The www.peoplesradio.net candidates are doing a collective statement to provide you with information you would not otherwise have to help you understand the crisis at KPFA/Pacifica. Our statements are best read in order starting with Richard Phelps, Gerald Sanders, Stan Woods, Bob English, Dave Heller, Attila Nagy and Mara Rivera.

Some of my qualifications: Coalition for a democratic Pacifica, KPFA Outreach Committee, Union Democracy activist, UFW supporter, for a complete list see www.peoplesradio.net.

Part 4, continued from Woods. Sasha Lilley is the Interim Program Director (IPD). She is  “dismantling” one of the stations oldest democratic institutions, the Program Council, composed of staff, listeners and LSB members. In 2004 she stated, “The Bylaws are a disaster”. This year she warned programmers that they couldn’t encourage people to attend peace marches, a direct violation of programmers’ rights to free speech. Sherry Gendelman is a listener LSB representative who votes with the Concerned Listeners. She has publicly stated that she thinks an appointed board would be better and she, along with Brian and Sasha have made it clear that they want the Program Council to change to advisory only.

Lisa Rothman, former staff LSB, no longer with KPFA, was the executive producer of the Morning Show. She led the fight to keep Democracy Now! from being moved to prime time, 7-8 a.m., so the Morning Show could stay there despite the great disparity in popularity, content and energy. Peoplesradio supported the time change. No one advocated dropping the Morning Show, just moving it up an hour. For the history of this go to www.peoplesradio.net, archives: Pro Democracy Letter, written by Robbie Osman and signed by 35 non-dismantler staff. Amelia Gonzalez-Garcia is Public Affairs/Arts Director. Rain Geesler is co-Director of the Apprenticeship program. Gary Niederhoff is Subscriptions Director. Bonnie Simmons is unpaid staff and the current LSB Chair.

In the 2006 LSB election no candidate information was aired for two weeks before the ballots were mailed and more than a week after the ballots arrived. 778 ballots arrived before any candidate information was aired. How many others were in the mail or filled out and ready to mail before the candidate information was aired? We will never know. We do know that Lemlem Rijio, IGM, and a member of the secret group that was discussing “dismantling the LSB”, refused to run candidate information from 10/3 to 10/19. After that she didn’t allow staff to prepare the carts for broadcast for several days. This may not seem to affect the outcome until you realize that the Concerned Listeners (CL) Slate sent a mailing to arrive with the ballots. Some of the money for the mailer was collected at a fundraiser at Conn Hallinan’s house and it was advertised as come meet some staff. Continued at Heller.

Some endorsements: La Varn Williams, Michael Parenti, Peter Philips (Project Censored), Peter Camejo, Jack Heyman, SF and Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party, and Alameda County Green Party.