The
e-mail below was found at the station in September 2005.
It
has been acknowledged as real by the author. I have contacted in person
or by e-mail everyone but one on that strategy group to ask them if
they were just recipients of an e-mail that discussed “dismantling
the LSB” and other interesting topics or were they active participants
and none of them have denied active involvement.
This e-mail was sent shortly after the LSB voted down a staff motion
to fire the GM for sexual harassment. It was voted down 15-5. Four of
the five votes for it were in this e-mail group. There was NO evidence
of sexual harassment found after two separate investigations. It was
an attempt to fire an African-American GM that wouldn’t toe their
line. Pushing for this unjust firing caused them to lose the majority
on the LSB, thus their need for a "strategic retreat". This
e-mail
gives one a view of what these folks really believe in! -- sort of like
a Pentagon Paper.
.From:"Brian Edwards-Tiekert" <lsb.brian@gmail.com>
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To:"Lemlem Tekle" <lemvta@yahoo.com>,
"Bonnie Simmons" <bon@bonzilla.com>,
LisaRothman@kpfa.org
CC:"Sasha Lilley" <sashalilley@yahoo.com>,
"Lemlem Tekle" <lemyta@yahoo.com>,
mawu_mama37@yahoo.com, "Amelia Gonzalez-Garcia" <ameliagg@yahoo.com>,
Rain Geesler" <rainjita@yahoo.com>, "Sherry Gendelman"
<sherrygendelman@aol.com>,
"Gary Niederhoff" <lisangary@gmail.com>
Subject:Re: budget
Date:Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:58:28 -0700
I'm up for coffee Saturday—Lisa and I can still meet Tuesday afternoon.
Also, we need a general strategy session. How about Tuesday night?
Issues include:
How should we be handling the expiration of the union contract—is
a strike in order, or is it a really terrible idea?
What's the best way to deal with these layoffs?
Coming up with, and presenting, an alternative budget.
Getting the Roy issue to the national board.
[TheGeneral Manager referred to above]
Propping up staff morale.
Strategic retreat on the LSB—how do we make our enemies
own the problems that are to come? Alternatively,
should we be recalling LSB members/dismantling the LSB?
[Emphasis added.]
Dealing with the grievances underway.
Building community support—formation of a labor-community coalition.
Brian Edwards-Tiekert
Staff Representative, Local Station Board
KPFA 94.1FM
1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley CA 94704
