At 07:32 AM 9/23/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>>From:[log in to unmask] (Steve)
>>Subject:Re: Petition for NEA/NPR
>>
>>> subject: Petition for NEA/NPR
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello all - this is super important! please sign and send on!!!
>>>
>>> NPR/PBS Petition - Quick Sign
>>>
>>> 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 this morning, 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.
>>> Or if option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> 449) Edward G. Guggenheim, San Francisco, CA
>>> 450) Thao N. Lam, Riverside, CA
>>> 451) Antonio Rauti, Riverside, CA
>>> 452) Carlotta Domeniconi, Riverside, CA
>>> 453) Stephanie Fonder, Riverside, CA
>>> 454) Sohail Nadimi, Riverside, CA
>>> 455) Shirin Etessam, San Francisco, CA
>>> 456) Jahanshah Javid, Albany, CA
>>> 457) Haleh Nazeri, NY, NY
>>> 458) Larry Weissman, NY, NY
>>> 459) Jackie Medel, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 460) Lynn Cantor, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 461) Alec Bartsch, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 462) Kim Wohlenhaus, Louisville, KY
>>> 463) Tanya Savory, Louisville, KY
>>> 464) Suzanne McDermott, Charleston, SC
>>> 465) Jack Williams, Columbia SC
>>> 466) Caroline Aiken, Atlanta, GA
>>> 467) Jef Jaisun, Seattle, WA
>>> 468) Roberta Penn, Seattle, WA
>>> 469) karen garrett de Luna, Seattle, WA
>>> 470) Sara Jinks, Seattle, WA
>>> 471) Heather Kravas, Seattle, WA
>>> 472) Jason Starkie, Seattle, WA
>>> 473) Clarence L. Brooks, Jr, Seattle, WA
>>> 474) Dan Froot, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 475) Julia Carnahan, Whittier, CA
>>> 476) Karen Nathanson, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 477) Mark Yardas, Venice, CA
>>> 478) Mara Schoner, Venice, CA
>>> 479) karen maclean andersen, los angeles, ca
>>> 480) Sharon Oster, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 481) Eve Sanders, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 482) Nora Johnson, Swarthmore PA
>>> 483) Nathalie F. Anderson, Swarthmore PA
>>> 484) Kevin Kish, Swarthmore Pa
>>> 485) Julia Kernochan, Swarthmore, PA
>>> 486) Cristina Garcia, Swarthmore, PA
>>> 487) Emily Wilkins, Swarthmore, PA
>>> 488) Lucinda Kidder, Northfield MA
>>> 489) Stephanie Woolley, Miami, FL
>>> 490) Chocolate Waters, New York, NY
>>> 491) Judith K. Witherow, Morningside, MD 20746
>>> 492) Steven J. Witherow, Morningside, MD 29746
>>> 493) Sue Lenaerts, Morningside, MD 20746
>>> 494) Robert Edward West, MD 21044-2538
>>> 495) Kathryn Ervin, CA 92346
>>> 496) Margaret A. Perry, Crestline, CA 92325
>>> 497) Yvette Ratner, Auburn, AL
>>> 498) Robin Jaffe, Auburn, AL
>>> 499) Oran C. Walker, Seattle, WA
>>> 500) David A. Nochimson, Seattle, WA
>>> 501) Charlotte Grossman,Tiburon,CA
>>> 502) David P. Gollub, San Francisco, CA
>>> 503) Bruce Isaacson, Las Vegas, Nevada
>>> 504) Kim Addonizio, San Francisco, CA
>>> 505) Leza Lowitz, Dillon Beach, CA
>>> 506) Jack Foley, Oakland, CA
>>> 507) Adelle Foley, Oakland, CA
>>> 508) Alicia Ostriker, Princeton, NJ
>>> 509) Lisa Goldberg, NYC
>>> 510) Danielle DeCrette, NYC
>>> 511) Leslie Castay, NYC
>>> 512) Bryan Burkey, NYC
>>> 513) Mark Zimmerman, NYC
>>> 514) Barbara Tirrell, NYC
>>> 515) Scott Killian, NYC
>>> 516) Danial Shapiro, Minneapolis, MN
>>> 517) Joanie Smith, Minneapolis, MN
