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In additon to the Listeners’ lawsuit, 2 other lawsuits currently pending are: 1) The LAB Suit - filed July 13, 1999: Brought by 21 members of the Local Advisory Boards ("LABs") from 4 of the 5 Pacifica stations (all but KPFT in Houston), this suit requests the court to nullify the unlawful 1997 & 1999 bylaws changes that purported to abolish the LABs' rights to elect directors. This suit also brings a claim for damages for "unfair business practices" & seeks to remove any directors found culpable of wrongdoing. 2) The Directors' Suit - filed September 19, 2000: Brought by Pacifica Directors Rob Robinson (WPFW) and Rabbi Aaron Kriegel (KPFK), this suit seeks to remove the board executive committee and to restore the pre-1997 bylaws and the LABs' right to elect directors, and a court declaration regarding the board's illegal practice of extending directors' terms by appointing them as "officers". All three suits share the common objectives of overturning the 1997
& 1999 illegal bylaws amendments & removing some of the directors.
We believe that each suit amplifies and strengthens the other and that
the presence of all three suits in court is a powerful trilogy -- and that
it is essential that the listener-sponsors' interests be represented in
court to assure that the ultimate solution to Pacifica's autocratic governance
problems will involve broad listener-sponsor participation and oversight.
Our three attorneys are working cooperatively to coordinate our actions. An explanation
of the three lawsuits.
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