RWIXOM wrote:
> > The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue of whether public
> > funding
> > to an artist can be linked with the idea of whether the art is
> > "decent."
> > After the Robert Mapplethorpe "scandal" not so long ago, Congress
> > passed a law that for an artist's art to receive public money via the
> > National Endowment for the Arts, it must be deemed decent.
> >
> > On NPR Morning Edition, Nina Tottenberg said that if the Supreme Court
> > supports Congress, it is in effect the end of NEA. Then, there's the
> > question of Congressional funding: Funding for NPR/NEA & PBS. PBS, NPR
> > (National Public Radio), and the arts are facing major cutbacks in
> > funding. In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce spending
> > costs and streamline their services, some government officials believe
> > that the funding currently going to these programs is too large a
> > portion of funding for something which is seen as not worthwhile.
> >
> > Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per
> > person
> > per year, and the National Endowment for the Arts equals $.64 a year.
> > A
> > January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of Americans
> > wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national defense and law
> > enforcement as the most valuable programs for federal funding.
> >
> > Each year, the Senate and House Appropriations committees each have 13
> > subcommittees with jurisdiction over many programs and agencies. Each
> > subcommittee passes its own appropriation bill. The goal each year is
> > to
> > have each bill signed by the beginning of the fiscal year, which is
> > October 1. The only way that our representatives can be aware of the
> > base of support for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by
> > making our voices heard.
> >
> > Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who
> > believe
> > in what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the President
> > of
> > the United States, the Vice President of the United States, and
> > Representative Newt Gingrich, who is the instigator of the action to
> > cut
> > funding to these worthwhile programs. This petition is being passed
> > around the internet. Please add your name to it so that funding can be
> > maintained for the NEA, NPR & PBS.
> >
> > Please keep this petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Please sign and
> > forward to others to sign. If you prefer not to sign please send to
> > the
> > e-mail address indicated. This is being forwarded to several people at
> > once to add their names to the petition. It won't matter if many
> > people
> > receive the same list as the names are being managed. This is for
> > anyone
> > who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of $1.12/year of their
> > taxes, a petition follows.
> >
> > If you sign, please forward on to others. If not, please don't kill it
> > -
> > send it to the email address listed here:
> > [log in to unmask]
> > or [log in to unmask]
> >
> > ****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of this
> > petition, please forward a copy to: [log in to unmask]
> > This
> > way we can keep track of the lists and organize them. Forward this to
> > everyone you know, and help us to keep these programs alive.Thank you.
> >
> > NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this letter and
> > then COPY it into a new outgoing message, rather than simply
> > forwarding
> > it. In your new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of the
> > list, then send it on. Or if option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.
> > 651) Andrea Wickham, New York, NY
> > 652) Jessica Wickham, Brooklyn, NY
> > 653) Mary H. Lorimer, W Long Branch, NJ
> > 654) Janis Jolcuvar, Santa Monica, CA
> > 655) Nancy A. Kist, Jersey City, NJ
> > 656) Bruce T. Herbert, Seattle, WA
> > 657) Anne Albritton, Madrid, Spain
> > 658) Richard Stephens, Madrid, Spain
> > 659) Jonathan Forgash, NYC, NY
> > 660) Barbara Glaser, Austin, TX
> > 661) Jim Blomquist, Chicago, IL
> > 662) Amy Rechenmacher, Evanston, IL
> > 663) Jayne Flores, Agana, Guam
> > 664) Jim Renza
> > 665) Ramon A Noya, Atlanta, GA
> > 666) Visitacion A Noya, Atlanta, GA
> > 667) Geoff Baker, Atlanta, GA
> > 668) Richard Gann, Atlanta, GA
> > 669) Anthony Thompson, LA, CA
> > 670) Carol Cetrone, LA, CA
> > 671) Debra Spinelli LA, CA
> > 672) Rika Ohara, Los Angeles, CA
> > 673) Alan Rich, Los Angeles, CA
> > 674) Tina Pelikan, New York, NY
> > 675) Juan Gomez, Los Angeles, CA
> > 676) Fredrik Nilsen, Los Angeles, CA
> > 677) Jackie Sharp, Los Angeles, CA
> > 678) Kathleen Frasca, Burbank, CA.
