Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Pacifica In Exile News and Information About Pacifica Radio ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://pacificainexile.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Pacifica In Exile Blogs](https://pacificainexile.org/home-page/pacifica-in-exile-blogs) - Information about the activities of the Pacifica Radio Foundation. - [Another Secret Lawsuit](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10129) - Berkeley - We know it has been a long time since we've written. A lot is happening at Pacifica Radio, and a lot is also happening in our own lives, which has made the labor involved in following Pacifica happenings so closely less viable. But we will keep the option open when there is significant news . Board members should not have to monitor court records to discover litigation against their organization. - [Pacifica Safety Net = Accounting Fraud](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10101) - Berkeley - The ironically named "Pacifica Safety Net" has had their 1st and only tax filing rejected by California's Attorney General, demonstrating that co-founders Donald Goldmacher and Sherry Gendleman, aren't up to running a nonprofit organization. While the AG public notice sticks to all the things that are missing, when you dig into the filings, it They can't keep track of $50,000 and fill out tax returns like bingo cards. - [KPFA Protectors Lawsuit Abandoned](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10173) - THE NEWS After three years of litigation, and six figure legal fees paid out of KPFA's bank account, the KPFA Protectors have abandoned their Safety Net lawsuit. A settlement agreement signed on June 5, 2023 and filed with the court dismisses the entire action with prejudice (meaning it cannot be re-filed), and stipulates no conditions except that After three years of litigation, and six figure legal fees paid out of KPFA's bank account, the KPFA Protectors have abandoned their Safety Net lawsuit. - [KPFA Piranhas](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10082) - Berkeley - The ironically named "Pacifica Safety Net" has struck again. While we weren't sure Donald Goldmacher could top his previous pathetic performance as a nonprofit board member when he petitioned the LA Superior Court to have a receiver take the nonprofit's assets away, he has done it. Now he has petitioned the FCC to take The Federal Communications Commission is in receipt of a formal request not to renew the broadcasting license of WBAI-New York from Donald and his cohort Sherry Gendelman. - [2023 Pacifica Election Is Here - How To Vote](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10162) - It's election time at Pacifica Radio again. Your annual contribution lets you pick the board at your local station. That's pretty unique for a media outlet. How do you handle this grave responsibility? We are here to help with voting info, some news, endorsements at our local station (Berkeley) and a few opinions to chew We are here to help with voting info, some news, endorsements at our local station (Berkeley) and a few opinions to chew on as you make your decisions. - [New Day Countersuit Struck](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10067) - Berkeley - At a court hearing in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday March 11, the New Day Pacifica countersuit was struck in its entirety. The judge's ruling was procedural in nature. The countersuit filing listed as "plaintiffs" a number of individuals in the Los Angeles area who were not defendants in the initial lawsuit We would take a moment to reflect on the vast waste of money this effort has become and hope that saner minds will prevail. - [And Just Like That: Court Squelches New Day Pacifica Claims](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10055) - Berkeley - After months of "Stop the Steal" rhetoric, New Day Pacifica's court appearance came and went with a whimper. After two earlier defeats on motions to move the legal proceedings to Alameda County and prevent the seating of the 2022 KPFK Local Station Board, the court turned down flat a request to overturn the defeat - [Two Weeks Left to Vote and Your Regular News Update](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10032) - Berkeley - The voting period ends for this year's local station board elections on October 15th. If you are eligible, please get your ballot submitted by the 15th of October at midnight eastern standard time. You can find our voting recommendations here. If you need to secure a replacement ballot or think that you should have gotten - [Pacifica Safety Net Lawsuit Dismissed](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10001) - LA Superior Court Throws Out Goldmacher-Huggins-Turner Lawsuit Berkeley - Three strikes and they're out. On Friday, July 30, Judge Michael Stern dismissed the Pacifica Safety Net lawsuit for the failure to make a viable complaint after four tries. A demurrer filed by defendants Grace Aaron and Alex Steinberg was upheld without leave to amend and the plaintiff's case - [2021 Local Station board endorsements](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10016) - Berkeley - This is the second of two emails. The initial one focused on Pacifica Foundation news and this contains endorsements for the 2021 local station board elections. Your ballots have been sent on Monday and you have until October 15 to vote. Pacifica in Exile is an independent publication and our endorsements are not affiliated with any third party. KPFA-Berkeley: We cannot support any - [Pacifica News Update](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/10012) - Berkeley - This is the first of two emails. This initial one will focus on Pacifica Foundation news and the next one will contain endorsements for upcoming local station board elections. Your ballots are being sent today and you have until October 15 to vote. The KPFA Protectors - Safety Net lawsuit from Don Goldmacher and company - [A Timeline of the Coup](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1817) - CFO announces that NY and DC stations may face liquidation and sale in as little as 60 days. - [Bylaws Referendum Fails, LA Progressive Broke, And A Censure](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9997) - Berkeley - As you've probably heard by now, the New Day Bylaws were defeated in the just-completed referendum with a rejection by the staff member class of 58% (No) to 44% (Yes). 76% of the listener members did not vote in the referendum, but of those who did, 56% supported the proposed new bylaws. This outcome has - [New Day Moves to Eradicate Staff Vote on Bylaws Referendum](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9976) - Or How to Solve The Problem When People Just Won't Vote RightOr How to Solve The Problem When People Just Won't Vote Right Firstly, we want to apologize for breaking our vow not to send more than one edition a week. We take that promise seriously and are only taking this step because an unexpected development arose that it seemed important for people to know. We - [The Confusion of Ian Masters](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9946) - Many of Pacifica's members received a letter from KPFK programmer Ian Masters, who hosts Background Briefing at Pacifica's LA station. While the upcoming bylaws referendum redux will lead to many, many, many letters to the members filled with questionable, if not downright false assertions, and it would probably be tiresome to rebut them all, this - [Bad Bylaws Take 2](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9864) - This revised proposal from the same group of people merely suspends democracy for 3 years and then reinstates it with majority rule requirements that completely shut out minority groups and interests from any representation in Pacifica governance. - [Three Members of KPFA's LSB Try To Give Pacifica's Assets to California Court](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9895) - Three members of KPFA's local station board, Chair Christina Huggins, Andrea Turner, Donald Goldmacher and their lawyer, traveled down to Los Angeles to try to convince a court to remove control of the Foundation from its members. - [Danny Glover: Do Not Change The Pacifica Bylaws](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2994) - Award-winning actor, director/producer, activist and long-time Pacifica Radio supporter Danny Glover has issued an appeal to Pacifica members to vote no on the replacement bylaws. - [In June, Vote No on the New Day Bylaws: KPFA Local Board Hitting New Heights of Crazy](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9959) - Berkeley - An agenda has been released for the May 15 KPFA local station board meeting. This is the first meeting since March 20 and the next one will not occur until mid-July. Disappointingly, the agenda contains basically nothing but a multi-hour discussion of the "New Day" bylaws proposal. The local station board's vote on the proposal is - [Safety Net Doubles Down on Charges That Jan Goodman is a Crook](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9971) - Berkeley - In a Third Amended Complaint filed in LA Superior Court on May 17, Pacifica Safety Net plaintiffs Donald Goldmacher (KPFA LSB delegate), Christina Huggins (KPFA LSB delegate) and Andrea Turner (PNB Director) expanded on their previous charges that Jan Goodman is guilty of illegal acts, misconduct and self-dealing. The Third Amended Complaint, filed after the first - [New Day's Jan Goodman Accused of Financial Misconduct by KPFA Board Members](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9935) - Berkeley-In a second amended Turner vs. Pacifica Foundation complaint filed at the end of February, KPFA board chair Christina Huggins, KPFA LSB member Donald Goldmacher and Pacifica director Andrea Turner accuse Jan Goodman, the proposed new vice-chair of the board in the "New Day" bylaws proposal, of prohibited self-dealing and financial misconduct while on the board. The - [More On The Asset Grab; It's Time for Accountability and Consequences](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9901) - For too long, some members have felt free to set up shadow corporations to capture Pacifica Radio assets - with zero accountability and zero consequences. - [Factionalism Alert](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9915) - Berkeley-Pacifica Radio members have no shortage of advocacy emails imploring them to sign things, un-sign things, attend meetings to make angry public comments and support this or that group going by this or that confusing name. Our hope is to deconstruct some of this mass confusion, and make it easier for listeners to hold accountable - [The New Day Protectors Safety Net Restructuring Project](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9908) - Berkeley-After receiving a couple of inquiries from Pacifica members who are somewhat overwhelmed by the recent phenomenon of multiple blasts from closely intertwined groups using different names, we decided the confusion they expressed is probably fairly widespread and deserves an answer. Here is one such inquiry (among many): Happy Holidays! I do have a question - [Is KPFA's Local Board Progressive?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9882) - Behind the scenes, a KPFA board member was seeking to defeat McLaughlin and her radical social policies. - [There They Go Again](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/9853) - There isn't any allowance for diverse points of view. It's a travesty for a network that literally defines itself as a home for minority points of view. - [KPFA GM and Business Manager Funded WBAI Shutdown](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/6235) - The secret wires were made on October 18 and October 29. 2019 national treasurer Chris Cory from KPFA said the wire transfers "slipped through the cracks" . - [Pacifica Members Vociferously Reject Anti-Democratic Bylaws Proposal](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/3008) - They voted overwhelmingly by a 2-1 margin to reject the bylaws proposal. - [After The Bylaws](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/3013) - There is a lot of healing to be done, and a lot of work to do. Thank you for your support of Pacifica Radio. Stay well, stay safe, and stay home - [Why We Call Them The Break Up Bylaws](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/3000) - However, there is considerable evidence for what the majority of the members of the Pacifica Restructuring Project would do. They told us what they wanted to do, years ago. - [31 Things About the New Bylaws Proposal](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2967) - We have prepared this list to assist both the two remaining LSB's and the members, if a member election ensues, to analyze some of the things that would change - [No Property Tax and Blank General Ledgers](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2987) - This led to a notice of public auction and sale of the studio building at 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way for seven years of unpaid property taxes. - [It's Up To You Now](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2973) - Vote to keep your membership rights and vote NO on the break-up bylaws. - [Back To Court](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2961) - Before any of the local station boards even had a chance to weigh in, they were back in court requesting not only an additional extension ,but also to ask the court to prevent the seating of 2020 directors on the National Board. - [KPFA Unpaid Property Tax Bill Hits $486,000; Alameda Tax Collector Schedules Public Auction](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2978) - KPFA-FM has not paid property taxes to Alameda County for the last six years for the station's studio at 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way in Berkeley. At six years of consecutive unpaid property taxes, the County Tax Collector may seize the property for public auction and the tax collector has announced their intention to do so. - [Bylaws-Palooza](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2954) - On December 20, the Pacifica National Board considered the new set of bylaws initiated by the Pacifica Restructuring Project to gut the democratic reforms introduced in 2003. - [NY Supreme Court Transcript Released](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2839) - The transcript of the NY Supreme Court proceeding are released and costs and consequences pile up from the misguided shutdown of WBAI. - [NY Judge Undoes The Coup](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2833) - NY State Supreme Court judge Melissa Crane undoes the WBAI coup and restores the member-elected Pacifica National Board. - [Canceled Meetings, Compromises and Data](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2805) - What the email