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What is going on at KPFA/Pacifica?

by Long time listener
Last week, I believe Friday, 3/14/14, the 6 p.m. news announced Summer Reese, a director of the Pacifica National Board that oversees the 5 stations that include KPFA, was terminated from employment immediately. Today, the 6 p.m. news announced she had been padlocked out, had the good sense to have the padlocks removed, and the infamous Margy Wilkinson, who sits on the Local Station Board, has allegedly volunteered for the same position. Meanwhile, there have been no LSB elections as was required. The KPFA website states that the Pacifica National Board postponed the elections, instead of doing fundraising for the elections. THE LISTENER SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVED NO NOTICES OF ANY OF THIS.
Last week, I believe Friday, 3/14/14, the 6 p.m. news announced Summer Reese, a director of the Pacifica National Board that oversees the 5 stations that include KPFA, was terminated from employment immediately. Today, the 6 p.m. news announced she had been padlocked out, had the good sense to have the padlocks removed, and the infamous Margy Wilkinson, who sits on the Local Station Board, has allegedly volunteered for the same position. Meanwhile, there have been no LSB elections as was required. The KPFA website states that the Pacifica National Board postponed the elections, instead of doing fundraising for the elections. THE LISTENER SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVED NO NOTICES OF ANY OF THIS.

Here is the self-perpetuating board, which supposedly will have elections sometime this year, maybe.
http://www.kpfa.org/lsb/board-members
Carole Travis
Listener Chair 2012 2015 1st
Ramses Teon-Nichols
Listener Vice Chair 2012 2015 1st
Barbara Whipperman
Listener Treasurer 2012 2015 1st
Craig Alderson
Listener
Secretary 2012 2015 1st
Tina Bachemin
Staff 2010 2014 1st
Mal Burnstein
Listener 2010 2014 1st
Brian Edwards-Tiekert
Staff 2012 2015 1st
Paula Erkkila
Listener 2010 2014 1st
Jose Luis Fuentes
2012 2015 1st
David Gans Staff 2010 2014 1st
Donald Goldmacher Listener 2010 2014 1st
Kate Gowen
Listener 2012 2015 1st
Mark Hernandez
Listener 2012 2015 1st
Cynthia Johnson
Listener 2010 2014 1st
Janet Kobren
Listener 2010 2014 1st
Jack Kurzweil
Listener 2010 2014 1st
Joy Moore
Staff 2012 2015 1st
Samsarah Morgan
Listener 2012 2015 1st
Andrea Prichett Listener 2012 2015 2nd
Mel Sanders KFCF rep 2012 2015 1st
Louis Sawyer Staff 2010 2014 1st
Franklin Sterling Staff 2012 2015 1st
Dave Welsh
Listener 2010 2014 1st
Burton White Listener 2012 2015 1st
Margy Wilkinson Listener 2010 2014 1st

Summer Reese's title is Interim Executive Director. You can read about her and the lack of elections at
http://www.kpfa.org/lsb/news/lsb-minutes-october-2013

Padlocks are a police state mentality tactic. Margy Wilkinson is the infamous LSB member who supported having a Republican Party law firm represent her pet reactionary host, Brian Edwards Tiekert. Her statement on the 3/17/14 evening news was that she is concerned about the signal at other stations, and that is her excuse for taking over Summer Reese's job. You can hear this story at 6:30 p.m. online, at http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/101042

THIS IS ALL PROFOUNDLY INSULTING TO THE LISTENER-SUBSCRIBERS. Why is there no emailed newsletter? If the elections are so expensive, why isn't there a special fundraiser for the elections? If a station is having problems with its signal, why isn't there a special fundraiser to improve that signal?
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