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Who Actually Saved KPFA?
KPFA has a solid line up of Al-Jazeera English at 6am, Democracy Now at the prime commute time of 7am, and Morning Mix at 8am, staffed by both paid and unpaid staff who stepped up during these financially difficult times. Most importantly, the station is on the road back to financial stability.
Between 2001 and 2006, there was a dramatic increase in listener support due to the expanding economy and interest in the Iraq-Afghan War. KPFA added many paid staff during this same period; however between 2007 and 2010 listener support declined dramatically just as the subprime housing bubble burst.
Payments to Pacifica were reduced to reflect the decline in listener support and Pacifica had major layoffs, but KPFA management did not make any cuts to salaries and benefits even as listener support declined between 2007 and 2010.
It is understandable that management would be reluctant to lay people off, but in 2008 the station went into deficit spending and was in danger of bankruptcy. So, finally the Pacifica Foundation, which is responsible for the network of five stations, stepped in and made cuts in staffing.
Instead of acknowledging Pacifica carried out the thankless but necessary task of cutting expenses, some of the paid staff affiliated with the Communication Workers of America (CWA) claimed layoffs were not necessary and they were union busting by Pacifica. Brian Edwards-Tiekert, among others, alarmed many paid staff by claiming there was a hit list of people to be laid off.
What Pacifica did was to offer voluntary severance to all employees. Seven people took the deal, and in the end, two people were laid off, Aimee Allison and Brian Edwards-Tiekert. The layoffs followed the union contract which says: “In cases where skill, ability, knowledge and job performance are all equal, or could be equal in the opinion of the Employer after reasonable orientation and training, seniority shall prevail”. Edwards-Tiekert was informed of his bumping rights.
But CWA claimed the layoffs violated the terms of the union contract and filed three grievances with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and asked for an arbiter to rule on reinstating Brian and Aimee to the Morning Show. These claims led many labor supporters to voice solidarity with the CWA.
Over the next several months, two anonymous websites, SaveKPFA and KPFAworker, waged a campaign to vilify Pacifica Executive Director, Arlene Engelhardt. Board member, Matt Hallinan wrote in the Berkeley Daily Planet that “Arlene Engelhardt seized all power at KPFA.” Board member, Pamela Drake, posted on the web, “Arlene-Engelhardt-Walker and her austerity budget, but has she taken a pay cut?” “Austerity, austerity, austerity, Engelhardt takes lessons from Gov. Walker. Shame, shame. She is killing the station as every staffing cut they make seems to reduce income while she takes more for the Pacifica bureaucracy. Shame.” Board member, Mal Burnstein, posted on the web, “From what we are hearing so far, the new IGM is sounding like a fig leaf over Arlene's exposed genitals.”
In February, before the arbiter could rule on the reinstatement, Edwards-Tiekert exercised his bumping rights and returned as a P/T news reporter. In April, the NLRB issued an advice memo dismissing one of the three CWA grievances and CWA then withdrew the two remaining grievances. In July, the arbiter ruled against Allison’s reinstatement.
Pacifica was vindicated on all counts on the labor issues.
The people who tried to vilify Arlene Engelhardt are now trying to recall Tracy Rosenberg from the local station board. They claim she destroyed KPFA’s most popular local program, The Morning Show, undermined KPFA’s fundraising, attacked the station’s union, misappropriated subscribers’ emails
What Tracy did was observe KPFA was on a path to a fiscal train wreck and prevail on Pacifica management to intervene. She also tried to help publicize the new Morning Mix show. Both actions served the interest of KPFA and the Foundation.
KPFA has a solid line up of Al-Jazeera English at 6am, Democracy Now at the prime commute time of 7am, and Morning Mix at 8am, staffed by both paid and unpaid staff who stepped up during these financially difficult times. Most importantly, the station is on the road back to financial stability.
Arlene Engelhardt and Tracy Rosenberg both helped save KPFA.
Payments to Pacifica were reduced to reflect the decline in listener support and Pacifica had major layoffs, but KPFA management did not make any cuts to salaries and benefits even as listener support declined between 2007 and 2010.
It is understandable that management would be reluctant to lay people off, but in 2008 the station went into deficit spending and was in danger of bankruptcy. So, finally the Pacifica Foundation, which is responsible for the network of five stations, stepped in and made cuts in staffing.
Instead of acknowledging Pacifica carried out the thankless but necessary task of cutting expenses, some of the paid staff affiliated with the Communication Workers of America (CWA) claimed layoffs were not necessary and they were union busting by Pacifica. Brian Edwards-Tiekert, among others, alarmed many paid staff by claiming there was a hit list of people to be laid off.
What Pacifica did was to offer voluntary severance to all employees. Seven people took the deal, and in the end, two people were laid off, Aimee Allison and Brian Edwards-Tiekert. The layoffs followed the union contract which says: “In cases where skill, ability, knowledge and job performance are all equal, or could be equal in the opinion of the Employer after reasonable orientation and training, seniority shall prevail”. Edwards-Tiekert was informed of his bumping rights.
But CWA claimed the layoffs violated the terms of the union contract and filed three grievances with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and asked for an arbiter to rule on reinstating Brian and Aimee to the Morning Show. These claims led many labor supporters to voice solidarity with the CWA.
Over the next several months, two anonymous websites, SaveKPFA and KPFAworker, waged a campaign to vilify Pacifica Executive Director, Arlene Engelhardt. Board member, Matt Hallinan wrote in the Berkeley Daily Planet that “Arlene Engelhardt seized all power at KPFA.” Board member, Pamela Drake, posted on the web, “Arlene-Engelhardt-Walker and her austerity budget, but has she taken a pay cut?” “Austerity, austerity, austerity, Engelhardt takes lessons from Gov. Walker. Shame, shame. She is killing the station as every staffing cut they make seems to reduce income while she takes more for the Pacifica bureaucracy. Shame.” Board member, Mal Burnstein, posted on the web, “From what we are hearing so far, the new IGM is sounding like a fig leaf over Arlene's exposed genitals.”
In February, before the arbiter could rule on the reinstatement, Edwards-Tiekert exercised his bumping rights and returned as a P/T news reporter. In April, the NLRB issued an advice memo dismissing one of the three CWA grievances and CWA then withdrew the two remaining grievances. In July, the arbiter ruled against Allison’s reinstatement.