demonstrates is that the reason given for the shutdown of WBAI, which has been described as the unbearable financial stress of operating the NY station, is not the reason for the shutdown - [2018 Election Endorsements](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2701) - We will name a few candidates we hope you'll vote for, some others you might want to consider, and a few candidates that we advise you not to choose. We hope this guide will be helpful to you. - [It's Not Free Speech Radio Anymore](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2736) - In other words, 8 people will decide what happens to free speech radio. We know what happened the last time we tried that. - [Supreme Court of New York Stops Pacifica's Attack on WBAI](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2750) - In the morning, a crew of Pacifica Foundation board members led by brand new IED John Vernile, locked out the staff at WBAI-FM in New York. In the night, the Supreme Court of New York told them to stop it. - [The Turn of the Screw: WBAI's Elected Directors Prevented From Voting On WBAI Shutdown](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2769) - Faced with an imminent loss on an after-the fact and in-secret Pacifica National Board vote to approve the shutdown of WBAI-FM, the perpetrators are changing the voters - [Majority of Pacifica Board Votes to Restore WBAI](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2781) - On the evening of Sunday October 13th, the majority of the Pacifica Board of Directors voted to restore WBAI-FM to local content and staffing and undo the heist that occurred on October 7th - [Legal Wheels Spin](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2792) - Unable to accept their 12-9--1 loss at a board vote on 10-13-2019, the 9-person shutdown crew on the Pacifica National Board appealed to the federal courts to strip control of the Pacifica Foundation from the members - [Comrade Goldmacher Wants Your Money](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2829) - An appeal has gone out to the aging Stalinist cadre of Berkeley to rip apart the Pacifica Foundation in the name of the revolution - [Ch... Ch ... Changes ...](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2693) - Here in Berkeley, here's a few things that are up: - [Election Schedule Redux](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2683) - Since election-related outreach will get to you long before the first week of January, we thought we'd take a minute to make some general statements about each of the signal areas and their LSB elections - [Pacifica Announces Settlement With Empire State Building and Empire State Realty Trust (Pacifica press release)](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2602) - The Pacifica Foundation announced today the settlement on a series of agreements that release the organization’s New York station, from a court judgment as well as the last two years of its lease at the Empire State Building as of May 31, 2018. - [June Comes After May and Guns and Butter Goes Away](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2643) - Before the local station board meeting became the way for Guns and Butter's audience to convey their sorrow over the show's removal, it had another purpose, which was to present the initial draft of the station's budget for the next fiscal year - [An Open Letter Regarding The Cancellation of Guns and Butter](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2633) - No other program is safe from an arbitrary attack if we do not demand transparency and clarity with regard to programmatic decision making. As I have said for many years, written programming policies and criteria are the only way to prevent arbitrary fiats. - [Information Shortage](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2583) - Information from Pacifica's National Board out to the members it represents has been a little scarce as of late, - [The Return of Self-Selected Boards or Control At Any Price](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2560) - The extra added value in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in this assessment, is firm control of the process of deciding which assets would be used . - [The End Less Near - Pacifica Board Approves Loan](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2552) - The Pacifica Foundation board formally approved and accepted a loan put together by the organization's members in Southern California to pay off a pending judgment to the Empire State Building and keep the organization out of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. - [Paying Off The Judgment](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2537) - Friends of Pacifica in Southern California have now secured bridge loan funds of $2 million dollars to pay off the summary judgment to the Empire State Building - [Partial Document Dump Re: Bequest](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1455) - Paperwork was submitted on behalf of Pacifica Foundation without consulting the national office or at the very least advising us this was forthcoming. - [Dollars And Cents](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2531) - The adage "follow the money" applies to well, just about everything. - [What The Dickens Is Going On?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2518) - We believe Pacifica should make every effort to remain independent and not be eager to throw up its assets for grabs. That's a bad place to be. It would make Lew Hill cringe. - [After The Shoe Dropped](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2488) - The amount of the judgment, as well as the other acculmulated debts, is sobering. But Pacifica is in the position that its assets are larger than its debts. - [Current For The First Time In A While](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2472) - For the first time in recent history, Pacifica is listed as "Current" (rather then Delinquent) at the CA Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts - [Pacifica 2015 Audit Completed](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2458) - The Pacifica Foundation, which got into serious trouble for delinquent audits, completed their 2015 audit in record time and before a deadline set by the Attorney General. - [Request For Information (and Notes on Suicide)](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2511) - What is the cause of the additional $3.25 million in debt accrued in a bare two years. - [An Open Letter To The Pacifica Community](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2496) - It is your responsibility now to use these public assets to fulfill your mission statement. They are to be used for the purpose of continuing broadcasting operations. - [The Empire Strikes Back Delayed](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2444) - The efforts met with success and the skyscraper's owners have agreed to resume negotiations. - [Today In Revisionist History](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2420) - Amidst slow and steady progress to get Pacifica out of a hole, Siegel/Brazonites try to delay audit, file Trumpian lawsuits, and assert revisionist history. - [A Tent Too Small](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2405) - Some readers may encounter a sense of deja vu since a new nonprofit to acquire Pacifica's assets was already set up in the fall of 2013. - [WBAI July 13 Press Conference](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2449) - On July 13, a number of prominent politicians came to the steps of New York's City Hall to ask Empire State Building to be a good corporate citizen - [The Unmuted](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2389) - In a smashingly successful month for Pacifica, the board meetings were wildly out of touch. - [{Pacifica Press Release} Pacifica Radio Coverage of Comey Testimony - June 8](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2431) - Listen to the hearings from the people's perspective on Thursday on your radio stations, the Pacifica Network. - [{Pacifica Press Release} Big Tent Radio](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2397) - One KPFA local board member has secretly contacted celebrities asking them to be on the board of a new nonprofit seeking to acquire Pacifica's assets. - [Those Who Can](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2374) - Some are raising a quarter million dollars in a day, some are pissing into the wind. Pacifica Radio 2017. - [Sunshine In Los Angeles](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2361) - The special day of fundraising has been given a huge head start by a generous $86K gift from a long-time WBAI supporter - [Disruptathon](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2345) - A tentative count (don't quote us on this) is: 78 points of order, 55 points of information, 38 points of privilege and 6 challenges to the chair. - [2017 Board Finally Shows Up](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2328) - The 2017 board made a change in the executive director position, relieving Lydia Brazon of the position and appointing Houston listener rep Bill Crosier, - [Notice Was Immaterial](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2293) - Board majority member Michael Novick admitted that "in retrospect", the board majority was wrong and the "flawed notice" was immaterial. - [{Pacifica Press Release} Management Change at KPFK-FM Los Angeles](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2356) - KPFK-FM will have a new general manager, effective immediately. - [Maybe A New Start](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2314) - Or maybe not, Seating problems, recounts, surly local station boards, a management-free zone in TX,, bank seizures and an SCA mess lie in wait for new board - [{Pacifica Press Release} Pacifica Foundation Appoints New Executive Director To Grapple With Financial Challenges](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2335) - The Pacifica Radio network opted for change in 2017 by removing Lydia Brazon, the executive director since 2015 and replacing her with Director William Crosier. - [Winning Isn't Everything](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2273) - Goodman's legitimate election results show David Beaton easily finished in first place, receiving 7 votes of the 16 cast and winning in the first round. - [Election In The Garbage Can Redux](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2306) - Lame duck board moves to pay someone undetermined $1,500 to recount ballots and if recount changes results, all the director and officer elections get redone. - [Catch 22](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2268) - It's a Catch-22, to quote Joseph Heller's famous novel about a vicious circle of contradictory rules. - [Election In The Garbage Can](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2260) - In an abruptly called "special meeting" on Tuesday evening,,the outgoing board majority declared they wanted a "recount" after certification of the election results. - [Pacifica Vs. Obamacare (and a point of snipe)](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2282) - Not content with $285K in union contract violations, KPFK GM Radford turns to the Obamacare employer mandate, and Cerene Roberts indulges a point of snipe. - [Report Back from KPFA Local Station Board](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2231) - A successful legal action to dissolve the Pacifica Foundation would result in the Federal Communications Commission revoking all of the broadcast licenses - [Are Two Meetings Better Than One?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2252) - Roberts, Casenave and Kobren have not indicated what motions, if any, they may be presenting for board for consideration. - [Organizational Darwinism 2.0](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2210) - Pacifica's Siegel/Brazon board majority hit the network' stations with a large central service fee increase, with the deepest impact to be felt at KPFA. - [Radford's KPFK Shutdown](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2189) - GM Radford threatens she will turn off KPFK's repeater signals,turn off the station's transmitter from midnight to 6am, and turn off the air conditioning. - [Documents and Meetings In Hiding](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2195) - In the latest episode of "stream wars", there was a 1 hour-40 minute filibuster with more than 100 procedural points focused on stopping the Internet stream. - [Rumored Asset Grab](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2219) - The Berkeley wing of the Siegel/Brazon faction intend to present an offer of $4-5 million dollars to get KPFA's broadcasting license transferred to themselves. - [Busted Eardrums](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2202) - driana Casenave embarks on a lengthy screaming fit as she goes to war with chair Tony Norman - over a two-minute extension of time. - [Election Results - Resounding Indy Victories](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2183) - Preliminary results released today show resounding victories for the independent slates in New York, Los Angeles and Houston. - [A Little California Fraud](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2175) - They were all entered with the same address and all with the same phone number, but the corresponding emails are unique to each name. - [Lydia's Scorecard](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2040) - In the 9 months since Lydia Brazon took over as the latest volunteer executive director, Pacifica has slid into a hole so deep it may not ever get out. - [The Return](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2164) - No information has been provided about what job Salvador is doing, what his responsibilities are, who he reports to, or what amount of money he is being paid. - [Archive Shut Down Budget Motion](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2154) - Save KPFA's Barbara Whipperman proposed asking for a shut down and transfer budget for the network's archives department. - [2016 Elections: Pacifica in Exile Endorsements](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2059) - There is only one source of correction. It's you and your vote. - [PNB Meeting Disrupted Again](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2141) - Conference call co Loop Up pulled the plug, disconnecting all the callers and shutting down the phone line after a 30-minute fight about when to meet next. - [eBay Backstory](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2156) - An internal source reported the master tapesm came from a storage container in Rosemead, California maintained by Pacifica's national office with thousands of tapes. - [The One-Page Financial Recovery Plan](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2129) - The weak plan, which focuses on "getting appraisals" and an "Internet radio station in Chicago", was blasted by CFO Agarwal and Bill Crosier as inadequate. - [Chair of the Board Diagnosis: Executive Officers Do Not Implement](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2139) - "So all the great ideas and motions that the committees pass and the PNB pass mean nothing if our executive officers do not implement these ideas." - [Radford on SAG-AFTRA: It's All John Proffitt's Fault](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2136) - GM Radford blithely proclaims her actions are not her fault at all and decides Pacifica should pay for her six-figure labor violations settlement. - [Mass Layoffs Averted; Now What?