American Hardwood said:
will25u said:
This will be interesting. The President appoints the members of the BoD, but I don't see anything in the charter about dismissing Board members:
- (b) Establishment of Corporation; application of District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation ActThere is authorized to be established a nonprofit corporation, to be known as the "Corporation for Public Broadcasting," which will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this section, and, to the extent consistent with this section, to the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act.
- (c) Board of Directors; functions, duties, etc.
- (1) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting shall have a Board of Directors (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Board"), consisting of 9 members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. No more than 5 members of the Board appointed by the President may be members of the same political party.
- (2) The 9 members of the Board appointed by the President (A) shall be selected from among citizens of the United States (not regular full-time employees of the United States) who are eminent in such fields as education, cultural and civic affairs, or the arts, including radio and television; and (B) shall be selected so as to provide as nearly as practicable a broad representation of various regions of the Nation, various professions and occupations, and various kinds of talent and experience appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the Corporation.
and then there is this:
- 398. Federal interference or control
- (a) ProhibitionNothing contained in this part shall be deemed (1) to amend any other provision of, or requirement under, this chapter; or (2) except to the extent authorized in subsection (b) of this section, to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over public telecommunications, or over the Corporation or any of its grantees or contractors, or over the charter or bylaws of the Corporation, or over the curriculum, program of instruction, or personnel of any educational institution, school system, or public telecommunications entity.
Nothing like setting up an organization with taxpayer funds that is completely out of the control of taxpayer or their representatives in government. Congress needs to just abolish the damned thing. I hope Trump is at least upsetting the apple cart there. I doubt the courts go along with him though.
https://cpb.org/aboutpb/act
There certainly are a lot of these cushy untouchable jobs floating around.
Sorry forgot to add untouchable.
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