television, radio and print advertising services and affinity "Gift to Give" prepaid gift and stored value cards. Due to the acquisition of Pacific Financial Lending, the company now provides outsourced receivables management, pre-collections and consumer product lending to the direct response industry, and commercial lending to varied merchants and industries. "Our approach of offering customers alternative financing solutions such as third party negotiations on the customers' behalf at existing credit facilities often result in reduced interest rates and increased credit limits," Lindsay said.

"Not only do we help the merchant's bottom line by collecting payments for goods already sold, but we also clear previously declined sales using alternative financing methods." PFUO's annual revenues are projected to exceed $7.8 million in 2007

The King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, Soon to Meet Hard Core Debt Collectors: BofA Sells Paper: Posted By Robert Paisola

Bank of America, which holds a $270-million note from Michael Jackson
secured by his 50% interest in Sony/ATV Songs, has sold the debt to a New
York private equity fund. Sony/ATV, of course, is the owner of lots of
valuable music, including The Beatles' catalogue. It's Jackson's biggest
asset.


B of A has decided to cut and run, turning Jackson's account over to the
high-finance equivalent of a collection agency. The obvious conclusion is
that, in B of A's opinion, the risk profile of Jackson's IOU has changed
sufficiently that it's best to take the loss and be done with the whole
regretable episode.


Jackson's loan is now owned by the Fortress Investment Group, which
probably doesn't give a damn about Jackson's fame and is looking at the
loan as a means to an end, the end being significant short-term profits.
Jackson's finances are now out of the hands of relatively friendly
Hollywood bankers and in the hands of a hard-nosed New York workout firm.
This from Fortress' website, describing the company's Special Situations
fund and it's mission:


Its investment objective is to generate superior risk-adjusted returns by
opportunistically acquiring and originating a diversified portfolio of
undervalued, orphaned and distressed investments throughout the United
States, Western Europe and Japan.


Note the word "opportunistic." Nothing in that description -- or anything
else on Fortress' website -- indicates that the firm is star-struck and
willing to let the King of Pop ride in exchange for some autographed
pictures and a company picnic at Neverland. Instead, Fortress no doubt
sees the Jackson notes as a sound investment with enormous upside.
According to this report:


With this sale, Fortress now stands to become a 50 percent owner in
Sony/ATV Music Publishing if Jackson should default on the loan.
Technically, he is currently in default. Further, Jackson's deal with Sony
comes to an end this December, at which time the company can buy him out
for $200 million if he can't come up with a new buyer or enough money to
pay back the loan. The Fortress deal is also rumored to include a $70
million loan Jackson has on his own publishing catalog, called MiJac.


Here's one scenario: Fortress calls the note -- remember, it's currently
in default -- and Jackson can't come up with the cash. Jackson loses not
just The Beatles' catalogue, but his own. His income, currently depressed
owing to Jackson's weirdness and his inability to put out a decent CD,
drops even further. Jackson is forced to radically curtail his spending
and liquidate other assets to stay afloat. He lays off his entourage --
members of which immediately divulge Jackson secrets to the tabloid media
-- and puts Neverland on the market. He starts showing up at mall
openings.


Fortress, on the other hand, is suddenly a major player in the music
business, with lots of great meetings to attend. It can either bank the
annuity income the songs provide or, more likely, cut a deal with Sony or
some other buyer and pocket a ridiculous amount of cash.


Either way, Jackson is what lawyers like to call "screwed." (Well, the
lawyers I know, anyway.) There is no longer anyone in his financial life
who cares at all about getting to rub elbows with a superstar. From here
on out, it's lawyers working on behalf of investors expecting a 30% annual
ROI and smug, slightly sadistic analysts looking at hard, hard numbers.
When you're as deep in the hole as Jackson, there's nothing harder than
hard numbers.