>>> 518) Elizabeth Van Vleck, NYC
>>> 519) Suzie Jary, NYC
>>> 520) Susan Johnston, Brooklyn, NY 11215
>>> 521) Mona Kreaden, NYC
>>> 522) Risa Morimoto New York, NY
>>> 523) Ernesto Jarvis, Brooklyn, NY
>>> 524) Fannie Chan, Brooklyn, NY
>>> 525) Richard Simon, New York, NY
>>> 526) Michael Simon, New York, NY
>>> 527) Dwan Reece King, Hartsdale, NY
>>> 528) Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, Greenwich, CT
>>> 529) Helen Liu, Boston, MA
>>> 530) Anne Marie Booth, Quincy, MA
>>> 531) Lihbin Shiao, Jamaica Plain, MA
>>> 532) Emily Houh, Detroit, MI
>>> 533) Emmeline Kim Owyang, Boston, MA
>>> 534) Faith Adiele, Somerville, MA
>>> 535) Wenda Tai, Cambridge, MA
>>> 536) Jeanne Tai, Cambridge, MA
>>> 537) Margaret Tuitt, Somerville, MA
>>> 538) Susan Berstler, Somerville, MA
>>> 539) Betsy Troutman, Seattle, WA
>>> 540) Robert Rufh, Seattle, WA
>>> 541) Andrew Chase, Seattle, WA
>>> 542) Kay Chase, Kalamazoo, MI
>>> 543) Jackie Driscoll, Kalamazoo, MI
>>> 544) Martha Driscoll, Arlington, MA
>>> 545) Priscilla Sanville, Arlington, MA
>>> 546) Michael Gigante, Brattleboro, VT
>>> 547) Carrie Yamaoka, NY, NY
>>> 548) Joy Episalla, NY, NY
>>> 549) Adam Simon, Hoboken, NJ
>>> 550) Matthew Sharpe, New York, NY
>>> 551) Nick Balaban, NY
>>> 552) Jerry Everard, Seattle, WA
>>> 553) Robin Hughes, Seattle, WA
>>> 554) Lori Dirks, Seattle, WA
>>> 555) April Richards, Seattle, WA
>>> 556) Dawn Rains, Seattle, WA
>>> 557) Kim Gonzales, Seattle, WA
>>> 558) Anne Shrauner, Seattle, WA
>>> 559) Rachel Whalen, Seattle, WA
>>> 560) Anne Copeland, Seattle, WA
>>> 561) Jennifer Creegan, Seattle, WA
>>> 562) Jane Ray, Seattle, WA
>>> 563) Jack Levinson, New York City
>>> 564) Anne Corliss Dunham
>>> 565) Teresa Elena Lee
>>> 566) Bruce Gregory Shackelford
>>> 567) Kevin Patrick Kennedy
>>> 568) Christy Kennedy
>>> 569) Kristi Smith, Longmont, Colorado
>>> 570) JoAnne Zingo-Hargis, Lawrence, KS
>>> 571) Dixie F. Lovell, St. Louis, MO
>>> 572) Kajira Djoumahna, Santa Rosa, CA
>>> 573) Carolena Nericcio, San Francisco, CA
>>> 574) Nadia Khastagir, San Francisco CA
>>> 575) James Whitehead, Oakland, Ca
>>> 576) Tom Juarez, South San Francisco, CA
>>> 577) Ruby Udell Grad, Woodacre, CA
>>> 578) Sylvia Spears, San Francisco, Ca
>>> 579) John Hanft, San Francisco, Ca
>>> 580) Bevan Vinton, Piedmont, CA
>>> 581) Anne Underwood Grant, Horse Shoe, NC
>>> 582) Valerie Wilcox
>>> 583) Nicki Ehrlich, Gig Harbor, WA
>>> 584) Maggy Walton, Tacoma, WA
>>> 585) Janet Kalmbach, Tacoma, WA
>>> 586) Adele Roberts, Tacoma, WA
>>> 587) Carol Ann Anderson, Gig Harbor WA
>>> 588) Marcy Katz, Honolulu, Hawaii
>>> 589) David Friedman, Honolulu, HI
>>> 590) Don Hallock, Honolulu, HI
>>> 591) Kathy Hallock, Honolulu, HI
>>> 592) Sean Hallock, Honolulu, HI
>>> 593) Star Hallock, Honolulu, HI
>>> 594) Kit Kowalke, Honolulu, HI
>>> 595) Ron Kowalke, Honolulu, HI
>>> 596) Christine Kowalke, Chicago, Illinois
>>> 597) Gina Lambert, Berwyn IL
>>> 598) Rachel M. Cotugno, Northbrook, IL
>>> 599) Susan Swartz, Highland Park, IL
>>> 600) Jill Meyer, Studio City, CA
>>> 601) Alan H. Simon, Sherman Oaks, CA
>>> 602) Donald G. Eisen, Indiana, PA
>>> 603) Barbara Eisen, Indiana, PA
>>> 604) Ed Simpson, Indiana, PA
>>> 605) Barbara Blackledge, Indiana, PA
>>> 606) David Zarko, NYC, NY
>>> 607) Thomas Cannold, Orlando, FL
>>> 608) Sandy Pokras, Truckee, CA
