Current, the newspaper for public radio and television insiders, (not to be confused with the UMSL student publication of the same name) ran an article today about Patty Wente’s unethical and incompetent management practices.
Specifically, it focused on her phony pledge matches during membership campaigns, where listeners were led to believe “dollar for dollar” challenges were being met by donations from local businesses. However in reality many businesses had already bought underwriting announcements, and their purchases were passed off as legitimate “challenge” grants, where, for example a $40 pledge would automatically become $80. In many cases Wente perpetrated this scam without the full knowledge of the business owners.
Keep in mind, though that this probe is not being conducted by the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Lawyers in
Wente continues to act like nothing is wrong. However she has not once responded to the serious allegations in the May 7 Riverfront Times article. Staff at KWMU say she has even summoned employees to a day-long “retreat” on Thursday at a rented outside facility, and is paying yet another consultant to discuss the future of KWMU, though it’s doubtful she’ll discuss the present.
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404 Item Not Found error message is coming up when I hit the link. Hopefully they will post it soon or is there a way to put a PDF on this page, just like the Biz Journal?
A staff retreat this Thursday...well I'm sure there will be plenty of alcohol involved on her behalf.
I emailed the Current- and the article is up and running. Funny how all other stories were linked with no problems from the Current web site- except for the story about KWMU...
Bob Samples seems to be singing a different tune in the Current article- compared to his die-hard "Patty isn't going anywhere" opinion in the RFT article...and why wasn't Don Driemeier in the Current article spewing the family ways of KWMU??? No comment, Don? Where's the family support, Don?
Where's the University's response to these 'allegations'???
Fraudulent Fund Drives, that according to Bob Samples, were taken care of- why didn't you do something about it before the statute was given to you? Seems - according to the articles- 2 other employees went directly to the University- not anonymously- with their concerns...talk about one big happy family...talk about allowing someone to commit fraud - for years- and then allowing them to keep their job...why does she still have her job, UMSL??? seriously- this goes beyond mismanagement...
there is a very good reason as to why UMSL turns the other way- what is it UMSL? who's slept with whom, UMSL?
I have no idea if Karen and Laura read this blog and one day I do hope to connect with you. Both of you were so pro-active in the article & I one day hope to tell you in person (like I am doing here) that both of you ladies are class acts professionally and personally. I vividly recall those days of Patty telling everyone else their dirty laundry. It's a shame it had come down to this, but Patty had it coming. I respect you Karen, Laura and the current staffers who came forth with information for the story. An alcoholic is someone in denial and Patty is truly in denial.
My thanks to Laura for finally deciding to stop lying on behalf of Patty. Better late than never, I suppose, but I hope you realize how complicit you were in this whole situation.
Please DO NOT ever say anything about Laura's being complicit. She took a lot of abuse; worked a lot of overtime; and kept a great disposition through it all. She had bills to pay and needed benefits just like all the other employees who saw what happens when you speak up. I applaud her for going public for her comments.
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