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2113) - Pacifica board doesn't go through with 15% layoffs, instead they talk of handing operations over to others (LMA's) and convene an underwriting task force. - [CFO Agarwal Resigns](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2117) - CFO Sam Agarwal submitted his resignation today. Agarwal's departure leaves no executive management, following a succession of volunteer ED's for 24/29 months. - [The Day The Insurance Died](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2100) - Pacifica's directors and officers liability policy had been cancelled, with a 60 day extension, and a bankruptcy/insolvency exemption in effect. - [Proceeding With Things](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2084) - "WBAI has been granted their license renewal until June 1, 2022. That is really important in that it allows us to proceed with a lot of things (giggle)" - [PNB Uncensored - Streaming Now](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2053) - The special meeting on finances called by board members Jan Goodman, Jonathan Alexander, Grace Aaron and Bill Crosier is now streaming at kpftx.org - [Help Make the 2016 Board Elections Successful](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1998) - Many feel this election is our last chance for Pacifica. - [No Talking Or Else - Part II](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2025) - As the financial meltdown continues to endanger Pacifica, emails demonstrate national board officers have been spending their time cancelling meeting notices. - [Better Pay The Audit](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2007) - After a literal slew of "special meetings on finances", the Pacifica National Board finally came to the conclusion they had to pay for the 2014 audit. - [Crackdown During Breakdown](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1973) - Many punishment and exclusion exercises going on with numerous disciplinary proceedings as the financial wheels fall further and further off. - [Never Mind](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/2016) - Recovering from a brief 15-minute flirtation with taking action, Lydia Brazon ignored a unanimous vote from the board of directors to pay the audit. - [The Kool-Aid We're Drinking](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1943) - Boston PBS station WGBH wrote to say they were withdrawing the American Archive of Public Broadcasting National Digital Stewardship Residency from Pacifica - [Erasing The History of Pacifica](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1934) - Library of Congress: "abandoning maintenance of the archive and theconsequent degradation of these materials will effectively erase the history of Pacifica" - [The Secret Underwriters](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1991) - In a "special meeting on fundraising" by Pacifica's finance committee, Adriana Casenave hurls accusations of secret underwriters and slush funds - [Minority of Zero?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1984) - With a financial crisis getting worse daily, the board's top agenda items: delegate elections and punishing the board minority and CFO for talking. - [No Talking ... Or Else](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1970) - A secret executive session must be held immediately to prevent any more unsupervised talking about the financial emergency and discipline those involved. - [Siegel/Brazon Faction Shuts Down Emergency Board Meeting](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1961) - Volunteer ED Lydia Brazon, board chair Tony Norman and treasurer Brian Edwards-Tiekert are trying to shut down an emergency meeting scheduled for June 26th. - [Selection-KPFK Local Board 6-19-16](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1951) - If KPFK refuses to pay anything on the $249,000 debt, the network will be unable to pay for this year's board election, or the 2014 or 2015 financial audits. - [The Shriek-PNB Finance 6-21-16](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1956) - Adriana Casenave launches into a lengthy monologue which ends with a loud shriek to "pay the audit NOWWWWW'. - [Los Angeles Arbitration](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1928) - The interim decision affirmed the union on all counts and stated the labor union contract had been violated multiple times by Radford and Pacifica. - [A Crevasse, But No Bond](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1921) - There has been a financial tsunami for WBAI under Wilkinson and successor Lydia Brazon. - [The Agreement Not To Decide Anything](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1913) - The actual conversation about the motion to agree not to decide anything was twice as long. - [Witch Hunts Redux](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1901) - Houston's KPFT exploded into witch hunt mode this week proposing to suspend 4 members of the independent faction for six months for sending emails. - [Striking Out Solvency](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1891) - The majority revolted and offered rationalizations for failing to address what is being broadcast on the stations as subscriber numbers continue to decline. - [Update On Missing Payroll](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1907) - This clip from Pacifica's finance comm has CFO Sam Agarwal explaining the delayed payroll on May 15. The snip also includes general discussion from the meeting - [Legal Bills For Procedural Quibbles](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1883) - The Siegel and Yee procedural filings are running up costs by generating multiple hearings while avoiding substantive discussion on the merits of the complaints - [No Defense](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1859) - Majority ignores requests to end violations and not squander money fighting instead of correcting the roster so it has WBAI reps and all directors are elected. - [Who Cares About A Court Order?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1839) - According to attorney Gary Carlton, a temporary restraining order staying any Pacifica meetings barring voting rights for elected WBAI delegates is in effect. - [Stealing Save KPFA: Erasing History](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1007) - I have learned a group called Concerned Listeners, a faction in the community that is partisan and opposes accountability is now calling itself Save KPFA. - [Claim of Mystery Lawsuit at WPFW](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1853) - WPFW local board member Eric Ramey said a lawsuit had been filed, weeks ago, against WPFW and presumably the Pacifica Foundation. - [CFO Proposes Liquidating DC and NY In 60 Days](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1785) - Pacifica's new CFO Sam Agarwal anticipated a recommendation in a period of 60 days for the liquidation of WPFW-FM and the sale, liquidation or lease of WBAI-FM - [Civil Liberty Alert: Listener-Funded Pacifica Radio Under Siege In N.Y. And D.C.](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1846) - For the past three years, as has happened a number of times before in its storied past, there has been an intense putsch and ongoing coup - [Two Lawsuits And A Judgment](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1823) - It was a busy week for the Pacifica Foundation in the New York court system - [Meeting With The Auditor - April 4th](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1833) - Despite the obstructurama put up by the Siegel/Brazon faction, the audit commitee finally managed to speak briefly to the auditor, Grant Lam from Armanino. - [Playing Organizational Darwinism](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1800) - The 3/17 meeting was marked by virulent conflicts between members of the Siegel/Brazon majority as the philosophy of "organzational darwinism" begins to play out. - [Letter from PUEBLO ED To Board Regarding Antics Of J.L.Fuentes](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1808) - For me to resign as a result of the harassment that I endured would be unfair to my hard working staff. - [Special Programming Gone Wrong](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1792) - KPFK's coverage was a hot mess with over ten minutes of chaos broadcast from Santa Barbara to Tijuana with apparently no oversight from anyone. - [Petition To Restore Something's Happening](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1662) - This petition was created by KPFK listeners to restore the unique and much-loved overnight programming curated by Roy of Hollywood. - [KPFK's Friendly Volunteer Coordinator](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1796) - The public comment session from KPFK's March 20th local station board meeting. - [No More Listener Supported Radio](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1730) - The upshot: a straw man confrontation for Pacifica to accept business underwriting or be driven into bankruptcy court with assets parceled out to board members. - [Kicking The Can](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1789) - The board turned to the financial crisis and the dissolution motions passed on Tuesday at the National finance committee. - [Only One Faction Votes In New York](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1760) - Giving voting rights to Siegel/Brazon NY rep while continuing to eliminate voting rights for all the WBAI reps from the independents that hold the majority - [Fraud Is A Major Concern Of The Auditor](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1721) - New CFO Sam Agarwal informed the national finance comm that "fraud was a major concern of the auditor". In fact, he said it twice in a minute and a half. - [Treasurer's Report From KPFK Local Board Meeting 2-21](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1757) - Video taken by Myla Reson of reports in LA from the board treasurer Fred Blair and finance committee chair Kim Kaufman. - [Pay To Vote Or Just Cede Control To Me - KPFA Local Board 2-27](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1742) - Pacifica should go into voluntary bankruptcy says Save KPFA-affiliated board member. - [Pinocchio's Nose: Carole Travis at KPFA Local Board 2-27](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1739) - Papers were filed with the CA Secretary of State who stamped them received on September 24, 2013, 6 months *before* the complaint was filed with the CA AG. - [Time To Stop Dan Siegel](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1636) - Behind the scenes, you have been raping the foundation as cynically as Bill Cosby seems to have been raping the women he had presented himself to as a friend. - [Who Needs A Vote?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1708) - There should be no surprise that a fake board would stage fake votes. - [Flip-Flopper](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1714) - Former ED/board chair Lydia Brazon is insists that "of course" members of Pacifica boards/committees get to stay on as voting members until they are replaced - [Mozart Meeting: Civil Disbedience](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1685) - Thursday's national board meeting turned into a Mozart sonata after the Siegel/Brazon faction prevented both the 2016 and 2015 directors from WBAI from voting. - [Dialing To Resist By](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1704) - The Pacifica National Board's attempt to meet after disenfranchising WBAI's elected majority resulted in meeting interruptus again. A beepfest. - [Lockdown](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1674) - GM Leslie Radford and roommate Adam Rice suggested to staff members the LA station was in "lockdown" after banning volunteers. - [Control At Any Cost](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1643) - It represents a clinging to factional power despite the results of the elections - (the faction lost 6 of the 8 elections at the 4 stations). - [The Only Call: Safe Harbor's "Community Conversation](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1670) - Things went awry when the only caller said the program was getting on her nerves and said she would never donate to KPFK again. - [Landslide in Los Angeles](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1620) - Pacifica's 2015 board elections ended with a bang when the KPFK election delivered a huge rebuke for the majority Siegel/Brazon faction. - [Potty Mouth KPFK](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1607) - Sounding a bit like stoned preteens with access to the liquor cabinet while their parents are away, the "new KPFK" premiered Safe Harbor last night. - [New CFO From State Department Funded NGO](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1598) - Funded by the US Embassies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, USAID, US Dept of State , Middle East Partnership Initiative, The British Foreign Office, and the DEA. - [Emails To KPFK About Roy Of Hollywood Cut](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1629) - Here's a sampling of the emails flooding into KPFK after "Safe Harbor" replaced the first three hours of "Something's Happening" - [KPFK and Pacifica: A Quiet Coup](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1360) - A private “shadow” corporation was recently uncovered to privatize Pacifica for the benefit of a few rather than keep it as a public benefit for the many. - ["Sex Education Baybee" or "The Phone Guy is Falling Asleep"](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1616) - Wednesday morning brought us sex education featuring stripper poles, a Section 8 stud and a sleepy phone booth guy. - [Shit, Goddamn, Fuck Yeah: The Revolt of the Listeners](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1611) - After two days of shit, goddamn, fuck yeah, the listeners finally revolted and called in to say enough. - [Money Down The Drain](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1602) - Something's Happening raised 88% of the pledges generated by all 22 programs. In 45% of the hours. 