> > 679) Ilayne Lucas, Burbank, CA
> > 689) Thomas Lucas, Burbank. CA
> > 690) Abbe Kanter Jaye, Van Nuys, CA
> > 691) Billie Shane, Los Angeles, CA
> > 692) Frank Chindamo, L.A., CA
> > 693) Erik Liberman, LA, CA
> > 694) Jacob Liberman, Basalt, CO
> > 695) Marsha Boros, Coral Springs, FL
> > 696) Gina Liberman, San Francisco, CA
> > 697) Sharon Scruggs, NYC, NY
> > 698) Steven Skybell, NYC, NY
> > 699) Joseph Skibell, Austin, TX
> > 700) Barbara Freer Skibell, Austin TX
> > 701) Kerry Fried, Seattle, WA
> > 702) Kimberly Burns, West Hollywood, CA
> > 703) Howard Tharsing, San Francisco, CA
> > 705) Brian Basinger, San Francisco, CA
> > 706) David Murray, Chicago, IL
> > 707) James E. McPherson, Chicago, IL
> > 708) Katherine W. Laughlin, Seattle, WA
> > 709) Timothy L. Murray, Seattle, WA
> > 710) Beth Moore Haines, Nevada City, CA
> > 711) Eric Salzman, Brooklyn & East Quogue NY
> > 712) Kevin Guess, Houston, TX
> > 713) David Gompper, Iowa City, IA
> > 714) Ching-chu Hu, Ann Arbor, MI
> > 715) David Maki, Ann Arbor, MI
> > 716) David G. Stevens, East Islip, NY
> > 717)Rebecca Korn, East Meadow, NY
> > 718) John McNeur, Glen Head, NY
> > 719) Michael Salzman, Plainview, NY
> > 720) Frank Cassara, NY, NY
> > 721) Dean Drummond, Upper Nyack, NY
> > 722) Patricia Spencer, New York, NY
> > 723) Ardith Bondi, New York, NY
> > 724) Yeou-Cheng Ma, Fresh Meadows, NY
> > 725) Michael Dadap, Fresh Meadows, NY
> > 726) Helaine Fiedler, Douglaston, NY
> > 727) Merrilee Fiedler, New York, NY
> > 728) Jeanne Chin, New York, NY
> > 729) Ben Berry, New York, NY
> > 730) Pam Coar, North Babylon, NY
> > 731) Marie Ingellis, East Northport, NY
> > 732) Alice Cavanagh, Binghamton, NY
> > 734) Joseph Andrews, Endicott, NY
> > 735) Amy Short, Vestal, NY
> > 736) Michael Davis, New York, NY
> > 737) Jim Walsh, Binghamton, NY
> > 738) Zachary Roberts, Binghamton, NY
> > 739) Dave Siegel, Palo Alto, CA
> > 740) Stephanie Tuerk, Stanford, CA
> > 741) Jeanne S. Tuerk, Annapolis, MD
> > 742) Carl E. Tuerk, Jr. , Annapolis, Md
> > 743) Ivan Rubin, Brooklyn, NY
> > 744) Maryann H. Long , Summit, NJ
> > 745) Pat Weeden, Oergon, WI
> > 746) Tracey Nelson, Oregon, WI
> > 747) Alanna Nelson, Brodhead, WI
> > 748) Mourad Chaouch, Brodhead, WI
> > 749) Bob Iyall
> > 750) Judith Blau, Chapel Hill, NC
> > 751) Richard A. Peterson, Nashville, TN
> > 752) Karen A. Cerulo, Garwood, NJ
> > 753) Cathy S. Greenblat, New York, NY
> > 754) Shawna V. Hudson, Edison, NJ
> > 755) Karen Zivi, Highland Park, NJ
> > 756) Cristina Beltran, Highland Park, NJ
> > 757) Elizabeth Stanley, Santa Monica, CA
> > 758) Ann Linden, New York, NY
> > 759) Mark McDougle New York, New York
> > 760) Feygele Jacobs
> > 761) Andrea Schwartz, New York, NY
> > 762) Madeline Lee, New York
> > 763) Aviva M. Hay, New York
> > 764) Alison Hope Pepper, New York, NY
> > 765) David M. Kleiman
> > 766) Sol Weber, Queens, NY
> > 767) Judith B Grunberg, Valatie, NY
> > 768) Sanford Allen, Hillsdale, NY
> > 769) Morris A. Phibbs, Chicago, IL
> > 770) Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Chicago, IL
> > 771) Ed Bland, Los Angeles, CA
> > 772) Mary Batten,Los Angeles, CA
> > 773) Sylvia A. Gholson, NY, NY
> > 774) Leslie Adams Wimsatt, Frankenmuth, MI
> > 775) E. Daniel Long, Ann Arbor, MI
> > 776) Beth Gilbert, Tempe, AZ
> > 777) Gary Sauerbrunn, Mesa, AZ
> > 778) Diane Sauerbrunn, Mesa, AZ
> > 779) Per Hannevold, Bergen, Norway
> > 780) Elizabeth Roberts, Boca Raton, FL
> > 781) Lisa Kroll, Richmond, Va.
> > 782) Ellen Vorsteg, Richmond, VA
> > 783) Thomas Campbell, New York, NY
> > 784) Rachel Wixom, New York, NY
> > 785) Jason Edward Kaufman, Cambridge, MA
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