Pacifica was vindicated on all counts on the labor issues.
The people who tried to vilify Arlene Engelhardt are now trying to recall Tracy Rosenberg from the local station board. They claim she destroyed KPFA’s most popular local program, The Morning Show, undermined KPFA’s fundraising, attacked the station’s union, misappropriated subscribers’ emails
What Tracy did was observe KPFA was on a path to a fiscal train wreck and prevail on Pacifica management to intervene. She also tried to help publicize the new Morning Mix show. Both actions served the interest of KPFA and the Foundation.
KPFA has a solid line up of Al-Jazeera English at 6am, Democracy Now at the prime commute time of 7am, and Morning Mix at 8am, staffed by both paid and unpaid staff who stepped up during these financially difficult times. Most importantly, the station is on the road back to financial stability.
Arlene Engelhardt and Tracy Rosenberg both helped save KPFA.
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How convenient that this article appears just as a recall of Rosenberg and Englehart has been started. Nice try-you aren't fooling anyone!
I know the Save KPFA crew gets a little (well actually a whole bunch) confused from time to time, but just to help you out, there is no "recall" attempt that impacts Arlene Engelhardt nor can there be. Engelhardt is an employee with a position called executive director. She is hired by the board of directors and is subject to all the labor protections that any executive-level at-will employee in California has.
Attempting to recall one Berkeley board member means (if successful and it is highly unlikely that it would be) that particular person would no longer be on the board of directors. It doesn't change who is the executive director of the 7-division nonprofit organization.
So if the point of the quixotic crusade is to "recall Arlene Engehardt", it's useless. Even if you did think it was smart to remove an executive director who has improved the financial stability of the organization from a 2 million dollar loss to a one million dollar gain in 18 months.
Attempting to recall one Berkeley board member means (if successful and it is highly unlikely that it would be) that particular person would no longer be on the board of directors. It doesn't change who is the executive director of the 7-division nonprofit organization.
So if the point of the quixotic crusade is to "recall Arlene Engehardt", it's useless. Even if you did think it was smart to remove an executive director who has improved the financial stability of the organization from a 2 million dollar loss to a one million dollar gain in 18 months.
The point is the timing of this propaganda piece. It appears there is an organized effort to REMOVE (if you perfer that word) these board members. This site is regularly used as a propaganda port for the minions of the Pacifica Foundation so the appearance of this article at this TIME is the point of my comment. Have I stated it simply enought for you-Duh?!
I would suspect it appeared in response to the "minions" at Save KPFA posting their propaganda yesterday.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/18/18685227.php
Haven't actually seen too much KPFA-related stuff on here besides program plugs and financial statements in some time. Financial statements aren't propaganda, even if Save KPFA likes to try to argue that line.
Reality is, you can't recall Arlene Engelhardt.
Wordsmithing is a contemptuous way to express yourself when you say something false and then get corrected. Some of us value accuracy as one sign of who to believe and who to dismiss as a crackpot.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/18/18685227.php
Haven't actually seen too much KPFA-related stuff on here besides program plugs and financial statements in some time. Financial statements aren't propaganda, even if Save KPFA likes to try to argue that line.
Reality is, you can't recall Arlene Engelhardt.
Wordsmithing is a contemptuous way to express yourself when you say something false and then get corrected. Some of us value accuracy as one sign of who to believe and who to dismiss as a crackpot.
How clever of you! Bravo!
http://www.savekpfa.org/facts-about-the-kpfa-situation
Why is KPFA broke?
KPFA is in dire financial straits now because Pacifica, as the parent corporation, dipped into KPFA’s bank accounts and took money to pay corporate bills. For many years KPFA has been the “cash cow” for the rest of the Pacifica stations and units, including the Pacifica National Office. KPFA “loaned” Pacifica $1.5 million at the conclusion of the lawsuits in 1999-2002 era. Since then, KPFA frequently helped other units to make payroll or for other expenses—most recently paying $18,000 for payroll at WPFW in September. Pacifica National has also frozen $150,000 of KPFA’s investments as collateral for a Line of Credit that Pacifica has done nothing to pay off, and witheld KPFA’s last three payments from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The Pacifica national office operates rent-free out of a property KPFA paid for and continues to maintain. KPFA also pays for the satellite link that Pacifica uses. KPFA’s current cash crunch largely comes from the fact that Pacifica is not paying off what it owes KPFA – even as it demands KPFA make catch-up payments to Pacifica.
Is there financial accountability at KPFA and Pacifica?
In late 2008, KPFA and Pacifica both received $375,000 checks from the same donor. These were endowment gifts, meaning KPFA and Pacifica were allowed to spend the interest, but not the principal. Shortly thereafter, Pacifica spent its principal — all $375,000 of it. Meanwhile, KPFA’s check went stale during a window when nearly all the financial staff at KPFA and Pacifica turned over. The donor was happy to cut a new check — until they found out what Pacifica had done. They then put the endowment fund into the care of the San Francisco Foundation, which will manage the investments and cut KPFA checks for the interest.
Currently, Pacifica is billing its five stations (including KPFA) $25,000 per year each to replenish the endowment it spent down. But it does not appear to be depositing the money it collects in that endowment account. In other words: Pacifica’s taking a pot of money it was never supposed to spend, spending it twice, and making the stations pay for it.
We believe that Pacifica is also currently trying to get the San Francisco Foundation to release all or part of the $375,000 endowment it is holding for KPFA’s benefit, so Pacifica can spend that too. Pacifica has witheld all the paperwork on the San Francisco Foundation account from KPFA’s Business Office, keeping KPFA in the dark about how its endowment is performing. It wasn’t until KPFA’s new local board treasurer requested to see the paperwork that KPFA had any information at all about how its money is being managed.
more here: http://www.savekpfa.org/facts-about-the-kpfa-situation
Why is KPFA broke?
KPFA is in dire financial straits now because Pacifica, as the parent corporation, dipped into KPFA’s bank accounts and took money to pay corporate bills. For many years KPFA has been the “cash cow” for the rest of the Pacifica stations and units, including the Pacifica National Office. KPFA “loaned” Pacifica $1.5 million at the conclusion of the lawsuits in 1999-2002 era. Since then, KPFA frequently helped other units to make payroll or for other expenses—most recently paying $18,000 for payroll at WPFW in September. Pacifica National has also frozen $150,000 of KPFA’s investments as collateral for a Line of Credit that Pacifica has done nothing to pay off, and witheld KPFA’s last three payments from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The Pacifica national office operates rent-free out of a property KPFA paid for and continues to maintain. KPFA also pays for the satellite link that Pacifica uses. KPFA’s current cash crunch largely comes from the fact that Pacifica is not paying off what it owes KPFA – even as it demands KPFA make catch-up payments to Pacifica.
