Who's voting YES on the critical Pacifica bylaws change, and why

Brian Edwards-Tiekert, co-host of KPFA’s Upfront and former worker representative on the KPFA and Pacifica boards

"I served 10 years as a worker representative on boards for KPFA and Pacifica, and am 100% certain about one thing: the current byzantine, factionalized board structure is killing this organization. A YES vote represents at least a chance to pull Pacifica our of its nosedive.” READ BRIAN's LETTER

Bill Fletcher, Jr., writer/activist, host of WBAI’s Arise!

“Pacifica is in a terminal crisis and there are those who, with the best of intentions, believe that that crisis either does not exist or that we have all the time in the world to turn things around. Let’s face it truthfully and without the rhetoric about democracy: there is a crisis; we have neither endless time nor endless funds to address it; and Pacifica needs a new business model if it is to survive and play its crucial role in advancing progressive directions.” | SEE ENDORSERS

Who else endorses the Pacifica bylaws change?

Over a thousand listeners and staff from Pacifica’s 5 stations (KPFA, KPFK, KPFT, WPFW & WBAI) are urging a YES vote on the bylaws change. Some of them are Larry Bensky , former national Pacifica correspondent | Mitch Jeserich & Diana Martinez , KPFA's Letters & Politics | Cat Brooks, co-host of KPFA's Upfront | Kris Welch,  host of KPFA's Living Room | Sonali Kolhatkhar, KPFK's Rising Up with Sonali | Ian Masters, KPFK's Background Briefing | Matthew Lasar , Pacifica historian, author of  Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network |  Sasha Lilly, KPFA's Against the Grain | Roy Tuckman , host of KPFK's Something's Happening | Aileen Alfandary , KPFA News co-director | Peter Franck , past president, Pacifica Foundation (1980-1984) | Corinne Smith, KPFA's Upfront | James & Coleen Nagel , KPFT’s Howlin the Blues | Philip Maldari, KPFA’s Sunday Show | Bonnie Simmons , KPFA music programmer | Mark Maxwell , host of KPFK's RISE | Nuri Nuri , host of KPFT's Blues Brunch | Carol Spooner , former PNB member (2002-2004) and a drafter of the original bylaws | Reyna Cowen, KPFA film interviewer | Donna Walker , host of KPFK's Pacifica Performance Showcase | Richard Wolinsky , KPFA's Bookwaves | Dwayne Bradley , KPFT staff | Don Goldmacher , film producer, The Long Shadow, | Bob Baldock, KPFA staff, and many others | SEE ENDORSERS and add your own name

KPFA's Local Station Board majority says VOTE YES

"We are concerned that the Pacifica network and KPFA are threatened by mismanagement by the Pacifica National Board, which is controlled by multi-millionaires and their allies who undermine democratic processes to maintain control," 14 members of the KPFA local board write. "PNB dysfunction put KPFA's building at risk for auction for unpaid taxes because Pacifica officers failed to take action to clean up the paperwork" after two corporate name changes." READ OPEN LETTER

Rethinking Pacifica to prevent its financial meltdown

"We believe the best way to PREVENT the sale of any of our buildings or the sale or swap of any of our broadcast licenses is to put in place a capable, respected Board of Directors," according to RethinkingPacifica.org , the group proposing the Pacifica bylaws changes. A new board "can then get Pacifica’s finances under control. As you may know, Pacifica has a $3.25 million loan coming due on April 1, 2021. The lender cannot rely on Pacifica to fulfill its commitments in its current dysfunctional state... We want Pacifica and ALL of our stations to pull out from the financial disaster that has occurred these past years."