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<DIV>Well, as a Bay Area listmember who has followed events at the California Pacifica stations for some time, it certainly appears from the reports that I have seen that the local board in Berkeley are acting more as a force for stablility while the staffers seem to be the ones pushing the station into chaos - by first forcing out one general manager (Gus Newport) and attempting- fortunately without success thus far - to force out another (Roy Campenella). Further, the station is attempting to hire a program director - a position that hasn't been filled in year. It is not clear to me what the staffers want other than the status quo, which - at least prior to the 1999 events- featured programing that in the main did not adequately serve the diverse Bay Area progressive community. Steve</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> <BR>> All that is true. Which is why I'm especially concerned to keep the <BR>> environment as sane as possible. Joseph is part of a contingent at <BR>> KPFA that wants to expand the power of the local board over what they <BR>> refer to as "entrenched" staffers. From extended observation of the <BR>> Pacifica scene for almost 15 years, that prospect frightens me. But I <BR>> urge all listmembers in the Bay Area to look for themselves and <BR>> report back. <BR>> <BR>> Doug <BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>