Is there financial accountability at KPFA and Pacifica?
In late 2008, KPFA and Pacifica both received $375,000 checks from the same donor. These were endowment gifts, meaning KPFA and Pacifica were allowed to spend the interest, but not the principal. Shortly thereafter, Pacifica spent its principal — all $375,000 of it. Meanwhile, KPFA’s check went stale during a window when nearly all the financial staff at KPFA and Pacifica turned over. The donor was happy to cut a new check — until they found out what Pacifica had done. They then put the endowment fund into the care of the San Francisco Foundation, which will manage the investments and cut KPFA checks for the interest.
Currently, Pacifica is billing its five stations (including KPFA) $25,000 per year each to replenish the endowment it spent down. But it does not appear to be depositing the money it collects in that endowment account. In other words: Pacifica’s taking a pot of money it was never supposed to spend, spending it twice, and making the stations pay for it.
We believe that Pacifica is also currently trying to get the San Francisco Foundation to release all or part of the $375,000 endowment it is holding for KPFA’s benefit, so Pacifica can spend that too. Pacifica has witheld all the paperwork on the San Francisco Foundation account from KPFA’s Business Office, keeping KPFA in the dark about how its endowment is performing. It wasn’t until KPFA’s new local board treasurer requested to see the paperwork that KPFA had any information at all about how its money is being managed.
more here: http://www.savekpfa.org/facts-about-the-kpfa-situation
I for one have given as much as $400.00/year to KPFA in the past.
Not anymore. If the Morning SHow with Aimee Allison were to come on again, I might consider supporting again, but wit every day that passes I find better information sources on internet radio!
Mis-management by arrogant isolated Corporate Style "Managers" is the surest way to kill the spirit of a once revered station..Any you succeeded, Pacifica!
It is time to START OVER with a new effort, new people, and a new model for the future..... a clean slate and no corporate style crap!
Not anymore. If the Morning SHow with Aimee Allison were to come on again, I might consider supporting again, but wit every day that passes I find better information sources on internet radio!
Mis-management by arrogant isolated Corporate Style "Managers" is the surest way to kill the spirit of a once revered station..Any you succeeded, Pacifica!
It is time to START OVER with a new effort, new people, and a new model for the future..... a clean slate and no corporate style crap!
Nothing like financial analysis from people who seemingly can't read a financial statement .....
But here we go.
---KPFA is in dire financial straits now because Pacifica, as the parent corporation, dipped into ---KPFA’s bank accounts and took money to pay corporate bills.
Pacifica is a not for profit foundation (501c3) public charity. It is not a corporation. It exists only to hold the five station licenses in New York, Washington, Houston, LA and Berkeley. It doesn't have any bills of it's own. All of the bills are expenses relating to the operation of five radio station licenses. KPFA itself is not an independent entity. It doesn't pay for it's own insurance, The daily Democracy Now broadcasts or it's FCC paperwork and is not able to receive grants or tax-deductible donations. Pacifica owns not only the license, but all of the property and equipment and buildings.
-- For many years KPFA has been the “cash cow” for the rest of the Pacifica stations and units, including the Pacifica National Office.
For a few years, between 2003 and 2005, KPFA did fairly well. Unfortunately, most of that money was spent upping the staff head count from about 25 people up to 38. That 45% growth in salary and benefit expenses backfired when the economy collapsed in the fall of 2008.
-- KPFA “loaned” Pacifica $1.5 million at the conclusion of the lawsuits in 1999-2002 era.
KPFA didn't loan Pacifica anything. KPFA did help to bail out the New York station WBAI which ran catastrophic deficits for most of the last decade (now finally starting to ebb due to the hard work of Grace Aaron and Lavarn Williams in 2009). Save KPFA'ers Bonnie Simmons, Sherry Gendelman and Dan Siegel were heavily involved in using foundation money to hide the extent of the financial crisis in New York. New York PD Bernard White and CFO Lonnie Hicks were finally let go and things have taken an upward turn in New York. The money that went down the sewer there is long gone.
--Since then, KPFA frequently helped other units to make payroll or for other expenses—most --recently paying $18,000 for payroll at WPFW in September.
KPFA borrowed money from Houston station KPFT to make payroll a week later. Pretty miserable for a station that had $980,000 in the bank in September of 2008. Quite a fall in only 2 years.
--Pacifica National has also frozen $150,000 of KPFA’s investments as collateral for a Line of --Credit that Pacifica has done nothing to pay off, and witheld KPFA’s last three payments from --the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
The line of credit is being paid off this month. It is the last chunk of $400,000 that save KPFA'er Sherry Gendelman took from KPFA when she was the chair of the Pacifica board in 2008 to prop up the New York station after a potentially disastrous balloon loan she was advocating for was narrowly defeated. Save KPFA has nobody to blame for that line of credit but themselves. Much vilified CFO Lavarn Williams paid back $300,000 of the funds in 2009 (although KPFA spent it in about 5 seconds in their $575,000 operating loss that year).
--The Pacifica national office operates rent-free out of a property KPFA paid for and continues to --maintain. KPFA also pays for the satellite link that Pacifica uses.
Pacifica is the legal owner of the property as they are of all of KPFA's assets. KPFA doesn't even pay the utilities on the 1925 MLK office.
--KPFA’s current cash crunch largely comes from the fact that Pacifica is not paying off what it --owes KPFA – even as it demands KPFA make catch-up payments to Pacifica.
At the time this article was written, KPFA was $300,000 in debt for shared services, primarily the daily broadcasts of Democracy Now.
-- In late 2008, KPFA and Pacifica both received $375,000 checks from the same donor. These were endowment gifts, meaning KPFA and Pacifica were allowed to spend the interest, but not the principal. Shortly thereafter, Pacifica spent its principal — all $375,000 of it.
