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> Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 10:40:56 -0400
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> Subject: support the arts
>
> On NPR Morning Edition this morning, Nina Tottenberg
> said that if the Supreme Court supports Congress, it
> is in effect the end of NEA (National
> > Endowment for the Arts)..
> >
> > 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 happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th,
> etc. signer of this
> > petition, please forward a copy to: wein2688
> blue.univnorthco.edu
> > <mailto:[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.
> >
> > 826) Arthur P. Bochner, Tampa, Fl.
> > 827) Stephen P. Banks, Deary, ID
> > 828) Dann Byck, Louisville, KY
> > 829) Marsha Norman, New York, NY
> > 830) Christopher Durang, Pipersville, Pa.
> > 831) Marisa Smith, Hanover, NH
> > 832) Israel Horovitz, NYC, NY and Gloucester,
> Mass.
> > 833) Dossy Peabody, Cambridge, MA
> > 834) Bruce Ward, NYC, NY and Boston, MA
> > 835) Alison Otis, Newton, MA
> > 836) Samuel A. Otis, Wenham, MA
> > 837) Thomas Wright, Princeton, NJ
> > 838) Cameron Manning, NJ
> > 839) Leigh Threlkel, San Francisco, CA
> > 840) Sue Dion Robinson, Portsmouth, NH
> > 841) Gretchen Sutphen, Hoboken NJ
> > 842) Jessie Sholl, Brooklyn, NY
> > 843) Jen Heck, Brooklyn, NY
> > 844) Renee O' Brien, Brooklyn, NY
> > 845) Frank Roldan, New York, NY
> > 846) Lisa Rosevear, New York, NY
> > 847) Julie Gengo, San Diego, CA
> > 848) Rebecca Herath, San Francisco, CA
> > 849) Sean Austin, San Francisco, CA
> > 850) patrick condo, san francisco, ca
> > 851) shelley e peck, san francisco, ca
> > 852) dean wei, san francisco, ca
> > 853) Erin Maile Bortles, New York, NY
> > 854) Gavin K. Bortles, Los Angeles, CA
> > 855) David A. Grant, Los Angeles, CA
> > 856) David Rindlaub, Los Angeles, CA
> > 857) Michael Sheehy, Santa Barbara, CA
> > 858) Ed Lowry, Santa Barbara, CA
> > 859) Keith Halladay, Portland, OR
> > 860) WILL NASH, PORTLAND, OR
> > 861) Dane Huqluist, Portland, OR
> 862) Jae Goodman, San Francisco, CA
> 863) Patrick Godfrey, San Francisco, CA
> 864) Frank DiBiasi, San Francisco, CA
> 865) Sharon Kane, Baltimore, Maryland
> 866) Nancy Scheer, Baltimore, MD
>
>
>
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