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 … Continue reading Safety Net Doubles Down on Charges That Jan Goodman is a Crook →

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 … Continue reading In June, Vote No on the New Day Bylaws: KPFA Local Board Hitting New Heights of Crazy →

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 … Continue reading New Day’s Jan Goodman Accused of Financial Misconduct by KPFA Board Members →

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 … Continue reading Factionalism Alert →

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 … Continue reading The New Day Protectors Safety Net Restructuring Project →

Los Angeles – As more details emerge on last week’s attempt to shut down Pacifica Radio and transfer our assets to a private receivership, Pacifica listeners will experience a feeling of deja vu as we once again tell you about a secret nonprofit set up to receive your radio station licenses.  This time it is called … Continue reading More On The Asset Grab; It’s Time for Accountability and Consequences →

Three members of KPFA’s local station board, Chair Christina Huggins, Andrea Turner, Donald Goldmacher and their lawyer, traveled down to Los Angeles on Tuesday, violating California’s COVID19 shelter in place order, to try to convince a court to place Pacifica’s assets into a receivership and remove control of the Foundation from its members. Update: There … Continue reading Three Members of KPFA’s LSB Try To Give Pacifica’s Assets to California Court →

Berkeley-What happens when members of KPFA’s local board attempt to obstruct the same local progressive political victories that the station lauds on air? Ahmad Anderson, a Save KPFA-UIR affiliated member of the board from 2015-2020 ran for a city council seat in the nearby city of Richmond, running against the city’s former mayor and co-founder of the … Continue reading Is KPFA’s Local Board Progressive? →

What The 2nd Version of New Bad Bylaws Would Do Berkeley – We promised you an analysis of what the latest set of bad replacement bylaws would change – and here it is. Rather than doing away with democratic representation altogether, this revised proposal from the same group of people merely suspends democracy for 3 years and then … Continue reading Bad Bylaws Take 2 →