Pacifica spent the principal money to reimburse KPFA $300,000 from the $400,000 that Save KPFA'er Sherry Gendelman borrowed, after a potentially disastrous balloon loan proposal that mortgaged the property of the Los Angeles station was rejected by the board of directors in 2008. Gendelman (the highest Save KPFA vote-getter in 2007) was the chair of the board at Pacifica at that time. Lavarn Williams, who replaced Lonnie Hicks as the CFO after he was let go, prioritized paying back as much money to KPFA as she could, using Pacifica's share of the Heath donation to do so. A very generous act on her part.
The asset is being rebuilt on a 3 year payment plan that concludes in December 2012 and then the full $375,000 will remain in a restricted rainy day fund.
--Meanwhile, KPFA’s check went stale during a window when nearly all the financial staff at KPFA --and Pacifica turned over.
"Went stale" is one way to describe Lemlem Rijio hiding it in a desk drawer for 14 months as KPFA's then-general manager. The auditor in 2009 (paid for by Pacifica)) realized the money wasn't in the money market as KPFA claimed and asked Rijio where the hell it was. She was let go shortly afterwards.
--The donor was happy to cut a new check — until they found out what Pacifica had done. They ---then put the endowment fund into the care of the San Francisco Foundation, which will manage ---the investments and cut KPFA checks for the interest.
The donor wasn't happy. The donor was appalled. The donor agreed to replace the check if it was kept out of the hands of the Save-KPFA endorsed general manager who forgot to deposit it.
--We believe that Pacifica is also currently trying to get the San Francisco Foundation to release --all or part of the $375,000 endowment it is holding for KPFA’s benefit, so Pacifica can spend --that too. Pacifica has witheld all the paperwork on the San Francisco Foundation account from ---KPFA’s Business Office, keeping KPFA in the dark about how its endowment is performing.
That is ridiculous. The entire reason the money is at the San Francisco Foundation is because KPFA's "business office" mishandled the check in the first place and then reconciled the money market statement 14 consecutive times without noticing the money wasn't there.
Can we stop the BS now?
KPFA 2008-2010 is a story of financial stupidity and irresponsibility perpetrated by the Concerned Listeners/Save KPFA/Kpfaworker crew that lost a vast amount of money and treated a precious community asset like a slot machine.
The chart tells it all. Denial and stupidity. It could not continue.
But here we go.
---KPFA is in dire financial straits now because Pacifica, as the parent corporation, dipped into ---KPFA’s bank accounts and took money to pay corporate bills.
Pacifica is a not for profit foundation (501c3) public charity. It is not a corporation. It exists only to hold the five station licenses in New York, Washington, Houston, LA and Berkeley. It doesn't have any bills of it's own. All of the bills are expenses relating to the operation of five radio station licenses. KPFA itself is not an independent entity. It doesn't pay for it's own insurance, The daily Democracy Now broadcasts or it's FCC paperwork and is not able to receive grants or tax-deductible donations. Pacifica owns not only the license, but all of the property and equipment and buildings.
-- For many years KPFA has been the “cash cow” for the rest of the Pacifica stations and units, including the Pacifica National Office.
For a few years, between 2003 and 2005, KPFA did fairly well. Unfortunately, most of that money was spent upping the staff head count from about 25 people up to 38. That 45% growth in salary and benefit expenses backfired when the economy collapsed in the fall of 2008.
-- KPFA “loaned” Pacifica $1.5 million at the conclusion of the lawsuits in 1999-2002 era.
KPFA didn't loan Pacifica anything. KPFA did help to bail out the New York station WBAI which ran catastrophic deficits for most of the last decade (now finally starting to ebb due to the hard work of Grace Aaron and Lavarn Williams in 2009). Save KPFA'ers Bonnie Simmons, Sherry Gendelman and Dan Siegel were heavily involved in using foundation money to hide the extent of the financial crisis in New York. New York PD Bernard White and CFO Lonnie Hicks were finally let go and things have taken an upward turn in New York. The money that went down the sewer there is long gone.
--Since then, KPFA frequently helped other units to make payroll or for other expenses—most --recently paying $18,000 for payroll at WPFW in September.
KPFA borrowed money from Houston station KPFT to make payroll a week later. Pretty miserable for a station that had $980,000 in the bank in September of 2008. Quite a fall in only 2 years.
--Pacifica National has also frozen $150,000 of KPFA’s investments as collateral for a Line of --Credit that Pacifica has done nothing to pay off, and witheld KPFA’s last three payments from --the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
The line of credit is being paid off this month. It is the last chunk of $400,000 that save KPFA'er Sherry Gendelman took from KPFA when she was the chair of the Pacifica board in 2008 to prop up the New York station after a potentially disastrous balloon loan she was advocating for was narrowly defeated. Save KPFA has nobody to blame for that line of credit but themselves. Much vilified CFO Lavarn Williams paid back $300,000 of the funds in 2009 (although KPFA spent it in about 5 seconds in their $575,000 operating loss that year).
--The Pacifica national office operates rent-free out of a property KPFA paid for and continues to --maintain. KPFA also pays for the satellite link that Pacifica uses.
Pacifica is the legal owner of the property as they are of all of KPFA's assets. KPFA doesn't even pay the utilities on the 1925 MLK office.
--KPFA’s current cash crunch largely comes from the fact that Pacifica is not paying off what it --owes KPFA – even as it demands KPFA make catch-up payments to Pacifica.
At the time this article was written, KPFA was $300,000 in debt for shared services, primarily the daily broadcasts of Democracy Now.
-- In late 2008, KPFA and Pacifica both received $375,000 checks from the same donor. These were endowment gifts, meaning KPFA and Pacifica were allowed to spend the interest, but not the principal. Shortly thereafter, Pacifica spent its principal — all $375,000 of it.
Pacifica spent the principal money to reimburse KPFA $300,000 from the $400,000 that Save KPFA'er Sherry Gendelman borrowed, after a potentially disastrous balloon loan proposal that mortgaged the property of the Los Angeles station was rejected by the board of directors in 2008. Gendelman (the highest Save KPFA vote-getter in 2007) was the chair of the board at Pacifica at that time. Lavarn Williams, who replaced Lonnie Hicks as the CFO after he was let go, prioritized paying back as much money to KPFA as she could, using Pacifica's share of the Heath donation to do so. A very generous act on her part.
The asset is being rebuilt on a 3 year payment plan that concludes in December 2012 and then the full $375,000 will remain in a restricted rainy day fund.
