A SECOND COMPLAINT AGAINST LOCAL ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR JANE TUCKER BRADLEY BY LSB LISTENER CANDIDATE KEN FREELAND 10-17-06


ON FRIDAY 10-13-06 LOCAL ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR JANE TUCKER BRADLEY CALLED ME BY PHONE TO ASK WHETHER I COULD CHANGE MY ASSIGNED ON-AIR FORUM APPEARANCE WITH ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHO HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT. AFTER EXPLAINING THAT I COULD NOT, I ASKED HER WHY I HAD NOT RECEIVED THE REQUESTED TIMETABLE OF CANDIDATE ON-AIR STATEMENTS (AS HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO CANDIDATES IN PREVIOUS LSB ELECTIONS). SHE STATED THAT THE AIRING OF THE STATEMENTS HAD BEEN A DEBACLE, THAT SHE COULD NOT MONITOR THEIR AIRING FULLY, AND THAT SHE WAS REORGANIZING THE CANDIDATE STATEMENTS INTO GROUPS OF THREE, TO BE AIRED PERIODICALLY, AND THAT CANDIDATES WOULD BE RECEIVING A TIMETABLE. (NO SUCH TIMETABLE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS WRITING, AND THE AIRING OF THE STATEMENTS APPEARS STILL ERRATIC.)

I ALSO ASKED MS. BRADLEY ABOUT THE RUMOR THAT SHE PLANNED TO USE LSB MEMBER MELINDA ILEY-DOHN TO ANSWER PHONES DURING THE ON-AIR CANDIDATE FORUMS. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO USE MS. ILEY-DOHN, AND THAT INSTEAD SHE PLANNED ON USING (PROGRAM DIRECTOR) ERNESTO AGUILAR AND STAFF MEMBER BYRON JACKSON. I IMMEDIATELY PROTESTED THE USE OF PD AGUILAR IN THIS CAPACITY, EXPLAINED MY REASONS TO MS. BRADLEY, AND WAS GIVEN ASSURANCE THAT NEITHER MR. AGUILAR NOR MS. ILEY-DOHN WOULD BE USED IN THIS CAPACITY SUNDAY NIGHT, WHEN I WAS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD FIND A NEUTRAL MEMBER OF THE NEWS DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER THE PHONES AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM LISTENERS. I REMINDED HER OF THE NEED TO ASSURE NEUTRALITY AT ALL LEVELS.

WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE STATION ON SUNDAY EVENING PRIOR TO THE BROADCAST, I WAS INFORMED THAT MR. AGUILAR AND MS. ILEY-DOHN WERE GOING TO BE TAKING THE CALLS FROM LISTENERS. I REMINDED MS. BRADLEY OF HER PROMISE. SHE BEGAN MAKING EXCUSES FOR USING THEM NOTWITHSTANDING HER PROMISE. I INFORMED HER THAT I WOULD PROTEST BOTH THIS DECISION AND HER BREAKING HER AGREEMENT. AT SOME POINT, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT CANDIDATE WESLEY BETHUNE'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER, SALLY, WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED HIM, TAKE THE CALLS INSTEAD. ALL CANDIDATES PRESENT AGREED TO THIS SOLUTION, BUT THEN MS. BRADLEY RENEGED ON THIS AGREEMENT AS WELL, BY INSISTING THAT SALLY TAKE CALLS “WITH MELINDA.” I REPEATED MY OBJECTION TO MS. ILEY-DOHN ACTING IN THIS CAPACITY AT ALL. (MS. ILEY-DOHN'S ANTOGONISM TOWARDS ME IS WELL DOCUMENTED: I HAD FILED CODED OF CONDUCT COMPLAINTS AGAINST HER ON THE LSB FOR BOTH PHYSICAL AND VERBAL AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS AGAINST ME.) I REMINDED MS. BRADLEY THAT IT WAS HER JOB TO ASSURE THAT ONLY NEUTRAL PARTIES ACTED AS CONDUITS BETWEEN THE LISTENERS AND THE CANDIDATES.

MS. BRADLEY BEGAN RAISING HER VOICE, AND DEMANDING TO KNOW WHETHER I WAS WILLING TO SHARE THE AIR TIME WITH THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES. I ASKED HER WHY SHE WAS SINGLING ME OUT FOR THIS QUESTION, AND SHE RESPONDED THAT I WAS PREVENTING HER FROM PREPARING THE CANDIDATES FOR THE FORUM. I RESPONDED THAT I WAS PREVENTING HER FROM DOING NOTHING, THAT I WAS ONLY STATING THE UNACCEPTABILITY OF HER CHOICE OF PHONE ANSWERER (MELINDA ILEY-DOHN) AND OF THE VIOLATION OF HER PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH ME THAT THIS REPRESENTED. AT SOME POINT IN THIS DISCOURSE, SHE GOT PHYSICALLY CLOSE TO ME AND BEGAN YELLING AT ME TO SHUT UP. UNNERVED BY THIS SUDDEN ESCALATION, I GOT EVEN CLOSER TO HER AND YELLED BACK AT HER THAT SHE HAD NO RIGHT TO YELL AT ME.