>>> 609) Richard Skeie, Incline Village, NV
>>> 610) Pamela Skeie, Incline Village, NV
>>> 611) Robert Gongloff, Black Mountain, NC
>>> 612) Laura Phail, Winston-Salem, NC
>>> 613) Bett Hargrave, Lexington, NC
>>> 614) Laura McDuffee, Greensboro, NC
>>> 615) James R. Moody, Waynesville, NC
>>> 616) William J. Shaw, Ft Myers, FL
>>> 617) Larry R. Hanson, Ft Myers, Fl
>>> 618) R.W. Anderson, Fort Myers, FL
>>> 619) Louise T. Anderson, Fort Myers, FL
>>> 620) John D. Anderson, Fort Myers, FL
>>> 621) Rev Jack Bittler, St. Petersburg, FL
>>> 622) Marjorie Dearmont, Houston, TX
>>> 623) Ann Lohmann, Spring, TX
>>> 624) Linda Sievers, Monroe, LA
>>> 625) Elisabeth Gibson
>>> 626) Pat Grant
>>> 627) Angela Weaser, Normal, IL
>>> 628) Kimberly Maselli, Evanston, IL
>>> 629) Reginald Gibbons, Evanston IL
>>> 630) Jamie Brunson, New York, NY
>>> 631) Annette E. Sanders, Philadelphia, PA
>>> 632) Samuel F. Reynolds, Philadelphia, PA
>>> 633) Mark Cofta, Philadelphia, PA
>>> 634) Susan McKey/Benjamin Lloyd, Philadelphia, PA
>>> 635) Reginald Gibbons, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
>>> 60208
>>> 636) Barbara Dilley, Boulder, CO
>>> 637) Nancy Stark Smith, Northampton, MA
>>> 638) Steve Paxton, E. Charleston, VT
>>> 639) Lisa Nelson, E. Charleston, VT
>>> 640) Paula Josa-Jones, Chilmark, MA
>>> 641) Pam White, Chilmark, MA
>>> 642) Peggy Gould, NYC
>>> 643) Tim White, San Anselmo, CA
>>> 644) Miranda Mar, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 645) Lynn Swearingen, Boulder, CO
>>> 646) Bridget Erdmann, San Francisco, CA
>>> 647) Jim Petrick, San Francisco, CA
>>> 648) Lauren Fogel, Portola Valley, CA
>>> 649) Claire Brassert, San Francisco, CA
>>> 650) Anne Jamison, Chicago, IL
>>> 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
>>> 6640 Jim Renza
>>> 6650 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
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>>> 671) Debra Spinelli LA, CA
>>> 672) Rika Ohara, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 673 Alan Rich, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 674 Tina Pelikan, New York, NY
>>> 675 Adam Nussbaum, Highland Mills NY
>>> 676 Seth Rothstein, NYC
>>> 677 Randy Haecker NYC
>>> 678 Phillip Mendelsohn, Los Angeles, CA
>>> 679 Sebastian Uijtdehaage, West Hollywood, CA
>>> 680 Jamie Kravitz, West Hollywood, CA
>>> 681 Edward Kravitz, Cambridge, MA
>>> 682 Ronald Harris-Warrick, Ithaca, NY
>>> 683) Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Ithaca, NY
>>> 684) Steven Stucky, Ithaca, NY
>>> 685) Chen Yi, Kansas City, MO
>>> 686) Paul Rudy, Kansas City, MO
>>> 687) Shannon Bradford, Austin, TX
>>> 688) Robert H. Holling, Jr., Austin, TX
>>> 689) John Walch, Austin, TX
>>> 690) Michael Wright, El Paso, TX
>>> 691) Jeanette D. Farr, Las Vegas, NV
>>> 692) Deirdre Atkinson, Portland, OR
>>> 693) Kevin Michael Moore, Portland, OR
>>> 694 Marylyn John, Portland, OR
>>> 695 Joan Szymko, Portland Oregon
>>> 696) Roxanne Topacio, Seattle, WA
>>> 697) Michael J. McGalliard, Enumclaw, WA\
>>> 698) Lawrence M Vincent, Issaquah, WA
>>> 699) Claire B. Wilcox, Durham, NC
>>>700)Judy Eshelman, Durham, NC
>>>701 Bill Dean Louisville, KY
>>>702)James Leonard Welch,KY
>>> 703) Kelly Cox, Louisville, KY
>>>704)Stephen Gibbs,Chicago Il
>>>705)Angela Steinmetz, Denver, CO
706) Geri Thomas, New York, NY
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