--Meanwhile, KPFA’s check went stale during a window when nearly all the financial staff at KPFA --and Pacifica turned over.
"Went stale" is one way to describe Lemlem Rijio hiding it in a desk drawer for 14 months as KPFA's then-general manager. The auditor in 2009 (paid for by Pacifica)) realized the money wasn't in the money market as KPFA claimed and asked Rijio where the hell it was. She was let go shortly afterwards.
--The donor was happy to cut a new check — until they found out what Pacifica had done. They ---then put the endowment fund into the care of the San Francisco Foundation, which will manage ---the investments and cut KPFA checks for the interest.
The donor wasn't happy. The donor was appalled. The donor agreed to replace the check if it was kept out of the hands of the Save-KPFA endorsed general manager who forgot to deposit it.
--We believe that Pacifica is also currently trying to get the San Francisco Foundation to release --all or part of the $375,000 endowment it is holding for KPFA’s benefit, so Pacifica can spend --that too. Pacifica has witheld all the paperwork on the San Francisco Foundation account from ---KPFA’s Business Office, keeping KPFA in the dark about how its endowment is performing.
That is ridiculous. The entire reason the money is at the San Francisco Foundation is because KPFA's "business office" mishandled the check in the first place and then reconciled the money market statement 14 consecutive times without noticing the money wasn't there.
Can we stop the BS now?
KPFA 2008-2010 is a story of financial stupidity and irresponsibility perpetrated by the Concerned Listeners/Save KPFA/Kpfaworker crew that lost a vast amount of money and treated a precious community asset like a slot machine.
The chart tells it all. Denial and stupidity. It could not continue.
THE PACIFICA FINANCIAL CRISIS!
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
Former WBAI management did not pay their rent for four months and received a Three Day Notice to pay or be subject to eviction in March of 2009. This was not promptly communicated to the financial or executive management of Pacifica. WBAI has been losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for several years and currently owes Pacifica over $1,100,000.00 in back central services contributions. Each station contributes 20% of its listener-generated revenue to run the Foundation. When one station isn’t making its contribution the results are that the Foundation is short on money or the other stations have to pay more. This several year problem at WBAI and the current economic downturn has caused serious financial problems for Pacifica. The current Pacifica National Board (PNB), elected in January, gives hope for the survival of Pacifica.
Why didn’t Pacifica correct this problem early on? There was collusion among some PNB members from various stations to allow WBAI to do what they wanted to do with no oversight or accountability to the Bylaws or the listener/subscribers. The major players in this collusion were from KPFA, WBAI and WPFW, with a vote or two from KPFK and KPFT and the affiliate Reps on the PNB of past years.
The Local Station Board (LSB) majorities at KPFA and WBAI generally elected three PNB members that supported this collusion and WPFW, until recently, often sent four. There are 22 members of the PNB, four from each station and two Affiliate Representatives. An LSB majority can elect three of the four PNB members for their station. With ten votes from KPFA, WBAI and WPFW it only takes three votes from the ten from the other two stations and affiliate reps to have a majority to control the PNB and continue this collusion. Until this last January the Colluders had the majority for several years.
Who are the Colluders and why did they do this? Local tyrannical majorities wanted to run their stations without regard to the Bylaws and with no oversight from the Foundation. At KPFA the “KPFAForward” (2004) and “Concerned Listener” (CL) (2006 & 2007) slates represented the same management/staff faction and generally endorsed majorities that sent three PNB members who consistently voted to protect and continue the collusion. This group included William Walker, Sarv Randhawa, Rosalinda Palacios, Mary Berg, Sherry Gendelman, Bonnie Simmons and Andrea Turner. They consistently vote/voted with the Justice & Unity majority from WBAI and the WPFW majority. They generally sit together at the PNB meetings and are regularly seen privately caucusing together at lunch and before and after meetings, sometimes with GM Lemlem Rijio when in Berkeley.
Prior to this year’s PNB, Bob Lederer was the Justice & Unity leader on the PNB. I have attended many PNB meetings and listened to most of the others on line. During those meetings if KPFA Colluder PNB members were not sure how to vote they often passed if Bob Lederer hadn’t voted or passed. When he voted they would follow. If you don’t believe me go to the archives of the meetings and listen.
Whenever there was a move to correct the problems at WBAI the KPFA Colluders always voted with the others to protect the LSB majority at WBAI. Patty Heffley, the minority PNB Rep from WBAI, made a motion to have the PNB order the WBAI LSB to do a performance review of the general manager (GM) and the program director. The Bylaws require these to be done annually. At WBAI they had never been done, despite complaints from the LSB minority. The PNB Colluder majority refused to order the WBAI LSB to follow the Bylaws. Many others complained about WBAI being out of control and losing money and the Colluder PNB majority did NOTHING as the red ink continued to flow.
At KPFA the CL slate and the Rijio/Lilley management work together to make sure they maintain a majority on the LSB to elect three PNB members from their group. One of their methods was to have no election information on the air when the ballots went out and at the same time the CL sent a slate mailer. After the first time this happened I wrote a motion on the PNB Election Committee requiring election information to be on the air during the election. It passed out of the election committee by a 10-2 vote. The Colluder majority on the PNB voted it down. When KPFA finally ran some candidate information they ran 22 candidate statements in a row, always with Sherry Gendelman first! At the April 2009 PNB meeting in Berkeley the new non-Colluder PNB majority passed a motion requiring broad election coverage on the air. Bonnie Simmons, CL endorser, made a motion to rescind the required election coverage. It didn’t pass. And we will have a more inclusive election this year, no thanks to CL and its allies.
The Colluder majority was consistently against transparency. The Bylaws and California law allow Directors the “absolute right” to inspect all documents and facilities at any reasonable time. For years the Colluders fought to stop or hinder Directors’ Inspections. When inspections were finally allowed due to potential lawsuits it was discovered that $65,000 worth of equipment had been sent to a WBAI former GM’s father’s house and was not accounted for. As recently as 2008 a Director was ordered out of WBAI in the middle of a lawful inspection without any justification. Who gave the order? Dan Siegel, interim Executive Director, hired by the Colluder majority and a recent CL candidate.