16 of the scheduled programs did not collect one pledge - [Board Elections Edition](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1329) - This edition of Pacifica In Exile is devoted solely to endorsements for the upcoming board elections - [Rules Are For Suckers](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1586) - Last night, the board majority, over strenuous objections, appointed another, affiliate rep this one also from a station that isn't an affiliate at all. - [KPFK Cuts Roy of Hollywood](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1593) - Apparently wary of solvency, KPFK general manager Leslie Radford has changed midnight to 3am programming M-Th nights from the popular Something's Happening. - [Even Candidates Can't Get Ballots](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1571) - 9 of KPFK's board candidates have reported they didn't get their *own* ballots. Union staff say they haven't gotten unemployment paperwork either. - [KPFA-Pacifica Union History and Politics](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1494) - Violating the most fundamental labor union principles and practices of worker solidarity and collective bargaining - [Zulu Sex Therapy](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1552) - Notes left on white board overnight outlined GM Leslie Radford's plans to replace popular Roy of Hollywood overnight program. - [4 Months Further Behind](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1545) - Only 12% of preparatory audit schedules had been sent to the auditor as of the evening of December 15th - [One Judgment and More To Come](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1526) - According to the Eastern District of NY Civil Court, a judgement was entered against Pacifica on 11/12. For legal fees incurred in 2008 defending Dan Siegel. - [Truth Or Dare at KPFK: A Response to GCRC](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1539) - A response by Kim Kaufmanabout the state of KPFK in LA, the biggest fundraiser in the Pacifica Radio network only 2 years ago. - [More Than 600 Unread Emails](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1508) - It would seem incumbent upon the organization to finish the process of responding to all timely requests prior to closing the balloting period. - ["We Want Him Off The Air"](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1520) - Siegel/Brazonite Chuck Anderson said the station "did not want" to keep paid programmers, called overnight host Roy Tuckman "goy of hollywood" and said "we absolutely want him off the air". - [Latest Audit In History](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1488) - Officially the latest audit in Pacifica's history, surpassing the board majority's 14-month late start on the 2013 audit. - [Mr. Destructo](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1504) - Former Siegel and Yee attorney Jose Luis Fuentes,has the solution to Pacifica's problems: jettison the executive director position and sell everything off. - [System Breakdown](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1467) - The Pacifica Foundation, 19 months into a coup by the Siegel/Brazon faction, is starting to project its internal demolition onto on-air operations. - [KPFK Stream Gone for 106 Hours](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1475) - The breakdown is suspected to have been caused by an inept repair of the station's archive uploader which was out of order from November 16th to November 25th. - [Bankruptcy Is A Beginning](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1437) - KPFA director Jose-Luis Fuentes pushes for the Pacifica Foundation to move into voluntary bankruptcy, which is described as "a beginning". - [What's The "New Low" and Who Is "Sleazy"?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1464) - This seems to be the same “low” and same “sleazy politics” that come from the group “Save KPFA” that created a shadow non profit to receive the KPFA license. - [Joe Hill's Last Will: 100 Years Later](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1461) - These differences between industrial and craft/business unions, their effects in representing or excluding workers, are analyzed in an upcoming article, - [A Picture Gallery from "The Uprising"](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/251) - Three consecutive demonstrations at KPFA and Pacifica's Berkeley building drew demonstrators from all over the Bay Area. - [On The Lighter Side: Richard Uzzell Reacts to Board Censure](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/372) - Uzzell and Gray Get the Bird from Rogue Pacifica Board At last night’s weekly meeting of the Rogue Pacifica Board, Directors Heather Gray (WRFG Atlanta) and Richard Uzzell (KPFT Houston) were given “the Bird”; that Board’s wildly popular award for trying to do the right thing. Richard Uzzell (KPFT Houston) proud recipient of “the Bird” - [Save Pacifica Network Zipper Song "We Shall Not Be Moved"](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/85) - (Save Pacifica Network Zipper Song – Make up your own verses!) Chorus: We shall not! We shall not be moved! We shall not! We shall not be moved! Just like a tree that's standing by the water We shall not be moved! Tell Margy Wilkinson that she is not our boss! Tell Margy Wilkinson that - [The Limits Of Documentation](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1446) - This clip contains then-ED Wilkinson making a verbal slip: "I desperately wanted the money to be for KPFA - er - for the foundation" - [The 60 Pages They Won't Show You](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1405) - The board voted to release a 60 page document package about the diversion to the five local station boards, but in closed session and not until November 14th. - [KPFK Website Gone For Hours](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1429) - GM Radford has scolded that "saving KPFK is up to listeners". But when they pony up $500K , basic bills still don't get paid and crucial functions fail. - [Censoring Arun Gupta](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1424) - Gupta, who writes for The Nation and has been a Democracy Now correspondent, was accused by Save KPFA of being anti-union - [4th KPFK Host/DJ Quits On-Air](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1421) - Barnes is the fourth consecutive on-air host to announce a same day resignation citing new manager Leslie Radford's mismanagement of the station. - [Wilkinson's Hit Piece](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1410) - Former Pacifica IED Margy Wilkinson attacked her colleagues who helped her take over Pacifica accusing them of "grabbing KPFA's money" and "redirecting it". - [KPFA Ordered To Refund Bequest](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1397) - The national board ordered KPFA to refund to Pacifica national office one of two large bequests deposited into KPFA's bank account by then-IED Margy Wilkinson - [Solidarity Never](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1369) - It is extremely unusual for union members working for the same organization to seek to undermine each other during a labor action. - [An Open Letter from Barbara Lubin: SaveKPFA Candidate Hilmon Sorey](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1381) - He came to MECA'S office and informed us the Museum had changed their mind and we would have to look elsewhere for a place to hang the pictures. - [Rescue KPFA! Vote for Scott Olsen and the UCR 9!](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1353) - The news about KPFA and Pacifica itself is so dire. The Pacifica Network's very infrastructure, the buildings and the broadcast licenses, could soon be gone. - [Weapons At Work](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1312) - Board member Stephen Brown notified the board he was in receipt of a statement about a volunteer who said "they had brought a gun into KPFK". - [Collateral Damage](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1373) - Snippet from10-22 22 affiliates comm. Affiliates Director Ursula Rudenberg reports being told she is probably going to lose her health insurance as of 11-1 - [The To Do List](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1343) - The question if Rice, who has been issuing threatsand will act in "armed self-defense," is the de facto general manager of KPFK. - [Double Standards: All Budgets Are Not Equal](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1337) - A positive cash balance at the end of each month. Now why would you want that? - [Armed Self-Defense: An Open Letter to the Pacifica National Board](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1317) - I will, reluctantly, yet without hesitation, personally teach you the true meaning of armed self defense. You dig?" - [Loans at 20% Interest](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1302) - Pacifica's finance committee is considering a no-collateral loan with a 17-20% interest rate from an unspecified financing company. - [Dominos Topple: Third On-Air Resignation at KPFK In Three Days](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1285) - Yatrika Shah-Rais became the third veteran programmer to resign on-air at Los Angeles radio station KPFK. - [Statement from KPFK Programmers Who Resigned On-Air](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1292) - We can no longer in all good conscience continue to be on the air and raise money for the station. - [How To Terrorize Your Employees](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1262) - The anonymous letters contained an email sent from their fomer interim general manager Zuberi Fields to interim ED Margy Wilkinson and CFO Raul Salvador. - [Yatrika Shah-Rais Sign-Off](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1279) - Yatrika Shah-Rais, a long-time music producer and host at KPFK signed off on-air, becoming the third to do so in the last three days. - [Dominos Fall at KPFK: Betto Arcos Announces Last Show Today](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1276) - Global Village founder Betto Arcos announced his last day on-air at KPFK on September 29th, one day after colleague Derek Rath did the same - [SAG-AFTRA Union Takes Pacifica Into Arbitration Alleging Bust of Collective Bargaining Agreement](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1142) - On Thursday, SAG-AFTRA labor union filed a demand for arbitration. The union stated that Pacifica is in ongoing violation of the bargaining agreement. - [Grievances To Make Your Head Spin](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1176) - There have been so many grievances filed it will make your head spin" were the words of one of KPFK-FM's two SAG-AFTRA union stewards on Friday - [Lydia Brazon, Executive Director](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1197) - In the signature line for the executive director, Lydia Brazon signed her own name, without changing the title or indicating she is not Pacifica's ED. - [Not Thinking Straight](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1230) - The latest long-time staffer to blast KPFK and Pacifica management said "you are either not thinking straight or you are trying to bring down the station". - [Margy Wilkinson's Pacifica Skids Off The Rails](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1259) - Pacifica's lame duck board of directors is moving to mortgage real estate. - [Progressive Commentary Hour - Pacifica in 2015](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1249) - A one hour discussion of Pacifica in 2015 on the Progressive Commentary Hour on PRN. Aired on September 22 with interviews with current board members. - [Mid-Week Update: KPFK/PRN](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1246) - The Progressive Radio Network broadcast an hour discussion of Pacifica in 2015 on September 22nd. You can listen to it here or on the prn.org site. - [KPFK: The Plan, Such As It Is](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1224) - The news coming out of KPFK in Los Angeles is muddled and episodic, but we will try to relay what information is available. - [KPFK: The Whole Thing May Be Closing Down](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1220) - This email attributes GM Radford saying that KPFK, the largest radio signal west of the Mississippi, may go dark on October 1st - [To The Pacifica National Board: Don't Squander $](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1216) - It's going to waste money to produce a foregone conclusion. With all five stations living beyond their means, can't we stop wasting time talking about this? - [EDD Denies Pacifica Worksharing Benefits Due to Union Busting](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1209) - The California Employment Development Department has denied Pacifica's application for work sharing benefits for employees slashed to half-time. - [Coup Redux](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1203) - It has been reported from multiple sources that Pacifica executive director John Proffitt has resigned less than a week after returning from a 3 week vacation. - [Open Letter To The Pacifica National Board Regarding Board Elections](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1192) - Pacifica's public image does not benefit from the perception, or the actuality, of an unpopular board of directors clinging to their expired seats - [National Finance Committee Runs For The Hills](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1183) - After meeting for all of 8 minutes to conclude they had nothing they could think of to do, Pacifica's national finance committee adjourned their meeting. - [The Disappearing Bequest at KPFK](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1166) - KPFK GM Leslie Radford announced a $134,000 bequest to KPFK, which she announced to both KPFK's finance committee and local station board, does not exist. - [Frontiers Mag: KPFK Airs Homophobic Rant As The Station Faces Financial Failure](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1160) - The interim policy was in effect on Aug. 15-16 when KPFK aired an unchallenged homophobic rant in which a psychiatrist compared homosexuality to bestiality - [Pacifica Releases Financial Statement Showing KPFK With $182K Surplus At July 31](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1116) - The income statement shows the station's Los Angeles unit KPFK-FM with an operating surplus of $182,000 for the year, two weeks before work reductions. - [Alterna KPFK July Income Statement Number 3](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1146) - After two wildly differing financial statements were issued by Pacifica in less than a week, a third version has now come out disappearing last week's surplus. - [The "Other" KPFK Financial Statement](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1136) - Enclosed is a copy of an alternate KPFK financial statement issued by GM Leslie Radford to the local board on August 17th. - [Audit Information Was A Lie? Paid, But Not Started](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1124) - Pacifica's 2014 audit was revealed on Tuesday night to have been neither paid for nor started despite assurances by the ED, controller and board treasurer - [Why KPFA Is Broke Per Brian Edwards-Tiekert](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/492) - Is the assertion being made here that KPFA has to lay off employees because it spent CPB funds it knew it was ineligible to receive 6 months ago? - [Audio Announcement of Quarter Million Dollars in Staffing Reductions at KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/500) - KPFA Local Station Board treasurer reporting an $8,000 surplus for the first two months of the current fiscal year and stating "KPFA is not in a hole" - [Does He Work There, Or Not?