Nazis at KBOO? That sounds alarming!
Nonetheless that's exactly what Alan Graft, er, Graf was warning cadre about in 2010 at Portland Indymedia, when then Board President Becky Chiao made some awkward comments on air that she admitted could have been better, but somehow became a "Nazi Apologist".
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/07/400845.shtml?discuss
President of KBOO is an Nazi Apologist
author: Alan Graf
e-mail:
alangraf@aracnet.com
| The President of KBOO is a Nazi Apologist and works for the city of Portland defending Police Brutality
|
Becky Chiao, is the current President of the KBOO board of directors.
She is a lawyer and former member of the National Lawyers Guild.
For the past number of years she has worked for Risk Management for the city of Portland defending police brutality incidents.
Recently, when I was on Lisa Loving's show as a guest attorney, I
spoke about my own personal experience with Captain Mark Kruger who has a
documented history of being a Nazi sympathizer and lover of Nazi
culture and artifacts. We have videos, affidavits and photos to prove
all of this. He has also been documented through videos and testimony as
intolerant of diverse views and been shown to be very violent against
people who he didn't like, particularly those on the left, time and time
again. Yet, he was promoted to Captain of Downtown precinct.
On Lisa's show I spoke out on the air questioning why the city wold
promote such a man who recently admitted in WWeek that he has put
together a memorial park in Portland for fallen Nazi soldiers.
Becky Chiao called in to the program and defended Kruger and stated
"it is just an innocent hobby of his" and I shouldn't be picking on him.
Becky said nothing at the time that she was currently KBOO's
president. This is the same line that was used by the city to defend
Kruger's actions when we sued the city for police brutality against
protesters of the Iraq war. The city later conceded and settled the
case.
I now find out that Becky is President of KBOO's board and I am
simply aghast and dismayed that KBOO would allow a Nazi apologist to be
its President. Rosie Sizer's schedule also shows Becky Chiao meeting
with Sizer previous to a meeting Sizer was planning to have with Joann
Bowman about Police brutality and profiling. It is safe to assume that
Chiao was prepping the Chief for the meeting.
For years, KBOO has been the voice against police brutality in this
city. Now it has an employee of the city of Portland who defends police
brutality as its President. This is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Please feel free to publish my letter wherever you choose to do so.
Sincerely,
Alan Graf
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homepage: http://www.hippelawyer.com
Becky Chiao foolishly tried to engage in dialog and clarify her position:
Of course this was proof she should resign, or maybe reisgn, immediately!
And
These people sure don't like Nazi. This will be a point of glaring hypocrisy later.
ANYWAY, displaying balls that staff could only dream of, Chiao returns to apologize and offer an olive branch:
And it all when down here:
http://kboo.fm/node/21803
But note something that Jim "gonna camp on fitch's doorstep" dancingtrout says:
After listening again to Lisa's program and Becky's call in to
KBOO, I could find only one discrepancy in Alan's statement, that being
that Becky did not say the word 'innocent',
Comrade Alan Graft has never retracted that piece of mis-characterisation. For someone screaming about Nazis you'd think he'd get on that.
But it's not the first time hypocrisy rages for the Cause and it won't be the last. The comments get strange-er, as Grace Marian under her Virginia Furr nick joins the fray:
Becky, go ahead and have your spin meeting, but members should
attend the board meeting (Monday, July 26, 6 PM at KBOO). Its best to
keep everything in the open, and the board meeting is he most
appropriate place to do that. You are incapable of leading KBOO and must
resign now before you do any more harm.
And Becky replies:
Grace, I do know you and frankly, I don't share your perspective
on many things, the meaning of the House Rules for one, so your advice
is not particularly persuasive to me.
Your characterization of my attempt to communicate with people as
spin strikes me as very cynical. I would hope that through dialogue we
might be able to find some areas of understanging and that doing so is a
positive way to approach disagreement.
Forcing Grace to start posting Anonymously(something that seems to be disabled now). But she does sign one comment:
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/17/2010 - 2:21pm.
I think one very telling issue is that while Becky and the
current board are obsessed with "The House Rules" (see notice of the
election on this website), Becky's understanding of our Program Charter
seems to be minimal. How else could she call into a talk show, defend a
Nazi glorifier--and please keep in mind that these were people who
planned and partially implemented the systematic genocide of Jews,
Communists, homosexuals and Gypsies? She clearly has no clue about
KBOO's mission, and thus should not be board president or even a board
member. Becky needs to resign. Now.
Grace
Grace Marian is studying mental health counseling, from all appearances by acting crazy to understand the crazy:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/grace-marian-m-p-h/52/6a4/818
Seasoned human services professional, currently studying clinical mental
health counseling, and planning to open a private practice on the coast
of Oregon.
(Maybe it should be called, "method" heath counseling?)
Keep those Nazis in mind as we return to Indymedia. One of the first two comments in Comrade Alan's article is by a guy called "Joe Anybody":
Well he should ask!
"Joe" was put on this very same spot by Rose City Antifa.