So when you hear Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Sherry Gendelman, Bonnie Simmons, Conn or Matthew Hallinan, Warren Mar or any of the CL allies complain about KPFA money going to shore up WBAI, they and their allies are responsible for this crisis for trading fiscal responsibility for their power to ignore the Bylaws, transparency and accountability.
KPFA/Pacifica is a Commons that belongs to all of us, and it must be protected and preserved above the CL/Rijio group’s desire for unrestrained and unaccountable power.
Richard Phelps, former Chair, KPFA LSB May 2009 (Labor donated.)
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
Former WBAI management did not pay their rent for four months and received a Three Day Notice to pay or be subject to eviction in March of 2009. This was not promptly communicated to the financial or executive management of Pacifica. WBAI has been losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for several years and currently owes Pacifica over $1,100,000.00 in back central services contributions. Each station contributes 20% of its listener-generated revenue to run the Foundation. When one station isn’t making its contribution the results are that the Foundation is short on money or the other stations have to pay more. This several year problem at WBAI and the current economic downturn has caused serious financial problems for Pacifica. The current Pacifica National Board (PNB), elected in January, gives hope for the survival of Pacifica.
Why didn’t Pacifica correct this problem early on? There was collusion among some PNB members from various stations to allow WBAI to do what they wanted to do with no oversight or accountability to the Bylaws or the listener/subscribers. The major players in this collusion were from KPFA, WBAI and WPFW, with a vote or two from KPFK and KPFT and the affiliate Reps on the PNB of past years.
The Local Station Board (LSB) majorities at KPFA and WBAI generally elected three PNB members that supported this collusion and WPFW, until recently, often sent four. There are 22 members of the PNB, four from each station and two Affiliate Representatives. An LSB majority can elect three of the four PNB members for their station. With ten votes from KPFA, WBAI and WPFW it only takes three votes from the ten from the other two stations and affiliate reps to have a majority to control the PNB and continue this collusion. Until this last January the Colluders had the majority for several years.
Who are the Colluders and why did they do this? Local tyrannical majorities wanted to run their stations without regard to the Bylaws and with no oversight from the Foundation. At KPFA the “KPFAForward” (2004) and “Concerned Listener” (CL) (2006 & 2007) slates represented the same management/staff faction and generally endorsed majorities that sent three PNB members who consistently voted to protect and continue the collusion. This group included William Walker, Sarv Randhawa, Rosalinda Palacios, Mary Berg, Sherry Gendelman, Bonnie Simmons and Andrea Turner. They consistently vote/voted with the Justice & Unity majority from WBAI and the WPFW majority. They generally sit together at the PNB meetings and are regularly seen privately caucusing together at lunch and before and after meetings, sometimes with GM Lemlem Rijio when in Berkeley.
Prior to this year’s PNB, Bob Lederer was the Justice & Unity leader on the PNB. I have attended many PNB meetings and listened to most of the others on line. During those meetings if KPFA Colluder PNB members were not sure how to vote they often passed if Bob Lederer hadn’t voted or passed. When he voted they would follow. If you don’t believe me go to the archives of the meetings and listen.
Whenever there was a move to correct the problems at WBAI the KPFA Colluders always voted with the others to protect the LSB majority at WBAI. Patty Heffley, the minority PNB Rep from WBAI, made a motion to have the PNB order the WBAI LSB to do a performance review of the general manager (GM) and the program director. The Bylaws require these to be done annually. At WBAI they had never been done, despite complaints from the LSB minority. The PNB Colluder majority refused to order the WBAI LSB to follow the Bylaws. Many others complained about WBAI being out of control and losing money and the Colluder PNB majority did NOTHING as the red ink continued to flow.
At KPFA the CL slate and the Rijio/Lilley management work together to make sure they maintain a majority on the LSB to elect three PNB members from their group. One of their methods was to have no election information on the air when the ballots went out and at the same time the CL sent a slate mailer. After the first time this happened I wrote a motion on the PNB Election Committee requiring election information to be on the air during the election. It passed out of the election committee by a 10-2 vote. The Colluder majority on the PNB voted it down. When KPFA finally ran some candidate information they ran 22 candidate statements in a row, always with Sherry Gendelman first! At the April 2009 PNB meeting in Berkeley the new non-Colluder PNB majority passed a motion requiring broad election coverage on the air. Bonnie Simmons, CL endorser, made a motion to rescind the required election coverage. It didn’t pass. And we will have a more inclusive election this year, no thanks to CL and its allies.
The Colluder majority was consistently against transparency. The Bylaws and California law allow Directors the “absolute right” to inspect all documents and facilities at any reasonable time. For years the Colluders fought to stop or hinder Directors’ Inspections. When inspections were finally allowed due to potential lawsuits it was discovered that $65,000 worth of equipment had been sent to a WBAI former GM’s father’s house and was not accounted for. As recently as 2008 a Director was ordered out of WBAI in the middle of a lawful inspection without any justification. Who gave the order? Dan Siegel, interim Executive Director, hired by the Colluder majority and a recent CL candidate.
So when you hear Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Sherry Gendelman, Bonnie Simmons, Conn or Matthew Hallinan, Warren Mar or any of the CL allies complain about KPFA money going to shore up WBAI, they and their allies are responsible for this crisis for trading fiscal responsibility for their power to ignore the Bylaws, transparency and accountability.
KPFA/Pacifica is a Commons that belongs to all of us, and it must be protected and preserved above the CL/Rijio group’s desire for unrestrained and unaccountable power.
Richard Phelps, former Chair, KPFA LSB May 2009 (Labor donated.)
KPFA’s fund drive takes a hit from Pacifica’s programming changes
Posted on May 31, 2011 by KPFA Worker
KPFA’s Spring Fund Drive ended Wednesday, May 25, a little more than $80,000 short of goal. It was the longest fund drive at KPFA in at least a dozen years, clocking in at a full three-and-a-half weeks.
The entire shortfall can be explained by the drop in fundraising from 6-10 AM – the hours impacted by the programming changes Pacifica management imposed on KPFA. Year over year, fundraising during those hours dropped by more than $5,000 per day – $90,000 over the course of the drive – and likely would have dropped much more if KPFA programmers (and former Morning Show staffers) Philip Maldari, Mitch Jeserich, and Brian Edwards-Tiekert hadn’t stepped in to fundraise during those hours (click on the charts to enlarge them).
