| Author | Message: Petition | Posted by: "Heidi O'C."
On: 9/12/1999 at 10:07:54 PM GMT
Message #: 2370
See headers | << << Dear Friends:
In NPR Morning Edition, Nina Totenberg said that if
the Supreme Court
supports Congress, it is in effect the end of NEA
(National Endowment for
the Arts).This situation creates great concerns
about Congressional funding
for
creative arts in America, since NEA provides major
support for NPR (National
Public Radio) & PBS (Public Broadcasting System),
and numerous other
creative and performing arts. If NEA is lost or
weakened, our lives are
similarly diminished.
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
favor of what this stands for. This list will be
forwarded to the President
of the United States, the Vice President of the
United States, and the
Speaker Of The House, the office of which has in the
past been
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.
****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th,
etc., signer of this
petition, please forward a copy to:
wein2688@b...
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.
1. David Liberman, Sylva, NC
2. Marie Harrison, Sylva, NC
3. Randi Beckmann, Ithaca, NY
4. Bill Wertheim, Mt. Vernon, NY
5. Marlene Wertheim, Mt. Vernon, NY
6. George Wertheim, San Francisco, CA.
7. Linda Wertheim, San Francisco, CA
8. Linda R. Semi, Walnut Creek, CA
9. Margaret C. Forness, Pleasant Hill, CA
10. Phillip D. Rubenstein, Syracuse, NY
11. Timothy J. Connell, Madison, WI
12. Stacia E. Jesner, Mt. Kisco, NY
13. Jenna Schnuer, NYC, NY
14. Julia Kohn, NY, NY
15. Maria Sarro, NY, NY
16. Evan Schwartz, Cliffside Park, NJ
17. Pat Waters, Lakewood, CO
19. Karen Tilton, Maquoketa, IA
20. Kent Crawford21. Terry Dillon
22. Gene Bechen, Coralville, IA
23. Neal Schnoor, Kearney, NE
24. Sam Zitek, Crete, NE
25. Jay Kloecker
26. Marilyn Godby, Papillion, NE
27. Lucina Johnson
28. Alfred Tom Johnson
29. Tyler Corey Johnson
30. A. Corey Limbach
31. Paula Smith, Berkeley, CA
32. Pat Quinn, Alameda, CA
33. Andrea Quinn, Alameda, CA
34. Jerry Hackett, Berkeley, CA
35 Richard Hackett, NY
36. Jeffrey Green, CA
37. Phil Chernin, CA
38. Sandra S. Bauer, CA
39. Gregory LeVasseur, San Francisco, CA
40. Keiko LeVasseur, San Francisco, CA
41. Diego Gonzalez, San Francisco, CA
42. David D. Berkowitz, Washington, DC
43. Peter Glass, Bellevue, WA
44. Mary Frances Rimpini, Kent, WA
45. Mary Frances Stevens, Kirkland, WA
46. Linda Grebmeier, Benicia, CA
47. Lee Altman, Benicia, CA
48. Jeffrey Gray, South Orange, NJ
49 Ed Jones, Orange, NJ
50. Daniel P. Jones, Glenside, PA
51. Jenifer Goetz, State College, PA
52. Arnold R. Post, Carrboro, NC
53. Anna E. Post, Carrboro, NC
54. Robert A. Post, Cape May, NJ
55. Evelyn M. Post, Cape May, NJ
56. Jay A. Sklaroff, Philadelphia, PA
57. Harry M. Sklaroff, Washington, DC
58. Susan E. Salmons, Washington, DC
59. Dori Langevin, Silver Spring, MD
60. Ted Langevin, Silver Spring, MD
61. David Mercier, Easton, MD
62. Phoebe Harding, Baltimore, MD
63. Molly Rath, Baltimore, MD
64. Terry O'Hara, Baltimore, MD
65. Nina Wendt, Baltimore, MD
66. Marilyn Clark, Baltimore, MD
67. Cathy McKinney, Boone, NC
68. Harold McKinney, Boone, NC
69. Milena Garcia, Columbia, MD
70. Timothy Morrison, Devore, CA
71. Virginia S. Kallay Cleveland, OH
72. Nancy Cleaveland, Atlanta, GA
73. Cindy Lutenbacher, Decatur, GA
74. Kaye Norton, Columbus, OH
75. Elaine Haidt, Chapel Hill, NC
76. Harold Haidt, Chapel Hill, NC
76. Frank Church, Chapel Hill, NC
77. Astrid R. Jarzembowski, Garrison, NY
78. David Church, Garrison, NY
79. Cathy Dillon, Old Greenwich, CT
80. Michelle Woodward, Town of Mt. Pleasant, NY
81. Catherine L. Josset, Brewster, NY
82. Bill Philbrick, Crompond, NY
83. Emile Menasché, Mahopac, NY
84. Amy Menasché, Mahopac, NY
85. Bette-Jane Crigger, Peekskill, NY
86. Miriam Piven Cotler
87. Cyndi Menegaz, Los Angeles, CA
88. Linda Zale, Los Angeles, CA
89. Phillip Kudelka, Woodland Hills California
90. Karl Schoenbaum, Woodland Hills California
91. Jennifer Bramscher, Malibu, CA
92. Mindy Markman, Los Angeles, CA
93. Bekki Misiorowski, Los Angeles, CA
94. Robert A. Misiorowski, Los Angeles, CA
95. Elise B. Misiorowski, Los Angeles, CA
96. Andrea McShane, Los Angeles, CA
97. Judith Shechter98. Gerald Shechter, Kansas City,
Missouri
99. Joyce Williams, Kansas City, MO
100. Brad Harris, Kansas City, MO
101. Ken Krusi, Silverdale, WA.
102. Rus Shuler, Fort Mill, SC
103. Stacy Hammond, Fort Mill, SC
104. Sandy Whitaker, Charlotte, NC
105. Neely Dodge, NY, NY
106. E Schlosberg Boston, MA
107. K. Caswell, Ivoryton, CT
108. Jerome Russo, Pennington, NJ
109. Sarah Caguiat Borthwick, Brooklyn, NY
110. Carlos J. Caguiat, Saranac Lake, NY
111. Rick Dennis, Saranac Lake, NY_
112. Thomas Ham, Potsdam, NY
113. Richard F. Hunter, Potsdam, NY
114. Carol Q. Hunter, Potsdam, NY
115. Donna E. Seymour, Potsdam, NY
116. Margaret DeYongh, Pleasantville, NY
117. Evelyn Partalis, White Plains, NY
118. Bob Emrich, Bethel, Ct.
119. Reed Cutting, Marblehead, MA
120. Jane baker, Salem MA.
121. Nancy Ramsden, Salem, MA
122. Caroline Jestin, Collinsville, CT
123. Susan Lukas, New York, NY
124. Jill Giles, Middleild, CT
125. Alissa Florio, New York, NY
126. Katie Coleman, East Lyme, CT
127. Ged Gengras, Simsbury, Ct
128. Christina Thompson, West Hartford, CT
129. Bethany Sharkey, Canton, CT
130. Rachel Zamstein, West Hartford,CT
131. Mike Pacilio, Kingston, RI
132. Erin Dieterich, Suffield, ct
133. Rickie Beth Friedberg, Wayne NJ
134. Heidi O'C., NJ
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