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/514) - California law is very clear that board members with "affiliations" to vendors must be removed from votes Fuentes both moved the action and then voted for it. - [Finance Committee Q+A](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/537) - The audio contains a 19-minute exchange (in two parts) between former PNB vice-chair Bill Crosier) and Pacifica's CFO Raul Salvador - [It's Almost Like A Poll Tax](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/875) - The proposal of Save KPFA's Mal Burnstein to raise the Pacifica voting member fee to $40. - [Edwards-Tiekert: If Management Doesn't Grab Money](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/985) - PNB treasurer Brian Edwards-Tiekert of Save KPFA was very quick in previous years to accuse Pacifica of "raiding KPFA's bank accounts". Now he changes his tune - [August 15th Homophobia Special on KPFK](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1062) - The new manager put the struggling pledge drive on a "break" to air a 15-hour Afrikan Mental Liberation Marathon featuring anti-LBGT hate speech. - [KPFK Bookkeeping Problems i.e. Embezzlement](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1104) - Sound clip from August 17th KPFK staff meeting with description of the bookkeeping problems at KPFK, including embezzlement and staff reactions to the news. - [KPFK Staff Reactions to Work Schedule Reductions/Layoffs](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1106) - This sound clip from August 17th KPFK staff meeting includes the announcement of the reduction of al KPFK staff to part-time and three layoffs. - [Secret Corporation and We're Proud of It](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1108) - This sound snippet from KPFA local board meeting on 8/22 about secret incorporation of KPFA Foundation by Margy Wilkinson at the office of attorney Dan Siegel. - [Two Credit Cards Are Better Than One](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1093) - Leaving Pacifica with two different credit cards issued to the same individual with different account numbers open at the same time - [National Lawyers Guild Letter to KPFA On The Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/366) - REMOVAL OF MORNING MIX FROM DRIVE TIME PROGRAMMING The recent removal of the Morning Mix radio program from the 8:00 AM time slot on KPFA has raised some concern at the San Francisco chapter of the National Lawyers Guild ("Guild"). We write this letter because KPFA and its free speech mission, are important to the - [KPFK Work Reductions Letter - August 17, 2015](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1081) - The reductions include three staff members, 2 unionized and at least 4 months of reduction to half time for the station's remaining 50 staffers. - [SAG-AFTRA: KPFK Staff Reductions Never Negotiated With Union](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1085) - Schedule reductions and layoffs announced on Monday were not negotiated with nor agreed to by the labor union that represents the workers. - [Forget About That Election Thing](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1072) - On Thursday night, Pacifica announced theywould not be mailing ballots on August 29th to replace 72 local board members squatting in their seats . - [Dead Man Endorses Save KPFA by Daniel Borgstrom](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1067) - Dead men may tell no tales, but in Chicago they've been known to vote, and here at KPFA we find them endorsing candidates. - [Majority on Pacifica Board Refuse To Discuss Secret Corporation to Acquire KPFA License](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1057) - The majority on the Pacifica National Board refused to discuss the 2013 secret incorporation of the KPFA Foundation for the purpose of acquiring KPFA's license. - [Some More Questions for Dan Siegel About The KPFA Foundation](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1041) - Some questions for Dan Siegel about the establishment of the KPFA Foundation with headquarters at his Siegel and Yee law firm. - [Federal Trademark Database - "KPFA"](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1033) - Federal trademark registration for "KPFA". - [Federal Trademark Database - "Pacifica Foundation"](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1037) - Federal Trademark Database for "Pacifica Foundation" - ["KPFA Foundation" Headquarters Relocated to 1925 Martin Luther King Jr Way](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1022) - On July 31, a revised Statement was filed with the Secretary of State relocating the headquarters of the "KPFA Foundation", to 1925 Martin Luther King Jr Way - [KPFA Secession Documents](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1017) - Members of the current board are unaware of the incorporation of KPFA Foundation to privately secure KPFA's radio license and real estate assets. - [Rogue Radio](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1014) - Despite receiving over $9.3 million dollars in 2015, Pacifica has indicated that it is unable to pay a $55,000 bill to continue operating as a nonprofit. - [A Good Board Is A Secret Board](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/979) - "The KPFA Local Station Board is not a public entity; it is therefore not covered by the First Amendment. - [Pacifica's Shame: From Battling Witch Hunts To Embracing Them](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/551) - Originally posted May 2, 2015 Berkeley-Consistent with their long-standing pattern of retaliating against staff and board members who blow the whistle on financial malfeasance, the rogue board majority joined by KPFA's UCR representative Janet Kobren who cast the tiebreaking vote, kicked LA listener rep Kim Kaufman off the Pacifica National Board for the alleged crime - [Petition: Tell the Pacifica National Board to Protect Whistleblowers, Not to Punish Them](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/554) - The retaliation against Kim Kaufmanis one in a long line of people trying to draw attention to fiscal mismanagement being harassed, fired, run off and recalled. - [Pacifica's CFO Resigns](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/556) - Pacifica's chief financial officer Raul Salvador suddenly resigned on May 6, 2015 at 10:00am. The resignation is effective May 15th - [Beware The Last Days](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/559) - 7 staff members signed a letter objecting to the sleight-of-hand appointment. Signers include every single member of the stations paid staff but one. - [Is Broadcasting Community Events Selfish?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/562) - The KPFK staff and programmers have been demanding a meeting with the station's local board and so far the board is refusing to meet with the workers - [Uprising at KPFK](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/565) - Controversy continues to rageafter former board chair Margy Wilkinson appointed former board member and factional crony Leslie Radford - [Wilkinson's Note Pad](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/573) - The note pad details strategic notes regarding the board's in-person meeting, as well as notes from a few KPFA local station board meetings of the same period - [Citizen Arrests and the CIA: An LA Weekend](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/579) - Pacifica's National Board held one of its increasingly rare in-person board meetings this past weekend, as LA station KPFK continues its free fall into insolvency. - [Factional Lawyering](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/584) - The fix appears to be in for the law firm of former board member Dan Siegel. Siegel and Yee has been an active factional entity within Pacifica for years, - [Empty Pockets](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/587) - In fairly stark terms, Affiliates Director Ursula Rudenberg addressed the national board and asked them to support a plan she has been developing - [Shutting Down While Breaking Even](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/502) - Originally posted April 18, 2015 Berkeley-On a sad note, long-time KPFA board operator and music host Wesley Burton was killed in an automobile accident in the early hours of the morning on Saturday April 18th driving home after hosting Sideshow Radio, a late night hip-hop show that ends at 2:00am. Burton leaves a wife and - [Recording Expenses Over and Over Again](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/506) - Simple questions like the Audit Committee's request for a list of accrued legal expenses, revealed six-figure discrepancies with the general ledger. - [The Stuff They Forget](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/511) - Pacifica's response to the California Attorney General, sent on February 17th, contains some startling omissions to straightforward questions - [Chicanery](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/531) - Pacifica's expedited director search hit a snag when the board majority's favored candidate declined the job, apparently spooked by the attorney general audit. - [Ballot on the Internet](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/534) - Board vice-chair Tony Norman, a DC attorney inexplicably carbon-copied his ballot to a public Pacifica discussion list-serv - [New Executive Director May Be Resigned Los Angeles Manager](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/28) - The Pacifica National Boardis floating a familiar face as her proposed replacement: a recently-resigned manager in their own network, - [Network Funds To Be Used To Finance Pacifica Board Coup D'Etat](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/21) - The March 13th late-night attempted firing of the executive director, looks to be getting expensive - [Pacifica Radio National Headquarters Open After Board Coup](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/13) - The small office was entered this morning by 4 national employees and the executive director, who removed a padlock installed the previous day. - [Here We Go Again: Locks and Surveillance Return to Martin Luther King Jr Way](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/1) - After only six weeks on the job, the barricade was being erected against the organization's executive director Summer Reese, a woman thirty years her junior - [Occupation At Pacifica Enters 5th Day, More Board Irregularities Come To Light](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/34) - Originally posted March 20, 2014 Berkeley - The resistance to the attempt to fire executive director Summer Reese by a newly-elected board of directors despite her binding employment contract has entered it's second week with no signs of slowing down. This morning, support volunteers were turned away due to a lack of space in the teensy - [Former Board Members File Complaint With CA Attorney General](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/37) - Originally posted March 20, 2014 Berkeley-8 Former Pacifica National Board members from all 5 of the licensed station's signal areas across the country have filed a complaint with the California Attorney General today. The board members request the AG's assistance in investigating the chaotic board takeover of network, help to assure the integrity of the - [Margy Wilkinson names herself acting executive director. Board member attempts illegal seizure of network bank accounts](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/40) - Originally posted March 24, 2014 Berkeley-Today's resumption of what passes for the work week at Pacifica Radio was chaotic. Here's our best summary of what ensued. A link to the request for an investigation filed at the CA Attorney General by 8 former National Board members on March 23rd can be found here. Despite a - [Audit Delayed, LA Staff Attempt To Remove KPFK PNB Staff Representative](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/43) - The audit, has been delayed by Pacifica's auditor due to the chaos created by the Board of Director's power struggle with the Executive Director. - [A Money Grab and Lots of Trouble with Lawyers](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/49) - Originally posted March 24, 2014 Berkeley-A bar complaint has been filed in Pennsylvania against the vice chair of the Pacifica National Board, Tony Norman. Norman, a listener representative from the DC station, WPFW, has been criticized by some for not disclosing when he ran for the board that he was an elected commissioner in Washington - [Snoop Camera and a Discussion with the CPB Inspector General](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/70) - Summer Reese has a Monday morning telephone conference with the CPB where she will be discussing the current state of Pacifica with the agency. - [Pacifica Directors For Good Governance To File Suit Today](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/77) - A lawsuit will be filed itoday against 12 Pacifica Foundation board members who engaged in illegitimate actions to destabilize the 65-year-old radio network - [Auditor's Management Letter to Pacifica Board Demands Accountability](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/81) - This was particularly in evidence with regard to lack of responsiveness from certain divisions in response to document requests during the audit. - [Lawsuit Filed To Uphold Reese Contract, Rogue Board Paralyzed](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/88) - Originally posted April 4, 2014 Berkeley- Nine members of the current Pacifica Foundation board of directors (Pacifica Directors for Good Governance) have filed suit to try to bring to an end the self-destructive spiral of the nation's first listener-sponsored radio network. The complaint alleges irreperable harms resulting from the board's reckless termination of Reese and - [Community Concern Rises & Who's On First? Pacifica Board Meeting](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/93) - Margy Wilkinson sent out a stream of confusing emails to national board members attempting to unilaterally schedule board meetings on 3 of the next 10 days - [Impersonating The Corporate Counsel](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/98) - -Pacifica's payroll administrator received a letter from Oakland law firm Siegel and Yee instructing them to provide online access to Pacifica's payroll accounts - [A Longer Occupation and January Back Door Plans](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/134) - Only 4 days after the board decision, Brazon assured Salvador on January 6th he would be re-hired, doing so prior to the election of new board members. - [Rogue Board Swapping Out Executive Directors Again?