Average hourly 8 AM fundraising totals by host during Spring Fund Drive
Your pledges helped make up ground! The fund drive had been on track to finish $150,000 short – but KPFA staff organized to raise money for KPFA on their own time – in union halls, community meetings and here at KPFAWorker.org. You answered the call, and collectively raised collectively raised over $13,000 in matching funds for the final push of the fund drive, while sending a strong signal of support for KPFA’s embattled workers.
Posted on May 31, 2011 by KPFA Worker
KPFA’s Spring Fund Drive ended Wednesday, May 25, a little more than $80,000 short of goal. It was the longest fund drive at KPFA in at least a dozen years, clocking in at a full three-and-a-half weeks.
The entire shortfall can be explained by the drop in fundraising from 6-10 AM – the hours impacted by the programming changes Pacifica management imposed on KPFA. Year over year, fundraising during those hours dropped by more than $5,000 per day – $90,000 over the course of the drive – and likely would have dropped much more if KPFA programmers (and former Morning Show staffers) Philip Maldari, Mitch Jeserich, and Brian Edwards-Tiekert hadn’t stepped in to fundraise during those hours (click on the charts to enlarge them).
Average hourly 8 AM fundraising totals by host during Spring Fund Drive
Your pledges helped make up ground! The fund drive had been on track to finish $150,000 short – but KPFA staff organized to raise money for KPFA on their own time – in union halls, community meetings and here at KPFAWorker.org. You answered the call, and collectively raised collectively raised over $13,000 in matching funds for the final push of the fund drive, while sending a strong signal of support for KPFA’s embattled workers.
One has to love how Kpfaworker and Save KPFA buttress one set of dubious claims by referring to their own previous dubious claims :)
Try looking at your own budget, kpfaworker. It's posted on your website at http://www.kpfa.org. You will see the BUDGETARY goal for the May 2011 fund drive was $725,000. Don't confuse on-air propaganda with facts.
KPFA's spring 2010 fund drive fell far-short of both budgetary and on-air goals at only $660,000.
It doesn't make sense to insist you prefer having less revenue as long as more of it comes in between 6am and 10am. The time of day you receive less pledges does not enhance your ability to pay bills. Only having sufficient revenue to meet your expenses creates the ability to pay bills.
In 2010, you didn't receive enough money and you had too many expenses.
In 2011, you are receiving more money and have less expenses.
Try looking at your own budget, kpfaworker. It's posted on your website at http://www.kpfa.org. You will see the BUDGETARY goal for the May 2011 fund drive was $725,000. Don't confuse on-air propaganda with facts.
KPFA's spring 2010 fund drive fell far-short of both budgetary and on-air goals at only $660,000.
It doesn't make sense to insist you prefer having less revenue as long as more of it comes in between 6am and 10am. The time of day you receive less pledges does not enhance your ability to pay bills. Only having sufficient revenue to meet your expenses creates the ability to pay bills.
In 2010, you didn't receive enough money and you had too many expenses.
In 2011, you are receiving more money and have less expenses.
On July 20, 2011 at 6:20 p.m., the Hate Pacifica Gang that reads the 6-7 p.m. weeknight news lied about the Pacifica victory in defeating ALL of the FALSE NLRB charges. It was the Hate Pacifica Gang, who knowingly and with lots of malice aforethought, brought all these false charges, that cost Pacifica/KPFA the legal charges. SHAME ON THE MONEY-STEALING HATE PACIFICA GANG! They claimed Republican darling Brian Edwards-Tiekert was just reinstated when in fact he bumped his buddy, John Hamilton, for his $25,000 a year part time job. Hamilton stayed as a part-time news reader because others gave up some of their time. On the Front Page of the KPFA website is the Pacifica Victory statement at
http://www.kpfa.org/behind-scenes/pacifica-foundation-vindicated-labor-issues-kpfa
and on the Pacifica website at
http://pacifica.org/homepage/pacifica-foundation-vindicated-on-labor-issues-at-kpfa.html
The April 18, 2011 NLRB advice memo may be found at
http://www.nlrb.gov/cases-decisions/advice-memos
And a description of the bumping routine may be found at
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/16/18684943.php
You can hear the whole newscast at
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/71701
THIS IS FILLER INSTEAD OF NEWS AND DOES NOT BELONG ON ANY NEWSCAST. At least half of the hour long weekly newscast is filler and the 6 p.m. news should only last a half hour. That would leave 5 half hour segments for new programs, desperately needed. A good example of filler stories is also at the Pacifica Evenings News website
http://www.pacificaeveningnews.org/
where they feature the stupid story of the latest idiot attempt to split the state of California broadcast on July 15, 2011. It has no chance of taking place and such a story is simply filler.
We also had a reactionary outlook on the Nicaraguan revolution and the fight against the CIA Contras at 6:50 p.m. For those of you under age 32, and perhaps all of you in your thirties as well, the Nicaraguan revolution of 1979 was seen as following the lead of the Cuban revolution of 1959 and Nazi USA's counterrevolution, fought by its mercenaries, the Contras, paid with US tax dollars and guns, was understood to be the horror that it was, defeating the Nicaraguan revolution in 1989. Equating the Contras with the Nicraguan people's just struggle to defend their lives and homes is utterly reactionary and has no place at KPFA.
PLEASE
(1) do NOT sign the petition to recall Tracy Rosenberg, filled with lies and circulated by the same Hate Pacifica Gang that runs KPFA's news department, and
(2) do NOT vote for anyone connected with "Save" Pacifica/Concerned Listeners better known as the Hate Pacifica Gang. Their current members on the Local Station Board are:
Margy Wilkinson, Conn Hallinan, Mal Burnstein, Pam Drake, Renee Geesler, Suzi Goldmacher, Matthew Hallinan, Jack Kurzweil, Laura Prives, Tanya Russell, Louis Sawyer, Dan Siegel, Andrea Turner and Rych Withers. For the entire list, see
http://lsb.kpfa.org/members
Please note Dan Siegel led the charge in bringing armed Oakland police to the Oakland public schools, proving that he and his Hate Pacifica Gang are government agents, and this is just one part of the proof. The other proof is
A. The hiring of a Republican Party law firm, Dhillon & Smith, whose partner, Harmeet Dhillon is chair of the San Francisco Republican Party, to SUE PAFICIA, a lawsuit with Tiekert, Mitch Jeseritch and Lewis Sawyer as Plaintiffs over a Local Station Board election by the staff, which, if there were any problems, could easily be redone as it is a small group of 200. Dhillon married former LSB member Sarv Randhawa this year.
