Title: [NewPacifica] Re: FWD: SUPPORT LISA
DAVIS
Right on target, Frank.
In 1999, Patty was the lone voice sounding the alarm against the
board's proposed takeover of WBAI and KPFA, for sale and personal
profit. Quite simply she is, as one long-time producer
pronounced, a treasure. Many of us, myself included, are here
because Patty saw the danger, sounded the alarm, and took the trouble
to educate us about what's goin' on. We are still learning, she
is still ahead of the curve, and the wolf pack is getting more and
more vicious as they struggle to take down the greatest threat to
their attempts at a new hijacking. Follow the money, as the
_expression_ goes, and you will understand what is going on.
Who knew that demanding "transparency and accountability"
was such a dangerous job?
Carolyn
At 12:34 AM +0000 3/12/06, Frank LeFever wrote:
--- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"L. Mirza" <haq4u@...> wrote:
> This appears to me like a JUC campaign to "weed"
out
> those on the LSB who are not in their clique. It is
> dirty and cowardly and a way to attempt not to face
> off fair and square during the next elections.
> I see through this, and hope others do too.
That's just a small part of it. Yes, they're happy to remove
or
dumb-down directors who don't vote according to JUC instructions,
but there's something more important here. This is where it's
at:
R. Paul Martin" <rpm@...>: "...Patty Heffley is being
targeted
because she's rocking the Pacifica irresponsibility boat by
looking
into things past and present. Perhaps this campaign to smear her
means that she's found something..."
She's not just any old non-JUC vote, she's one of the directors
who
underatands fiduciary responsibility (and individual legal
liability), one of the directrs who took the initiative and had
the
guts to fight both National office (Lonnie & Dan) and their
fellow-
directors to exercise a fundamental right of directors: to see the
records of operations they are ultimately (legally) responsible
for.
She's not just "non-clique", she's dangerous.
Dangerous to the
status quo, a danger to all the little deals from local to
national.
HMmmm... There were three of them on the PNB, weren't
there?
Wendy, LaVarn, Patty... Now there are two? And if JUC
succeeds in
their demagoguery and The Big Lie, just one?
Do you think this will encourage or discourage efforts to achieve
fiscal transparency and accountability in Pacifica? How many
people
will be willing to expose themselves to such attacks even to the
extent of standing for election to LSBs, let alone to the PNB; or
to
do anything that might rock the boat if they do get to
the "airplanes, meals, hotels" of PNB status?
--Frank
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> --- Kevin White <cuitlacoche1@...> wrote:
>
> > This is stupid.
> >
> > Jim Murray <jimmurra@...> wrote: Note to
> > rocklandfriendsofwbai list subscribers: the
> > following is an
> > announcement of a letter writing campaign. If you
> > wish to comment on
> > it, pro or can, rather than clogging this list,
> > please sign up for, and
> > send your comments to our discussion listserv,
> > rocklandfriendsofwbaiforum. Enter a search for the
> > name at
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/. Thank you.
> >
> > FYI Lisa Davis is an active member of one of the
> > most dynamic African
> > American-led organizations in the Tri-State area,
> > the People's
> > Organization for Progress. Cornell West, who gets
> > over 50 requests for
> > speaking engagements per day, speaks to POP at no
> > charge. He and other
> > community leaders belong to this great group. Check
> > out POP at
> > http://www.njpop.org/
> >
> > Dear WBAI Listeners.
> >
> > One of our most dedicated, outspoken WBAI Local
> > Station Board members,
> > LIsa Davis, needs our help. Lisa was shamefully
> > insulted by another
> > board member, Patti Heffley, in a manner most people
> > of color would
> > instantly recognize as racist. Heffley, who
is
> > white, said that Davis
> > wanted to be a member of Pacifica's National Board
> > (PNB) to get free
> > food and hotel lodging at PNB meetings. Lisa is
> > African American.
> >
> > Imagine if this exchange had happened on the floor
> > of the U.S.
> > Congress, if a white Senator said that a Black
> > Senator was working for
> > free food. Unthinkable in 2006, isn't it? However,
> > Heffley's supporters
> > at WBAI are boldly mocking Lisa Davis. Why? Because
> > they can get away
> > with it. Rather than simply getting the apology she
> > deserves from
> > Heffley, Lisa Davis has been put on the defensive.
> > It is a classic case
> > of blame the victim. It is well known that racism in
> > the North does not
> > take the overt form that it takes in the South.
> > Despite the fact that
> > Heffley did not use the "n" word, her meaning
was
> > appallingly clear.
> > Lisa Davis, a tireless worker and a highly regarded
> > member of the
> > dynamic People's Organization for Progress in New
> > Jersey, deserves
> > better than this.
> >
> > Please, by tomorrow night, send emails of support to
> > board@
> >
> > Tell them that there is no place for racist verbal
> > assaults on board
> > members who work long hours to serve the community
> > with no
> > compensation. And that white people who imply that
> > people of color run
> > for the board to get free meals and hotel rooms
> > should not be
> > representing any of us.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Sheila Hamanaka
> > Rockland Friends of WBAI
> > Member, Justice and Unity Campaign of WBAI
> > Member, Rockland Coalition for Undoing Racism
> > Producer, Women's Collective, East Asia Radio
> > Collective of WBAI
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