Can we create a more just society without a principled political practice in place?

First, I want to thank all those people that have supported my campaigns and Peopleradio in the past with your monetary, political and personal support. I am not running for election this time. Perhaps I will go into detail with the reasons why in a future post. I am no longer active in PeoplesRadio, I have moved to alumni status. The views presented here and in future posts are my own.

My focus now is on trying to help develope an honest culture in KPFA/Pacifica politics by exposing deviations and hoping the voters will hold people and groups accountable. I want to give the voters an inside view of the political culture that has developed at KPFA/Pacifica. It has drifted away from the kind of politics that would be consistent with the Pacifica Mission to the point that the two main factions appear to now be resembling the Republicans (CL) and Democrats (ICR), not in their political positions, but in their political practices. Winning has taken center stage and truth, transparency and democratic process have all fallen by the wayside to a startling degree. Money has begin to poison the elections as it does in the governamental elections.

Here is one recent example of unprincipled behavior by candidates. In a June 5, 2010 letter to rally support from its base Conn and Matthew Hallinan stated in a letter addressed to:

Dear Fellow Progressives: the Hallinans went on to claim that the current leadership of Pacifica removed the previous manager "over the issue of a misplaced check". Sounds like a petty thing to fire someone over, right?

Conn Hallinan is a retired Professor of Journalism. I wonder how he would have graded himself when the true facts are disclosed.

The check in question was for $375,000.00 and it wasn't misplaced it was not deposited for about a year and now Pacifica has lost direct access to the money. All the facts behind what happened are yet to come out but the amount and time withheld stated above are true.

Matthew Hallinan is running for reelection. Do we want people on our LSB that will distort reality and withhold important information from our listener/subscribers? This is a clear violation of honesty and transparency. Please hold these folks accountable.

Unfortunately everyone on the other side of the isle does not have "clean hands". More later.