B. Their leading light is Larry Bensky, former KPFA programmer, and former editor of the CIA's Paris Review. For more, see
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/18/18685227.php#18685232
Meanwhile, it would help if the 8 a.m. Morning Mix would interview Arlene Englehardt this week so she could read the above victory statement, the NLRB memo and explain the bumping routine. We fight the Hate Pacifica Gang's constant lies with constant truth, and now that we have the Morning Mix, we have a forum to speak the truth. Just an interview will do; there is no need for listener call-ins on this one because the Hate Pacifica Gang is always ready to jam the phone lines and spew forth their Hate Pacifica lies.
Be sure to contribute at least $25 this year so you can vote in any Local Station Board election or recall. And Interim Station Manager, Andrew Phillips, please stay as long as you can as KPFA has improved under your leadership.
http://www.kpfa.org/behind-scenes/pacifica-foundation-vindicated-labor-issues-kpfa
and on the Pacifica website at
http://pacifica.org/homepage/pacifica-foundation-vindicated-on-labor-issues-at-kpfa.html
The April 18, 2011 NLRB advice memo may be found at
http://www.nlrb.gov/cases-decisions/advice-memos
And a description of the bumping routine may be found at
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/16/18684943.php
You can hear the whole newscast at
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/71701
THIS IS FILLER INSTEAD OF NEWS AND DOES NOT BELONG ON ANY NEWSCAST. At least half of the hour long weekly newscast is filler and the 6 p.m. news should only last a half hour. That would leave 5 half hour segments for new programs, desperately needed. A good example of filler stories is also at the Pacifica Evenings News website
http://www.pacificaeveningnews.org/
where they feature the stupid story of the latest idiot attempt to split the state of California broadcast on July 15, 2011. It has no chance of taking place and such a story is simply filler.
We also had a reactionary outlook on the Nicaraguan revolution and the fight against the CIA Contras at 6:50 p.m. For those of you under age 32, and perhaps all of you in your thirties as well, the Nicaraguan revolution of 1979 was seen as following the lead of the Cuban revolution of 1959 and Nazi USA's counterrevolution, fought by its mercenaries, the Contras, paid with US tax dollars and guns, was understood to be the horror that it was, defeating the Nicaraguan revolution in 1989. Equating the Contras with the Nicraguan people's just struggle to defend their lives and homes is utterly reactionary and has no place at KPFA.
PLEASE
(1) do NOT sign the petition to recall Tracy Rosenberg, filled with lies and circulated by the same Hate Pacifica Gang that runs KPFA's news department, and
(2) do NOT vote for anyone connected with "Save" Pacifica/Concerned Listeners better known as the Hate Pacifica Gang. Their current members on the Local Station Board are:
Margy Wilkinson, Conn Hallinan, Mal Burnstein, Pam Drake, Renee Geesler, Suzi Goldmacher, Matthew Hallinan, Jack Kurzweil, Laura Prives, Tanya Russell, Louis Sawyer, Dan Siegel, Andrea Turner and Rych Withers. For the entire list, see
http://lsb.kpfa.org/members
Please note Dan Siegel led the charge in bringing armed Oakland police to the Oakland public schools, proving that he and his Hate Pacifica Gang are government agents, and this is just one part of the proof. The other proof is
A. The hiring of a Republican Party law firm, Dhillon & Smith, whose partner, Harmeet Dhillon is chair of the San Francisco Republican Party, to SUE PAFICIA, a lawsuit with Tiekert, Mitch Jeseritch and Lewis Sawyer as Plaintiffs over a Local Station Board election by the staff, which, if there were any problems, could easily be redone as it is a small group of 200. Dhillon married former LSB member Sarv Randhawa this year.
B. Their leading light is Larry Bensky, former KPFA programmer, and former editor of the CIA's Paris Review. For more, see
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/18/18685227.php#18685232
Meanwhile, it would help if the 8 a.m. Morning Mix would interview Arlene Englehardt this week so she could read the above victory statement, the NLRB memo and explain the bumping routine. We fight the Hate Pacifica Gang's constant lies with constant truth, and now that we have the Morning Mix, we have a forum to speak the truth. Just an interview will do; there is no need for listener call-ins on this one because the Hate Pacifica Gang is always ready to jam the phone lines and spew forth their Hate Pacifica lies.
Be sure to contribute at least $25 this year so you can vote in any Local Station Board election or recall. And Interim Station Manager, Andrew Phillips, please stay as long as you can as KPFA has improved under your leadership.
For more information:
http://www.kpfa.org/behind-scenes/pacifica...
Renee Geesler is not part of Save KPFA. I'm fairly certain she would not want her name associated with many of the activities you chronicle here.
Sorry about listing Renee Geesler. You are right; I am wrong.
...It all started last December, when Tracy Rosenberg pushed an illegal motion through the national board to unseat elected KPFA reps Dan Siegel and Laura Prives. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch issued an injunction requiring they be seated.
The Pacifica National Board appealed the injunction and threw Siegel and Prives off the board for a second time. But Judge Roesch stepped in again, threatening to hold Pacifica National Board officers in contempt of court for their actions, and ordering Siegel and Prives to be seated. As part of the settlement, KPFA board member Richard Phelps, who had been acting as Pacifica’s attorney in the matter, paid SaveKPFA‘s legal expenses out of his own pocket and resigned from KPFA’s local board...
The Pacifica National Board appealed the injunction and threw Siegel and Prives off the board for a second time. But Judge Roesch stepped in again, threatening to hold Pacifica National Board officers in contempt of court for their actions, and ordering Siegel and Prives to be seated. As part of the settlement, KPFA board member Richard Phelps, who had been acting as Pacifica’s attorney in the matter, paid SaveKPFA‘s legal expenses out of his own pocket and resigned from KPFA’s local board...
For more information:
http://www.savekpfa.org/another-legal-vict...
Is Dan Siegel's Law firm a Republican law firm? No fees were paid to the Republican law firm by anyone on the democratic side of KPFA/Pacifica, for either of the two cases where they represented the sectarian right wing of KPFA politics. A law firm associated with one of Save KPFA's loyal supporters and CdP traitor, Sarv,
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