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/150) - Lamb's April 10th email assured staff the "legal" executive director was *not* Bernard Duncan, but was instead alleged chair of the board, Margy Wilkinson. - [IED Vanishing Act and Who's Representing Whom?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/161) - Appointed/disputed/interim Bernard Duncan failed to appear without notice at two scheduled meetings. - [Litmus Test](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/167) - Originally posted April 21, 2014 Berkeley-The "reason" for the abrupt breaching of executive director Summer Reese's contract appears to be a bit of a moving target as the date for the preliminary injunction hearing on May 6th inches closer and closer. KPFK producer Ian Masters has jumped into the fray. While earlier reports said Reese - [Rudderless Pacifica Back in Front of Labor Relations Board](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/171) - SAG/AFTRA has filed a complaint at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Pacifica for unilateral contract modifications and bargaining in bad faith. - [TRO Not Granted - Continued to May 6th](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/177) - Oakland mayoral candidate Dan Siegel spoke for the board majority but was unable to convince the judge that an emergency existed - [The Ideological Struggles of Jose Luis Fuentes and Hank Lamb](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/186) - The email incoherently warns people in glass houses should not throw "peddles" and references an unnamed ideological struggle Mr. Fuentes believes himself to be engaged in. - [You're Not Who You Say You Are](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/194) - In an action that could be cause for disbarment, Oakland attorney Dan Siegel today issued a letter to Pacifica's payroll vendor implying he is the counsel for the Pacifica Foundation. - [EX-CFO Chases Away Payroll Vendor](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/199) - Originally posted May 9, 2014 Berkeley-Former chief financial officer Raul Salvador has reportedly so upset payroll vendor Paychex Inc with daily harassing phone calls and emails, that the East Bay payroll processing firm has pulled the plug on Pacifica's payroll account and is currently refusing to issue payroll checks for the upcoming payroll on May 15th. (For an - [Three Week Narrow Restraining Order Granted](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/206) - Originally posted May 13, 2014 Berkeley- Alameda Superior Court Judge Ioana Petrou issued a temporary restraining order today pending a new preliminary injunction hearing scheduled for June 3, 2014 at 9am in Department 15. The restraining order states: Pending the hearing on the order to show cause [on June 3rd], Reese is enjoined from entering, - [A Morning After](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/208) - The three women laid into Wilkinson about their distress about the rehire of former chief financial officer Raul Salvador. They also talked in detail about KPFA's obstruction of the audit, as well as their concerns about retaliation. - [The Business of Collapse](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/211) - Originally posted May 16, 2014 Berkeley-While waiting for the next court appearance on June 3rd, disconnects between vacuous executive reports and the reality of the grim situation at Pacifica are vivid. A bizarre chair's report (the document can be found here, professes ignorance about the financial state of the network. It also states the hijacked workplace - [What Majority?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/214) - The lack of eligibility of not one, but two of the twelve directors claiming to constitute the majority of the board is unquestionable. - [Stand Up And Fight Back For Free Speech Radio](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/220) - Whose idea was it to make major changes and have them put in place by a manager in his last days at KPFA? - ["The" Uprising at KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/227) - Originally posted May 26, 2014 Berkeley- On Memorial Day morning at Berkeley's KPFA radio, the AM hour did not go off as planned. A sudden programming change was announced only five days ago to replace the Morning Mix, a programming collective including: Andres Soto from the Richmond Progressive Alliance, The legendary Project Censored, authors for more than - [The Uprising Continues](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/242) - Francisco Herrera and Andres Soto jammed together Friday at KPFA on-air in KPFA's studio and sang The Ballad of the Morning Mix. Have a listen. - [Lies and Deception](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/254) - The annual tax return (990 form) for the year ending 9-30-2012 has never been posted to the foundation's website, as the return prepared under the supervision of fired then rehired CFO Raul Salvador, was filled with mistakes. - [Suspension](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/259) - Originally posted June 3, 2014 Berkeley-The first suspension has happened at Berkeley's KPFA, with the rogue board majority and their supporters hitting 20-year volunteer news anchor Anthony Fest with a month-long suspension from the Sunday night news program, which he hosts. The suspension was due to a brief announcement Fest read on the Sunday evening - [The Tax Man Cometh and The SF Labor Council Weighs In](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/264) - Originally posted June 10, 2014 Berkeley-At Thursday's Pacifica National Board meeting, the growing extent of the financial disarray at Pacifica was revealed. In a brief question and answer session with auditor Armanino McKenna regarding the network's last 990 annual tax return, significant problems were uncovered. As mentioned in a previous issue of Pacifica in Exile, - [Amputation](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/270) - Originally posted June 13, 2014 Berkeley-Members of the Siegel/Brazon faction, which sits in a slim majority on the Pacifica National Board, continue to express their enthusiasm for network breakup and the sale of one or more of the licenses of the smaller Pacifica stations, in informal online communications. In a Facebook discussion group, KPFA local - [Musical Chairs](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/293) - Pacifica is swapping executive directors again, as Bernard Duncan prepares to depart to New Zealand, to be replaced by board chair Wilkinson as the 4th executive director in the last 4 months. - [Incongruities](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/302) - The job description changes Fuentes proposed would essentially turn the executive director into an administrative assistant. - [Help Needed](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/307) - No programs shall be rescheduled or canceled based on how much money they raise and every programmer shall have access to all fund-drive premiums. - [Cut The Crap - Says Former Board Majority Member](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/327) - The continued shuttling of the Pacifica Network's legal work to the law firm of board member Jose Luis Fuentes has incited the rage of Texas listener rep Hank Lamb. - [Every Game They Play](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/332) - The last two days of the tenure of Pacifica Radio's 3rd executive director of the year are passing with no replacement named. - [And Then There Were None](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/335) - Originally posted July 6, 2014 Berkeley-The purges continue at Pacifica Radio. The latest victim is KPFK/KPFA interim general manager Richard Pirodsky, a 30-year radio operations veteran who was summarily removed from his position by the departing interim executive director Bernard Duncan, who executed Pirodsky's termination in his last three minutes on the job. In the last - [The DIY Employer](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/338) - he rogue majority on the Pacifica National Board declined to appoint an executive director at Thursday nights board meeting. In fact, they declined to talk about the executive director vacancy at all - [No ED Until The Bad PR Stops](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/341) - There is no board meeting scheduled to select one, leaving unelected retiree board chair Margy Wilkinson doing a dilettante job as the network struggles to survive. - [Removing The Unelected Chair](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/344) - Lamb excoriated Wilkinson in an email saying she had withheld documents from the board, forced illegitimate votes, and "blackmailed the board". - [Running Round A Hamster Wheel](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/347) - Originally posted July 25, 2014 Berkeley- At the Pacifica National Board meeting on Thursday night, the final seven bylaws amendments proposed by national board members bit the dust, with only one surviving of the dozen proposed - an amendment that would allow a 2nd bylaws amendment process later this year (because the first one was so successful). The - [The Day The Music Died](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/350) - Pacifica Radio finds itself on a precipice as FM radio moves steadily towards increased digital distribution. - [Help Not Wanted](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/358) - Originally posted August 3, 2014 Berkeley- At the Pacifica National Board's July 31st meeting, noticed by chair Wilkinson as a "special meeting" due to "urgent business" and "a report being prepared by CFO Salvador", the rogue board majority pushed through a massive change in the executive director job description. The rewrite by board member Lydia Brazon, who - [Selling Stations](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/363) - But when given the opportunity to put their money where their mouths are, unelected board chair Wilkinson and treasurer Edwards-Tiekert declined. - [Nothing But Shrieking](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/379) - The rogue board occupied itself on Thursday with a midnight-special lynching - [Kangaroos Instead of Audits](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/385) - Originally posted August 25, 2014 Berkeley-Conflicted attorneys Siegel and Yee are preventing workers at LA station KPFK from going ahead with a recall election for elected staff rep Rodrigo Argueta, whose actions on the PNB have not pleased many of his constituents. Despite a filed petition with the required number of signatures from paid and unpaid staff - [Bad Career Moves](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/390) - Originally posted August 30, 2014 Berkeley-When local activists blocked the Zim Piraeus from unloading the majority of their freight at the Port of Oakland to protest Israeli massacres in Gaza City, KPFA board operator, apprenticeship program coordinator and LSB staff rep Frank Sterling wanted Pacifica's Berkeley station KPFA to be there chronicling the port blockade - [Racking Up The Debts](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/396) - The loan was apparently necessitated by the foundation spending down a $150,000 donation received in July from the family of Joe Toyashima - [Nobody Knows](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/399) - Un-elected chair/IED/IED Margy Wilkinson stated she "didn't know how much money Pacifica has, and didn't know how much the stations have in their budgets". - [Why Is A Journalist Deliberately Cooking Pacifica Radio's Books?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/402) - Originally posted September 16, 2014 Berkeley-The turmoil engendered at Pacifica Radio earlier this year sunk to a new low last weekend, with a shockingly deliberate exhibition of cooking the books by Upfront host and current treasurer Brian Edwards-Tiekert, distributed in an email newsletter by the "Save KPFA" group. The blatant lying to members - [Witch Hunts](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/405) - Pacifica's rogue board has taken to individually targeting their "enemies" with local board trials to remove them from the 501c3's national board of directors. - [Pension Fund Cover-Up](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/411) - Originally posted September 27, 2014 Berkeley-The financial shenanigans at Pacifica Radio, which former ED Summer Reese referred to in this April 1 interview, have impacted one of the foundation's two employee retirement plans as $92,415 has potentially flown the coop. An outside audit by Helin Donovan, required by the pension plan's 3rd party administrator, revealed - [Archives Begone](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/422) - Originally posted October 5, 2014 Berkeley-The network's controversial CFO, Raul Salvador, has not responded to last week's revelation that he did not, in fact, recently "discover" payments to the network's profit-sharing pension fund had not been made in 2013, but made that decision himself in a meeting with the third party administrator in the summer - [Ebola-Gate](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/427) - -Pacifica narrowly acquired FCC permission to engage in fundraising for an outside organization - 4 days after doing it - and by accident - [Donating to the Tea Party and Expelling Spanish Speakers](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/430) - The new corporate call center is owned b an Oregon republican who runs a Tea Party campaign advertising/fundraising business - [The Nonprofit Without A Budget](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/433) - Originally posted October 27, 2014 Berkeley-Pacifica's finance committee bears the responsibility for reviewing and recommending divisional budgets for the 5 stations, national office and archives and consolidating those 7 documents into an organizational budget for the upcoming year. That task is supposed to be completed by September 30th. But a month after the end of - [Boo It's An Election](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/439) - Originally posted November 2, 2014 Berkeley- It's a Pacifica election for Halloween. Maybe. The national board after considering a timeline developed by their elections committee, rejected the timeline, but did issue an order to unelected chair of the board/interim executive director Margy Wilkinson to hire someone to run the election by December 1st. This is - [$10/Hr To Work In The Media](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/442) - Originally posted November 8, 2014 Berkeley-In this past election cycle, one of the few bright spots was the strong support for lifting the minimum wage. At Pacifica Radio however, things are going in the opposite direction as indicated by an ad for an early AM part-time position at KPFT in Houston - paying $10 an - [Punishment](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/445) - Originally posted November 15, 2014 Berkeley- More than a little late, and punctuated by an audible "oh shit" by unelected board chair and IED Margy Wilkinson, the Pacifica National Board voted by a narrow 1-vote margin to change the amount of shared service contributions. The new rule, which Wilkinson and Salvador implemented weeks ago without - [Slow Motion](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/449) - Pacifica's audit remains on slow-mo after the auditor was pulled off field work and the audit halted due to Pacifica's inability to produce the required schedules. - [Not Again! Why Can’t Pacifica Stop Trying To Censor Its Staff?