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February 29, 2000 
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INFOWARS: PACIFICA


PACIFICA: And this news from Pacifica.  At the
national board meeting in Washington, DC this weekend
Dr. Mary Frances Berry announced she will be stepping
down as chair of the Pacifica board, though she said
she will remain on the board until her term ends next
September.  The vice chair, David Acosta from Houston,
will be replacing her. Pacifica executive director
Lynn Chadwick also has resigned.  She's being replaced
by Bessie Wash, the general manager of Pacifica
station WPFW. Three new members were added to the
embattled board of directors.  DC attorney John
Murdock was seated. He's from the Washington law firm
of Epstein, Becker and Green, which bills itself as
being among the largest labor and employment law firms

in the world, working exclusively with management. It
offers counsel and representation to management,
including maintaining a - quote - "union free
workplace." Also seated was New York activist Leslie
Kagan, who works with the Sane Boat Coalition, an
umbrella organization that works on poverty and 
education issues. The third new member of the Pacifica
board is Bertram Lee. Lee is former owner of the
Denver Nuggets basketball team, and runs a firm that
among other activities buys and sells radio stations. 


FREEPAC: "Lee is a wealthy sports magnate with a
history of buying and selling radio and TV stations.
He could put together a deal to sell one of the
Pacifica stations overnight," said Andrea Buffa,
executive director of the media advocacy organization
Media Alliance . . . He was a co-owner of the Denver
Nuggets, a CBS TV affiliate in Boston, WKYS FM in
Washington, and served on the board of directors of
Reebok. 

EPSTEIN, BECKER & GREEN WEB SITE: EBG has vast
experience representing employers in all manner of
employment- related claims, including claims brought
under various civil rights and anti-discrimination
acts such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, sexual
harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). 
EBG represents employers in matters relating to
executive compensation, wrongful discharge, plant
closings and relocations, downsizing and workforce 
restructuring, non-competition and trade secrets
litigation, ERISA and other employee benefits issues,
employment-related torts, immigration, and actions 
arising under state workers' compensation laws, the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and the Family and 
Medical Leave Act (FMLA) . . .  

 The firm also offers counsel and representation to
management in all areas of traditional labor law,
including grievance arbitration, training in problem
avoidance, issues related to job actions and work
stoppages, maintaining a union-free workplace, and
actions arising under the National Labor Relations Act
(NLRA), Railway Labor Act (RLA), and other organized 
labor statutes.  Employment Discrimination Law EBG's
labor and employment attorneys have significant jury
and bench trial experience in virtually every state
and federal forum. The firm also boasts an
extraordinary number of attorneys with backgrounds in
government, including many with experience with
regulatory and enforcement agencies such as the
US Department of Labor, the US Department of Justice,
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),
and various US Attorneys' offices.