>Yay, Mindy!
>
>I have suggested the same modest proposal to my senators and congressfolk in
>letters promoting federal support for the arts and museums, since there are
>many many ways my tax $ get used of which I do not approve (but which still
>receive whopping subsidies).  I was met with stony silence.  No sense of
>humor in some quarters.
>
This is what your friendly local Senators and House of Representatives are
supposed to be doing--passing on your sensibilities and sensitivities. If
they are not doing what you want, there is a much more direct way of
dealing with it. Vote them out.
Ivy Fleck Strickler                     Phone 215-895-1637
Drexel University                       Fax 215-895-4917
Nesbitt College of Design Arts          [log in to unmask]
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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