Comments for James Ross Candidate Statement at http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections , comment 0 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:01:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=61#pc_48 Carol Spooner, or someone pretending to be Carol Spooner, has spammed these blogs with identical comments urging people to vote for what she wants, living in the Berkeley Hills in California. Spooner made sure, in a nasty offensive, that bylaws at Pacifica would not include affirmative action remedies in election results, which opened the foundation to control by whites majorities. Spooner is angry that WBAI is not controlled by whites yet, so she is sticking her nose in at WBAI. Her husband, Gregory Wonderwheel, regularly attacked many African Americans at WBAI in various attempts to force them out using lies, hyperbole and standard Republican-style put-downs. Make no mistake about it, Carol Spooner and her California cohorts want to control WBAI. - edix Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:39:20 +0100 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=61#pc_26 If you haven't already received it, you soon will receive your ballot for the WBAI Local Station Board (LSB) 2007 election. Please don't lose your ballot -- vote! I'm endorsing -- #1 - James Ross #2 - Seth Goldberg and, in alphabetical order, Carla Cubit, Robert Gold, Jennifer Jager, Ken Laufer, Pat Logan, Don Mathiesen, Lee McClure, Stefan Neustatder, Bernardo Palombo. I hope you will rank James #1 and Seth #2 on your ballot, and then go on to rank the others listed above in order of your preference. James Ross is the only encumbent who deserves re-election this year. He has worked diligently to uncover and understand the station finances and to make recommendations to deal with the problems. Unfortunately, his efforts have been blocked by the current majority on the LSB (the "Justice & Unity" faction). Seth Goldberg has the financial and business skills that WBAI so desperately needs at this time. All of the above-named candidates are sincerely committed to helping to right the station by hiring station management that will strengthen & revitalize programming, restore the listener-base and rebuild financial stability. They can be the seeds of sanity at a very troubled institution if you elect them to serve this very important community resource. This is a critical election for WBAI. I believe it is absolutely essential that NON "Justice & Unity" slate candidates take a majority of the seats on the Local Board if WBAI is to survive, and perhaps even Pacifica itself. As I wrote to you a few weeks ago, WBAI is bankrupt. It is paying its bills by borrowing money from the Pacifica National Office which is borrowing the money from other Pacifica stations. This whole house of cards could come down if the problems at WBAI are not solved quickly. There have been very serious financial irregularities at WBAI, including use of "restricted" grant monies for unauthorized purposes. In addition, when WBAI terminated Gary Null's program it also terminated a major source of listener-support for the station. Regardless of what you think of Gary Null's program, the station needed a realistic plan to replace that income or to reduce its expenses to live within its reduced income. It did neither, and that is one of the causes of the current bankruptcy. Other causes are overall mis-management, waste, poor staff morale, not enough good programming, and competition from other alternative media sources, both on the radio and on the internet. The "Justice & Unity" faction has held the majority on the LSB for the past three years and has been blocking necessary management changes and other changes at the station. In addition, the LSB majority elects 3 of the 4 WBAI seats on the Pacifica National Board and they have been blocking necessary action by the Pacifica Executive Director and National Board. For this to change, at least 5 of the 9 listener seats , and 2 of the 3 staff seats on the LSB must be won by independents who are not part of the "Justice & Unity" slate. I honestly don't know why the "Justice & Unity" slate has been so destructive to WBAI, they have good "political" credentials and you would think they would want the station to grow and thrive. However, they have not acted that way, and if they are permitted to continue to control the Local board and to confuse and mislead the national board, then I am very very pessimistic about the future of WBAI and Pacifica. This is tragic in a time of national crisis where EVERY form of alternative media Again, please vote -- Every vote matters. With "ranked choice" voting just one vote can determine who wins the last seat on the board. Thanks, and best regards, Carol Spooner Pacifica National Board Member - Jan 2002-Jan 2005 Lead Plaintiff - Listeners' Lawsuit to remove the old Pacifica Board - 1999-Dec 2001 - Carol Spooner Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:32:15 +0100 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=61#pc_21 testing :o - Jamie Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:31:32 +0100 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=61#pc_16 A statement isn't racist unless its intention is racist. Assuming someones intention based on one word is fascist and is racist. You must love the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Pacifica zero-tolerance word policy and every other kind of witch hunt. Justice and Unity is a fascist black-on-white racist campaign and you know it! You're hypocritical to deny it. Worse than anything else, it's just so predictable and so boring. Can't you think of anything better to occupy your time, Edix? - Petootiepie Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:11:31 +0100 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=61#pc_10 It is important that a candidate has stood up to call Solomon's statement racist, to make things clear to potential voters. - edix Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:39:36 +0100 http://www.pacificafoundation.org/elections/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=61#pc_8 I endorsed Albert Solomon in my candidate statement. This endorsement was based largely on my respect for Albert's volunteer videotaping of the LSB meetings ( see pacvid1.com). In the absence of official minutes, Albert's videos are the only record we have of what the LSB is doing. He's provided a valuable service. But - based on reading Albert's candidate statement, now posted on the web - I have to withdraw my endorsement of him. His statement's reliance on racist rhetoric makes him unsuited to be a WBAI board member. The first time I read Albert's statement was around 10-18, when it was posted on the web, long after I sent my statement in. James Ross WBAI LSB - Jamie Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:36:55 +0100