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/455) - Originally posted December 6, 2014 Berkeley-Pacifica unelected board chair Wilkinson did hire a national election supervisor on December 1st. She went all the way down memory lane and hired L. Joy Williams, the very first local election supervisor at WBAI back in 2003. The only problem being that in Ms. William’s first go-round at Pacifica, - [Corruption in Executive Director Hiring Process](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/473) - Originally posted December 17, 2014 Berkeley-A listener representative from Houston has resigned from the Pacifica personnel committee in disgust, citing severely flawed hiring practices. Richard Uzzell submitted his letter of resignation, which can be found here. In the letter, he provided two examples. The first statement is that board chair and current interim executive director - [California Attorney General Launches Audit of Pacifica Radio](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/488) - Originally posted December 27, 2014 Berkeley-In response to a March 2014 complaint from 8 former board members who served on the Pacifica National Board between 2008 and 2013, the Registry of Charitable Trusts, the division of the California AG that supervises California nonprofit organizations, has launched a comprehensive audit of Pacifica Radio’s accounting and compliance - [Truth Or Dare](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/516) - Originally posted January 11, 2015 Berkeley-Pacifica's rogue board majority voted on January 8th to retain conflicted law firm Siegel and Yee to represent the network in the correspondence audit by California's Attorney General. Dan Siegel's Oakland law firm specializes in employment law and has no practice in accountancy. The motion to retain the firm again - [KPFA Threatens Staffer For Trying To Broadcast Oakland Climate Change Rally](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/519) - That reluctance has amplified, with Frank Sterling in receipt of angry emails after submitting a proposal for March For Real Climate Change Leadership. - [Lying To The Listeners](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/522) - Originally posted January 22, 2015 Berkeley-At the January 22nd national board meeting, it was revealed Pacifica has defaulted on a loan from board member Lydia Brazon's employer, Aris Anagnos. The $156,000 loan was approved by the board in September with the first $25,000 repayment due on October 28th, 2014. The board violated California Corporations - [Pacifica's Auditor Declines To Sign 2014 Engagement Letter](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/525) - It does not appear feasible to meet the regular March 31 due date for the FY2014 audit for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. - [The Cat Getting Out Of The Box](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/539) - Originally posted February 25, 2015 Berkeley-Pacifica Radio sent "something" to the California Attorney General last week, but exactly what was sent has been concealed from the board of directors, at least those of them not affiliated with the rogue majority. Despite repeated requests for a copy of the jump drive sent to the AG's office, - [Corporation For Public Broadcasting Not Recognizing Pacifica Management](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/542) - Originally posted March 3, 2015 Berkeley-At the last Pacifica board meeting, CFO Raul Salvador revealed that Pacifica management has been unable to access the Corporation for Public Broadcasting online submission site for, apparently, the last ten months, as the federally funded agency has demanded a letter signed by all 22 board members in order to - [The Gagged Auditor](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/545) - "I'm not even thinking about the FY 2014 audit". Those were the words of Pacifica's auditor. The audit he is not even thinking about is due on April 17, 2015 - [Lords, Ladies and Peasants at KPFA: An Allegory of the Struggle at KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/877) - The trouble was that the ungracious mob expected to have a say in the running of the new regime. - [Brian Edwards-Tiekert's Famous E-mail](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/204) - From:"Brian Edwards-Tiekert" Yahoo! DomainKeys has confirmed that this message was sent by gmail.com. Learn more To:"Lemlem Tekle" , "Bonnie Simmons" , LisaRothman [at] kpfa.org CC:"Sasha Lilley" , "Lemlem Tekle" , mawu_mama37 [at] yahoo.com, "Amelia Gonzalez-Garcia" , Rain Geesler" , "Sherry Gendelman" , "Gary Niederhoff" Subject:Re: budget Date:Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:58:28 -0700 I'm up for - [KPFA News Reporter Ann Garrison: "iGM Richard Pirodsky's parting lecture addressed to the entire LSB, UCR and Save KPFA"](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/311) - by Ann Garrison There have been claims in various online forums, that departing iGM Richard Pirodsky's farewell lecture to the KPFA Local Station Board was directed only at United for Community Radio (UCR), not at our station board's other faction, Save KPFA. It did seem that way to many members of UCR, because Richard was - [Author Michael Parenti Writes in Support of the Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/316) - I believe it is of the utmost importance to keep the Morning Mix at its morning drive time in order to give it the largest possible audience. - [Wilson Riles Jr On Calling The Police To KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/369) - He twice sought a Temporary Restraining Order calling-out police to evict “occupiers” from the KPFA administrative offices this year; this seems inconsistent. - [Frank Sterling's Passionate Email Plea That Saved The Block The Boat Broadcast](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/376) - Kpfa is breaking my heart today.. I feel like i wanna give up on helping with so much heart cause it just gets broke every time.. - [Statement from Heather Gray](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/382) - I began to realize that contracts that had not been properly created and there has not been enough human resource training for staff and board. - [Wilkinson Lies To The Federal Communications Commission](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/425) - It is way past time to put our radio network under the leadership of people who know how to supervise the operation of radio stations. - [Desperation To Keep The Doors Open at KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/464) - The blizzard of Save KPFA propaganda about the Berkeley station being financially stable and in the black, was always deceptive - [California Attorney General To Audit Pacifica](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/480) - The Pacifica Board of Directors was informed today by IED, Margy Wilkinson of a December 17, 2014 letter from California Deputy Attorney General, Julianne Mossler, - [To all Pacifica Members, the US Public and all Pacifica Staff and volunteers:](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/485) - Fundraising has been actively prevented from being discussed by the PNB majority and pushed aside at each attempt to bring it to the table. - [Where Did KPFA’s Money Go?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/490) - The station does not have enough money to pay its bills until the start of the next fund drive - [Quarter Million Dollars in Layoffs at KPFA in 15 Days](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/497) - It was announced last night that personnel reduction notices will be issued at KPFA and $250,000 in layoffs will be implemented in the next 30 days. - [An Open Letter to the Pacifica National Board - (by Tracy Rosenberg)](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/509) - An expense is only recorded once. Once it has been recorded, it can only be paid, remain unpaid as an account payable or be written off if the vendor forgives the debt - [To Be Or Not To Be - A Pacifica Whistleblower - An Open Letter from Stephen Brown](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/548) - what is the director of a California public corporation to do if - he is refused the documentation that will enable him to investigate allegations? - [Summer Reese Talks to Eben Rey and Roy Tuckman on KPFK](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/64) - This conversation happened on KPFK, March 27, 2014 at 2 am. - [National Board Member (WBAI) Manijeh Saba's Outburst at the Last Board Meeting](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/67) - Her strong statement was removed from the audio archive of the meeting, but we have a copy here. - [Twit-Wit Radio Show - Send up of Pacifica's Crisis](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/73) - Twit-Wit Radio Show - Send up of Pacifica's Crisis - [Open House, Saturday, May 31, 10 am at KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/223) - It's not a minute to soon rescue Free Speech Radio KPFA and Pacifica. - [Ballad of the Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/240) - Miguel Molina interviews Andrés Soto about the cancellation of the Morning Mix. The program ends with the Ballad of the Morning Mix. - [Berkeley Police Out Of Control … Even Broke My Phone And Assaulted Me](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/461) - I was on the sidewalk and trying to explain to them that I was videotaping for KPFA,they hit the phone out of my hand and broke my phone and then shoved me. - [Bill Crosier #3: Summer Reese's Qualifications and Social Security Number](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/56) - Personally, I think it's because they were afraid that Summer would be more effective in making the needed changes. - [Dan Siegel's Not-So-Great Decade at Pacifica](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/202) - H is record at KPFA and other Pacifica stations including WBAI has been consistently bad and seems difficult to write off as "bad judgment." - [From Project Censored](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/233) - This was a total surprise to Mix producers as just the previous Friday we were told nothing would happen until a new manager was in place. - [Love Letters from Sasha Futran](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/305) - Who was she talking about? Morning Mix host Dave "Davey D" Cook, who has more broadcast experience and more of a national profile than anyone on KPFA airwaves? - [Chevron, the Richmond City Council and the Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/361) - It left me wondering if Chevron might've also invested some of its PR budget money in KPFA, encouraging the station to take Andrés Soto off prime time. - [What’s Up (or Down) with Pacifica? by Grace Aaron](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/571) - Pacifica is in a sorry state of dysfunction at all five stations. Every one has falling vital statistics. - [Bill Crosier #4: PNB Misinformation & Talking about Substance](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/53) - Everyone should consider the source and that person's credibility, and motivations for supplying misinformation. It can take time to begin to understand that. - [Wayback Machine: What's Causing Static At KPFA (Nick Alexander)](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/408) - "The question really is: do we see democracy and input from the community as a threat or a protection of the station?" - [Letter from the Gray Panthers](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/436) - That said, we are also long-time supporters of Flashpoints, and deplore the $25,000 cut proposed in the new budget. - [Is KPFA Now Irrelevant?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/458) - Where was KPFA when riots were erupting in Ferguson, NYC, Oakland and Berkeley? Nowhere to be seen. - [Truthout: Crises At Pacifica](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/528) - In recent weeks, anxiety over the direction of Pacifica has only increased - [Background Info on Pacifica's Controversial CFO](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/417) - The following year, the suit says, Paul Chavez hired a new chief operating officer, Raul Salvador, who fired Zamora as ordered. - [Interview with Summer Reese March 31, 2014](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/79) - Summer Reese is interviewed about the occupation and what she believes the issues are - [Bill Crosier #1: About Trust (& Why I Trust Summer Reese)](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/61) - Summer was one of those people I learned to trust. Summer pushed for responsible leadership in our stations. - [Bill Crosier #2: Why Do They Want Summer Reese Out?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/58) - Her enemies are determined to stop her, and to install some of the very same managers/ board members who were in charge while messed-up finances were ignored - [Petition for removal of Rodrigo Argueta from the Pacifica National Board](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/46) - Rodrigo Argueta's actions have been hasty, reckless and taken with no consultation with those he claims to represent. - [After director’s firing, WBAI sale is now rumored](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/31) - Reese’s firing is related to a recent election to the board of members of an opposing faction. - [The Elephant is the Healthy Station Project](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/25) - I need to say that so much of the struggle comes from the elephant in the room, which is Pacifica's embrace of the healthy station project in the 1990's. - [KPFA: Radio Programs for Social Change or for Jobs?