Dave Heller Candidate Statement

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.

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: Campaign coordinator, Berkeley Measure I (instant runoff voting in Berkeley), Green Party activist, former board member of Californians for Electoral Reform. For a complete list see www.peoplesradio.net

Part 5, continued from English. The CL mailer combined with the election “gag” imposed by their IGM tilted the election decidedly in the Concerned Listeners favor. The “dismantlers” have taken control of the station and the LSB with the help of the Concerned Listeners. They have the IGM, IPD, and the Directors of all the departments, except engineering. They have the Chair and Treasurer of the LSB. Their allies from CL have the positions of Vice-Chair, Conn Hallinan and Secretary, Tico Chacin. Most boards do not have staff on them due to conflicts of interest. Here, not only do we have that problem but we also have a small faction of the paid staff and management $upporting a listener slate. They only want your money, not your thoughts and input on how to improve the station. It is only “your Free Speech station” during fund drives. If you want real listener representation, vote 1-7, for www.peoplesradio.net candidates.

Transparency is an essential element of democratic process and accountability. Knowledge makes the members of any organization dangerous to undemocratic leaders. This is why a standard practice of dishonest regimes is to hide things that might expose actions that would not be viewed favorably by the electorate. The “dismantlers” and their elected allies fight against transparency in an attempt to keep our subscribers, YOU, in the dark. For over two years KPFA’s “dismantler” representatives united with their counter parts from other stations to fight against Director’s Inspection rights, despite our bylaws and the State law that gives Director the “absolute right to inspect at any reasonable time”, Corporations Code Section 6334 and Pacifica Bylaws Article 12, Section 3, http://www.pacifica.org/governance/PacificaBylaws-new.html. The courageous work of La Varn Williams, Director from KPFA and peoplesradio member, and Patty Heffley, Director from WBAI, with legal support from Richard Phelps, stopped the practice of denying inspections. The inspection of WBAI and the national office discovered that $65,000 worth of equipment had disappeared. Now their strategy to conceal questionable actions is to push the discussions into executive session to make them confidential. This happens all too often and is accomplished by the tyranny of the majority with no recourse at the PNB, where it also happens. For a KPFA example of anti-transparency continue to Attila Nagy.

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. Please vote.

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