Update: An Alameda County Superior Court Judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order against the counting of the KPFA recall election ballots on Aug 1, 2012. Listener-representative, Tracy Rosenberg, was the target of the recall. There will be a full hearing on this issue on September 10th and the court ordered that the ballots kept safe [...]
Brian Edwards-Tigert has complained widely about the cuts at KPFA in 2009 and he has already begun complaining about the layoffs that are coming again, calling them a ‘purge’. But Brian knows the finances of the station and network make these cuts necessary. In this report, he speaks about the problem. The problem was not [...]
By Akio Tanaka, Listener Representative, KPFA Local Station Board 7-1-12 Don’t Shoot the Messenger – Vote NO on the Recall! Current situation As long-time observers know, there never seems to be peace at KPFA-Pacifica. In 2001 Pacifica Radio had new organizational bylaws which called for democratic governance by the listeners and staff, both paid and [...]
July 8, 2012 This misguided recall attempt has taught me a lot. In my professional life as a public interest advocate, I often sit in rooms with various elected officials. I visit them after they have been besieged by lobbyists from AT&T, Verizon, or Comcast. It’s hard to tell them I can’t bribe them, threaten [...]