AT THIS POINT, SHE STATED THAT I WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM, AND THAT SHE WAS CALLING THE POLICE, OR WAS HAVING ERNESTO AGUILAR CALL THEM, AND STATED THAT I MUST LEAVE THE PREMISES IMMEDIATELY. I FOLLOWED HER INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING NOT PARTICIPATING, AND LEFT THE PREMISES SHORTLY THEREAFTER. I WAS INFORMED AFTER THE FACT BY ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES THAT THE PHONES WERE IN FACT ANSWERED, AND LISTENERS' QUESTIONS TRANSCRIBED, BY PD AGUILAR.

I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM YOU, AS NATIONAL ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR, TO MY EARLIER COMPLAINT OF BEING DENIED A FULL WEEK OF HAVING MY CANDIDATE STATEMENT PUBLISHED ON THE KPFT WEBSITE CANDIDATE PAGE, DURING PART OF WHICH TIME I WAS NOT EVEN LISTED AS A CANDIDATE, AND DURING THE REST OF TIME WHEN IT WAS CLAIMED (FALSELY) ON THE WEBSITE THAT MY STATEMENT WAS “UNAVAILABLE.” I AM NOW BEING DEPRIVED OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ON-AIR FORUMS, AN OPPORTUNITY BEING AFFORDED TO ALL OTHER CANDIDATES. THERE REMAINS NO WAY TO ASCERTAIN THE PARITY WITH WHICH ON-AIR STATEMENTS OF CANDIDATES ARE BEING AIRED.

I HAVE REQUESTED, AND CONTINUE TO REQUEST, THE TERMINATION OF PACIFICA'S CONTRACT WITH TUCKER BRADLEY, WHO HAS SHOWN HERSELF TO BE NOT ONLY NOT NEUTRAL, BUT EFFECTIVELY PARTISAN, IN ALL OF HER MAJOR DECISIONS. THESE DECISIONS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BENEFITTED PRO-MANAGEMENT CANDIDATES, AND DISADVANTAGED THE MOST VOCIFEROUS MANAGEMENT CRITICS. IN ADDITION, THE SANCTIONING OF KPFT MANAGEMENT IS URGENTLY NEEDED, TO PREVENT THEIR FURTHER MEDDLING IN THE ELECTIONS PROCESS. IT SEEMS UNTHINKABLE TO ME THAT THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION SO CLEARLY CORRUPTED BY THE FAVORITISM SHOWN BY THE LOCAL ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR AT KPFT, COULD WITHSTAND LEGAL CHALLENGE. I SUPPOSE WE WILL ALL FIND OUT WHETHER THAT IS TRUE SOON ENOUGH.

I SUGGEST THAT AT THIS SECOND CRISIS, ANY FAILURE BY YOU, LES RADKEY, AS PACIFICA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR, TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY RELIEF TO RESTORE INTEGRITY TO KPFT'S ELECTIONS, WOULD APPEAR TO BETRAY AN AGENDA WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OF YOUR DUTIES. ONCE AGAIN, YOU ARE ASKED TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT OF TUCKER BRADLEY, AND TO REMEDY THE EGREGIOUS LOSSES MY LSB CAMPAIGN HAS SUFFERED UNDER HER DISCRIMINATORY SUPERVISION.

The alleged campaign violation will then be investigated fully and appropriate steps taken by our

Election Coordinator. In order to insure accountability of this report process, no anonymous

reports will be considered valid. This form must be completed in its entirety. Please submit

completed report via internet as appropriate or you may hand deliver to




Tucker Bradley

419 Lovett Blvd.

Houston TX 77006




Name of person filing report: Ken Freeland

Mailing address: 8728 Kimwood Dr., Houston, Tx 77080

phone no: 832-512-4751 email address: kenfree@swbell. net

Date alleged violation occurred: Sunday, 15 October, 2006 Time: 5:55 pm

Violation Committed by: LES Tucker Bradley

Briefly explain: Tucker Bradley has once again denied equal use of station resources, in this case, participation in the candidate on-air forums, to a single candidate, Ken Freeland, while permitting it to all other candidates. This is a second violation of provision #2 of Pacifica's Fair Campaign Provisions:

2. All candidates for election as a Listener-Sponsor Delegate shall be given equal opportunity for equal air time, which air time shall include time for a statement by the candidate and a question and answer period with call in listeners.

These facts are unequivocal, and an immediate remedy must be supplied to restore fairness and integrity to the KPFT LSB elections process.

 
Peace,

Ken Freeland
Listener-Candidate, KPFT LSB 2006