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Public commenters and members criticize proposed survey and recent station decisions
Summary
Public commenters urged the board not to use McLaughlin & Associates, citing biased survey questions; other commenters criticized WLRH staffing decisions and questioned whether donations would support local programming.
During the public comment period, Dana Ellis identified herself and urged the board not to use McLaughlin & Associates for the poll, saying she had taken their survey recently and found the questions biased. "The questions were so biased... I refused to pick any of the answers," she said, adding she had told the surveyor the instrument appeared slanted.
Another commenter, Pam Caruso, said she had stopped giving to WLRH and questioned whether donations were being used appropriately. She told the board, "I don't give money to WLRH anymore... You guys did something that just didn't ask anybody." Board members responded, noting the staff's challenges after budget cuts and the desire to grow the endowment to provide greater stability.
