{"id":3161,"date":"2015-08-14T14:58:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T21:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2015-08-14T19:20:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T02:20:49","slug":"ucr-supporter-diana-bohn-explains-why-save-kpfa-cant-be-trusted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3161","title":{"rendered":"UCR Supporter Diana Bohn Explains Why &#8220;Save KPFA&#8221; Can&#8217;t Be Trusted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Diana Bohn<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3163\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB@UCR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3163\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB@UCR-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"Diana Bohn at UCR Garden Party\/Fundraiser August 9, 2015 \" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB@UCR-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB@UCR.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diana Bohn at UCR Garden Party\/Fundraiser<br \/>August 9, 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>KPFA Local Station Board (LSB) elections are coming up soon.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a proud supporter of the candidates running on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/\">United for Community Radio<\/a> (UCR) slate. UCR has a great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?page_id=662\">platform<\/a>, and a strong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?page_id=3058\">candidate<\/a> lineup. In fact, I support UCR so much that I have been working to help UCR candidates win in the upcoming election. As shown in the photo to the left, I volunteered at the recent UCR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UnitedForCommunityRadio\/photos\/ms.c.eJxFj9sRxCAMxDq68ZO1~_2~;swibgX43kBRWpDLOwjCjYT1~;glYXS1guaRmKMNtW0OCBAI~;oA6DZibsBoTNK1Abo~_4EoDFQP4Dj2zblzBOivuzhW7IH0ngjWAhlyj~_FuoXfAmsQbsxHGTFiZyjOchG6wVA5i4DHiOoht~;~;fpHsg~-~-.bps.a.1008542229211540.1073741830.410832468982522\/1008542242544872\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Garden Party<\/a>\/Fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine my surprise when I recently discovered that my name is listed as an &#8220;Endorser&#8221; of the opposition, Save KPFA (SK).<\/p>\n<p>As shown in this screen shot from the opposition&#8217;s list of <a href=\"http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:m-bXgfOKA5kJ:www.savekpfa.org\/endorsements-2\/+&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us\">endorsers<\/a>, taken on August 13, 2015, my name is listed as a &#8220;Listener Endorser&#8221; of SK:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB_endorser4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB_endorser4-300x45.jpg\" alt=\"DB_endorser4\" width=\"480\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB_endorser4-300x45.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB_endorser4-500x74.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DB_endorser4.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This caused me to look at other so-called &#8220;endorsers&#8221; of SK, where I learned that at least one of these so-called endorsers, singer Jon Fromer had actually passed away back in 2013. I&#8217;m not sure how many other &#8220;endorsers&#8221; of SK are incorrectly listed, as I was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson learned: take everything you read on the SK website with a grain of salt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m trusting UCR candidates in this election, and voting for all of the UCR candidates: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3039\">Scott Olsen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=2952\">Sharon Adams<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=2985\">Don Macleay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3064\">Virginia Browning<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=2940\">Jeremy Miller<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3014\">Janet Kobren<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=2996\">Mario Fernandez<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3026\">T.M. Scruggs<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=2967\">Marilla Arguelles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about the UCR candidates on the UCR website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/\">http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Diana Bohn &nbsp; KPFA Local Station Board (LSB) elections are coming up soon.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a proud supporter of the candidates running on the United for Community Radio (UCR) slate. UCR has a great platform, and a strong candidate lineup. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3161\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1070,"featured_media":3163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[447,445,7],"tags":[519,388,184,112,474,520,132,133],"class_list":["post-3161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-community-reporting","category-update","tag-diana-bohn","tag-don-macleay","tag-kpfa-local-station-board","tag-save-kpfa","tag-scott-olsen","tag-sharon-adams","tag-ucr","tag-united-for-community-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3161"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3173,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions\/3173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}