The cadre irony award goes to Glorious Leaders long time foil hat
associate "Joe Anybody", who is documented by Rose City Antifa as being
an actual Nazi Apologist. Or at least an apologist for working with
pro Nazi Holocaust deniers in hosting, recording and promoting events featuring a Nazi sympathizers and anti-Semitic propaganda:
http://rosecityantifa.weebly.com/1/post/2012/09/portland-911-truth-alliance-hosts-right-wing-bomber-courtesy-of-city-bikes-president-tim-calvert.html
Supporting right wing anti-Semite abortion clinic bomber
Springmeier supporters complain that their hero was simply a target of
sinister forces who wished to shut him up about Illuminati mind
control. The Portland 9/11 Truth Alliance gave Springmeier his first
public speaking event following release from federal prison; a video of
Springmeier’s rambling speech recorded by event attendee Joe Anybody
is available online.
video unavailable or disabled. Also at 9/11 conspiracy Ning:
http://pdx911truth.ning.com/video/fritz-springmeir-9-10-11-911-attack-and-the-occult-symbolism
Supporting long time anti-Semite and Holocaust Denier Tim Calvert
Calvert’s presentation, allegedly on the topic of “Critical Thinking,” is also available online,
having been recorded and then circulated by videographer Joe Anybody.
Calvert discusses the US media as being controlled by special
interests, the example provided by Calvert being an NPR journalist who
Calvert believes ought to have disclosed that she was married to an
Israeli citizen and that she lives in Israel--this is a rather obvious
attempt to invoke the “dual loyalties” antisemitic myth, and to suggest
that the special interest in question behind the US media is a
“Zionist”/Jewish one
video removed/disabled. Other link: http://pdx911truth.ning.com/video/critical-thinking-by-tim-calvert-9-10-11-in-portland-oregon
related article on Joe Anybody's buddy Calvert:
http://rosecityantifa.weebly.com/1/post/2012/09/citybikes-co-op-maintains-antisemitic-president-portland-anti-racists-call-for-boycott-of-business.html
Citybikes Co-op Maintains Antisemitic President, Portland Anti-racists Call for Boycott of Business
Google Joe Anybody Holocaust Denial for more.
EDIT: comments indicate results of this search aren't relevant for all Google users.
Try Joe Anybody Portland Nazis instead.
Oh where, oh where, was Joe Anybody's anti Nazi outrage in 2012?
It goes down hill from there at Indy as we are joined by friends and cadre including:
Comrade Yaney!
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/07/400845.shtml?discuss#373955
Comrade Dancing Trout!
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/07/400845.shtml?discuss#373970
Comrade Nassar! (referenced)
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/07/400845.shtml?discuss#373845
It's like the same group of people who hate Fitch! It IS the same people who hate Fitch!
And even when Chiao steps down, it's STILL not enough!
One down, how many more to go ?
http://kboo.fm/blog/1290
Becky Chiao's blog
Announcing new board president
Submitted by Becky Chiao on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 12:36pm
Hi there. I wanted to let people know that I stepped down from the board
president position Thursday night and the new board president is Louis Sowa.
And:
Finally, in the eye of the hysteria, a comrade at KBOO snaps, screaming:
MAKE THE MADNESS STOP!
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 4:53pm.
All you crazy people, running off the board anyone who you
disagree with. Knock it off before you completely destroy what's left
of KBOO.
You defamed the prior board president. You encouraged the crazy
lawsuit, then ran a slate of people to try to take over the board. When
only a few of your slate won the election, you harrassed the elected
board to the point that some good people resigned, realizing that being
sued, libeled, and kept at board meetings to be yelled at till the wee
hours of the morning just isn't worth it anymore. So ... by the back
door you got people sympathetic to your views appointed to the board,
even though your candidates lost in elections.
You drove out the door one of the most thoughtful, gentle, and
serious people I met at the station, former manager Arthur Davis, using a
pack of lies and made up allegations to smear his good name. He made
one mistake, but was hounded out the door because a handful of members
wanted him gone.
Becky ain't perfect, but she aknowledges her shortcomings, and writes
a clear explanation and apology for her poor choice of words. What a
miracle it would be if the toxic people harrassing her now could do the
same.
Fast forward to 2013.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
My statement on Lisa's show was my own and was not made on behalf of the KBOO Board or the KBOO Foundation (or on behalf of the City of Portland).
After talking to Alan on the phone this morning, I will be posting a response for the KBOO website this weekend. It will include an apology for my inaccurate and insenstive remarks. I do believe and have always believed that white supremicist ideologies are horribly wrong and have lead to unfathomable human suffering.
There are lots of challenges facing KBOO. My personal approach toward facing these challenges is through open-minded discussion. But if it becomes clear that my statements have eroded my credibility to such an extent or pose such a distraction that I should not be in a leadership position at the station, I will step down.
I think it is incorrect to say that I don't tolerate dissent. I would be happy to answer questions about who I am and what I think, but I'm not sure how much of that to do on the web via online forums. I'd like to set up a time to talk to concerned people about this in advance of the KBOO Board's monthly meeting so as not to take up time set for station business talking about me. In the meantime, I can be reached via email--becky@herfingertips.com and from there can arrange to talk on the phone on in person.
KBOO members interested in running for the board in this September's election have until July 30 to submit their candidacy paperwork. For more information see: http://kboo.fm/governance
I hope that those of you considering ending your station membership will reconsider and ultimately find that with your help KBOO can remain a vitally important resource for social justice in our community.