MSNBC and the Anna Nicole Smith Death Announcement- Things CAN and DO Change! by Robert Paisola, CEO Western Capital

Robert Paisola, CEO and President of The Robert Paisola Foundation


So, It is 9:07 Am MST on Thursday February 08, 2007. We receive a call in our Salt Lake City Office. It is Adrienne Wheeler from MSNBC in New York. She is a Senior Booking Agent for the MSNBC NEWS Network and she calls and wants me to appear live on MSNBC TODAY at 1:00 PM MST on a show that she was booking for.

I responded that the deadline was a little tight but because it was a national feed, I would do "Whatever it takes" to make it to the studio to appear live for the show.

She said that her and her staff had done research and I was the only person that she wanted to appear on the show. She said that I would need to be at KSL, the local NBC Affiliate as soon as possible.

No problem. Whatever it takes.. This IS MSNBC!

So, I receive a call back on my cell phone telling me that the location of the feed was being changed and that I would need to go to another studio, as KSL in Salt Lake City was completely booked.

She immediately offered to send a Limousine to get me, but I was already on the road heading for dowtown Salt Lake City. She redirected me to a studio called CoverEdge. Lucky for me it was right next to KSL TV.



So, I arrive at the Studio Prepare for a live Nationwide Broadcast. I have done this many times before, as I am not only a member of the media, but an expert on the subject that was being discussed Here are the Details

Now, here is the timeline...

11:48 Arrive at the Cover Edge Studio in Salt Lake City, Utah

11:56 Enter Studio for Make Up and Light test



12:14 PM The Test Shots Are Commencing and I am fitted with an earpiece that connects me live to New York, New York



12:50 1:50 CST There is a Breaking News Alert that SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH ANNA NICOLE SMITH AT A HOTEL IN HOLYWOOD FLORIDA. I CAN HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING IN MY EARPIECE IN WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, and LOS ANGELES. There is an uproar and at that same moment this shot appears on the National Screen.



And then the host of the show for MSNBC begins her intor to the segment that we are going to debate. Is it fair to kill Child Molesters regardless of what they have done? In other words, If you are 19 and in the military, goto a club and meet a 17 year old girl and have sexual relations, You are automaticatty labeled a child molester and eligible for the DEATH PENALTY! Hell No... So we begin!

The segment begins, and we are introduced. The tagline on the story shows 11:50 AM or 12:50 PM Utah Time.



You can watch the segment LIVE here at www.WesternCapitalFoundation.com

Prior to the interview, we were told that we would have 7 minutes for the segment. I was told that there would be a 7 second delay, so I avoided watching the monitor.

And then all hell broke loose in my earpiece. The conversation between New York, Los Angeles and New York was combined with the audio of the feeds of Anna Nicole Smith's Death. I knew that the segment was being cut short, and all of a sudden at 12:52 PST I am Live and trying to hear the MSNBC HOST as well as the traffic on the ground in Florida. (These are all Unedited Photos)







Then at 1:56 PM MST The segment cuts to the Anna Nicole Smith Story and our Segment is cut short.

Well, my friends, this is the nature of the media business. No matter how hard you plan or how great the plan, things happen in life that create change. This is a prime example of Change that I plan to use in my National Seminars.

Remember how detailed the booking agent was? Remember how Adrienne Wheeler from MSNBC in New York had our appearance set updown to the minute? Well that was the exact moment that the Anna Nicole Smith Story Broke. You would not believe what I heard in the earpiece!

So, for those of you who have never been on television, this is just a quick introduction to the world of Live Television. Whether it is a local news station, CNN, Bloomberg, MSNBC or the CBS Evening News, you are ALWAYS subject to the days events and that is why being able to accept CHANGE is essential in any business.

You can read about this in my latest book that was co-authored with Dr. John Gray (Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) and Mr. Tom Hopkins, International Sales Motivator. The book is called Conversations on Success and is my thir book.

So, remember, Always be prepared for change, and realize that the world is connected in seconds, not days anymore!

To your Continued Success,

Robert Paisola
CEO and President
The Wesern Capital Group of Companies
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