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/296) - This radical departure away from community based programming in the 8-9 a.m slot appears to be another consolidation of power by the SaveKPFA political faction - [No Indictment for Darren Wilson? Why Not Preempt and Throw Open the Phones?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/452) - I tuned into KPFA and was surprised to hear the regularly scheduled programming without any Ferguson coverage. - [Block The Boat Discussion at the KPFA Local Station Board 8-9-2014](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/388) - The 7 minute clip features Save KPFA's Brian Edwards-Tiekert saying the discussion was a "waste of the board and the manager's time". - [Public Comment by Daniel Borgstrom at 12/13 KPFA Local Station Meeting](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/467) - Public Comment by Daniel Borgstrom at 12/13 KPFA Local Station Meeting - [Public Comment by Carol Wolfley and Robin Collin (KPFA CAB) at KPFA Local Board Meeting on 12-13](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/469) - Public Comment by Carol Wolfley and Robin Collin (KPFA CAB) - [Open Hiring Practices?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/476) - IED Margy Wilkinson hems and haws and basically admits hiring processes for temporary and casual positions were not open and that should be changed. - [Chief Financial Officer Report – Pacifica National Board Meeting 12-18-2014](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/478) - The report provides details on the stalled 2013 audit and a heated discussion with Richard Uzzell about months of promises that the audit would proceed. - [How Did KPFA Lose A Million Dollar Annual Grant?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/483) - KPFA encouraging listeners to donate to make up for money withheld by a “quasi-governmental agency.” It does not mention money is being held up due to incomplete bookkeeping - [Bernard Duncan: Disputed Interim Executive Director](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/131) - Board members report he was the only candidate and they did not interview him. Some have never spoken to the person they “voted” to appoint. - [Summer Reese is the Pacifica Foundation’s Abe Lincoln](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/137) - The rogue Board members evidently plan to try to cannibalize WBAI and distribute proceeds to the other 4 stations as multi-million dollar “endowments”. - [Straight "majority" rule? Lewis Hill would be disappointed](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/158) - Cleverly borrowing the name, they seek to reawaken the memories of that conflict and to re-invoke the us-versus-them, paradigm. - [Cutting The Gordian Lock At Pacifica](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/164) - For the last month we've been occupying the Pacifica National Office, barricaded in, 24/7, taking turns standing watch, resisting the rogue board. - [Where Are Save KPFA's Grassroots Supporters](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/174) - Where are SaveKPFA’s activists? Their grassroots supporters? Their people are obviously not paying attention, not looking to see for themselves what’s going on. - [Major Issues and Concerns Currently Facing Pacifica](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/182) - Report of the Executive Director to the Pacifica National Board by Summer Reese April 27, 2014 - [Perspectives on the Crisis at KPFA and Pacifica Radio Network](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/191) - Given the long history of FBI COINTELPRO style disruptions we believe the state could be engaged in promoting disruption of Pacifica’s mission on a continuing basis. - [Our Last Day at the Pacifica HQ](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/217) - Barbara Deutsch had placed a bouquet of lush green leaves; among them was perched a magnificent caterpillar, munching its way towards becoming a butterfly. - [An Open Letter to Sonali Kolhatkar from Peter Whittlesey - Mill Valley, CA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/230) - I appeal for you to stand up, decline and refuse to allow your program to be used to supplant the Five great local Morning mix programs at KPFA. - [Petition: Bring Back the Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/238) - Help return these journalists and the community issues they cover to prime time at KPFA. - [A Call for Solidarity at KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/245) - I think the basis for this controversy is a tug of war between paid program staff and unpaid program staff. - [KPFA's Working Majority Gets Screwed by CWA Job Trust](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/249) - I don't cross picket lines, and I always stand with the workers against their bosses. - [Seven Days and Three Rallies: A Quick Summary of Last Week at KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/262) - Last week SaveKPFA took the MORNING MIX off prime time, replacing it with a show piped in from Los Angeles - [KPFA Community Radio Going Extinct? by Eric James Anderson](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/330) - However, these confrontations are not merely some beatnik brouhaha, but in fact represent an existential threat to the future of community radio - [How To Have An Election](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/353) - The enclosed planning notes were submitted by the former PNB vice-chair suggesting reforms for a cost-effective election process - [Wayback Machine: 1994 Interview with Peter Franck](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/393) - Today you see Pacifica stations drifting away from this as the language switches from "listener-sponsored" to "listener-supported." - [Cui Bono?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/414) - It exists and cannot be recreated for generations (if ever) if it were to be broken up via re-structuring or disappear altogether. - [Bringing Peace to KPFA](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/419) - We should avoid getting caught up in the rhetoric and address the real problems and concerns. - [Board Member Resigns in Protest of Corrupt Hiring Practices](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/471) - I am unable to be part of a committee that reflects another deeply flawed hiring process. - [The Attorney General Audit And The Real Emergency](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/494) - There’s no emergency about responding to the audit. The emergency is the death spiral of Pacifica that Pacifica management seems unable or unwilling to stop - [Open Letter from Tracy Rosenberg: When Privilege Subverts: A KPFK Story](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/568) - the station has become a flash point recently on questions of privilege, race and gender. - [Security Camera Clips - Ian Johnston Incident at KPFK](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/576) - These are clips from the security camera in the lobby of Pacifica's Los Angeles station detailing the before, during and after an incident of physical handling of a staff member by a board member, who was later suspended and then removed from the board and banned from the station. New manager Leslie Radford, a factional - [Pacifica Elections 2015: Guide from Grace Aaron](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/582) - This twelve-minute video contains an explanation by 2009 IED Grace Aaron on the Pacifica elections process and how you can participate. The audio originally aired on "Connect the Dots", an LA public affairs program hosted by Lila Garrett, and is now available on Youtube with added graphics. While some of the information is LA-specific, much - [KPFA's Andres Soto at the San Francisco Labor Council](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/356) - Communities for a Better Environment Richmond campaign coordinator and KPFA host Andres Soto speaks at the San Francisco Labor Council about the programming he and his Morning Mix colleagues were creating for KPFA and Pacifica on July 14, 2014. - [Save KPFA Supporter Defects Due To Morning Mix Removal](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/322) - A former Save KPFA supporter sends a letter expressing their disappointment with the program change and asks for their name to be removed from the Save KPFA website. See the full letter here. "I was listening when Brian told everyone the "good" news about Sonali taking over the 8 a.m. M-F time slot. I was - [The Majority Has Got To Be Stopped (Says Former Member of Board Majority)](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/319) - A statement from Houston Pacifica National Board listener rep Hank Lamb: (apparently now no longer a member of the board majority) Alright people. This is not approved, nor will it be. If Seigel and Yee are expecting to be paid for this, they have been defrauded by whoever told them this was OK. Do I have to join the - [Think Globally, Report Locally](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/313) - From the San Francisco Green Party to KPFA General Manager Quincy McCoy, KPFA Staff, and the KPFA Local Station Board: The San Francisco Green Party joins the San Francisco Labor Council, the Gray Panthers, ILWU Local 10, East Bay Veterans for Peace, Sonoma County Veterans for Peace, ILWU Local 10, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic - [Harvey Milk Democratic Club Passes Resolution To Restore The Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/299) - On June 17th, San Francisco's Harvey Milk Democratic Club adopted a resolution calling for the return of the Morning Mix to KPFA's 8am time slot, Mondays to Fridays. - [Richmond Progressive Alliance Supports Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/290) - The Richmond Progressive Alliance has voted to express its support for keeping the Morning Mix in the Drive Time at 8 am on KPFA. Their decision was announced by Marilyn Langlois at a meeting of KPFA's local station board on June 14, 2014. In part, Marilyn said, We find this is a really excellent program - [Gray Panthers Letter of Support for The Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/267) - Gray Panthers of San Francisco 2940 16th Street, Room 200-4 San Francisco CA 94103 415-552-8800, graypanther-sf@sonic.net Dear Richard Pirodsky, Interim General Manager, As a long-time supporters of KPFA, even prior to the 1999 attempted take over of our station, we strongly object to changing the Morning Mix programming. If this is listeners' sponsored radio then we your listeners and supporters - [ILWU Local 10 - Executive Board - Supports SF Labor Council Resolution to Bring Back The Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/273) - The executive committee of ILWU Local 10 adopted this resolution: Reinstate the “Morning Mix” drive-time radio show – Say No to Cuts in Labor/Community Programming on KPFA Radio Whereas, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, with a powerful radio transmitter, has been a megaphone for community free speech radio throughout northern California for over 65 years, and - [Golden Gate Branch of the Letter Carriers Union Says Bring Back The Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/276) - Golden Gate Branch 214 of the Letter Carriers Union adopted this resolution: Reinstate the “Morning Mix” drive-time radio show – Say No to Cuts in Labor/Community Programming on KPFA Radio Whereas, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, with a powerful radio transmitter, has been a megaphone for community free speech radio throughout northern California for over 65 years, - [East Bay Veterans for Peace Says Restore The Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/279) - On Saturday, June 14, 2014, VETERANS FOR PEACE East Bay Chapter #162(VFP-EB#162) voted to endorse the below petition for the Morning Mix and local programming, and also the same time voted to co-sign/co-endorse the SF Labor Council Resolution (of June 9) calling for the reinstatement of the Morning Mix to drive-time at KPFA. BELOW IS THE PETITION ENDORSED BY - [KPFA Workers and Community Speak Out For The Morning Mix](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/257) - On Saturday May 31, 2014 community supporters of KPFA and KPFA workers spoke out at a rally to defend the Morning MIx Shows and also to stand up for the unpaid staff who produce 60% of the programming at the community station. Local community programmers are being threatened with the loss of their shows by - [7 Reasons Why Pacifica Needs an Investigation](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/225) - Playing With Insurance Fire In 2012, Pacifica's director's liability insurance bailed due to excessive litigation. 20 providers turned Pacifica down before one agreed to pick up the policy, at 2X the deductible and 3X the premium. Insurance broker Don Cooper warned the board in writing that employment suits had to stop. The Board fired the - [Statement of Pacifica's Local Station Board Members, Staff and Listeners](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/197) - Pacifica National Board acted improperly in its attempted termination of Executive Director Summer Reese To sign onto this statement use the form here. We, the undersigned, members of the Pacifica’s Local Station Board, staff and listeners, strongly believe that members of the Pacifica National Board (PNB) acted improperly at their late-night telephone board meeting on - [The Crisis in Pacifica and at KPFA: What Is Going On?](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/184) - A Forum and Speak Out held on April 27, 2014 in Berkeley, California. Pacifica radio is the most important alternative radio network in the United States and provides the most labor programming of any broadcast system in the country. In most cases it is the only alternative broadcast voice nationally on the air. This presentations - [Summer Reese Interview on "Just Peace" - Radio Free Georgia](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/141) - On April 7, 2014 Pacifica Radio's Executive Director Summer Reese was interviewed by Heather Gray of WRFG-89.3FM in Atlanta which is an Affiliate of Pacifica Radio. Ms Reese discussed her accomplishments, the challenges of community radio and her ideas for future development of community radio overall in America and specifically about the Pacifica Radio network. - [Attorney General Complaint Non-Confidential](https://pacificainexile.org/archives/83) - Below is the Non-Confidential Attorney General Complaint re: Pacifica Foundation Radio. 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