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NEA in Danger (fwd)
- From: david joslyn <[email protected]>
- Subject: NEA in Danger (fwd)
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:16:21 -0500 (EST)
(With apologies to the KLI & PS mailing lists for the OT post)
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:09 AM
Dear Friends:
On NPR's Morning Edition, Nina Totenberg reported that if the Supreme
Court supports Congress to cut the budget of the National Endowment of
the Arts, it is in effect the end of NEA.
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 will be 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 our 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. The full list will be forwarded to the
President of the United States, the Vice President, and the Speaker of the
House, whose office 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, and PBS.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY WORK AS A VOICE IN OUR
DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. IT'S EASIER THAN EVER TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD.
Please keep the petition rolling. Do not reply to me.
Sign your name and locale to the list and forward it to others to sign. If
you prefer not to sign, please send the list to the email address given
below. This is being forwarded to numerous 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
and PBS deserve $1.12/year of their taxes.
If you sign, please forward the list 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:
[email protected]
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 the 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 Crawford
21. 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 Menasch=BB, Mahopac, NY
84. Amy Menasch=BB, 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 Shechter
98. 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. Claire M. Stahler, Lake Placid, NY
113. Carolyn Curwen, Lowell, MA
114. Alison E. Curwen, Ojai, CA
115. William A. Curwen, Ojai, CA
116. Rick Swan, Ojai, CA
117. Sonia Nordenson, Ojai, CA
118. Rebecca Plum, Ojai, CA
119. Mike Wilkerson Santa Barbara, CA.
120. Jose Zamora, Berkeley, CA121. Amber Smock, Berkeley, CA
122. Kimberly Cunningham, Berkeley, CA.
123. Margot Hanson, Berkeley, CA
124. Sarah Church, Berkeley, CA
125. David Caeser, Berkeley, ca
126. Catherine Trimbur, Berkeley, CA
127. Lori Durbin, Oakland, Ca.
128. Bebo White, San Francisco, CA
129. Bruce Erickson, San Carlos, CA
130. Don Erickson, Chicago, IL
131. D. McCannon, Evanston IL
132. G. Militello, Chicago, IL
133. D. Wilson, New York, New York
134. Kathy Murphy, Champaign, IL
135. Cara L. Day, Champaign, IL
136. Ualtar G. O'Regan, San Francisco, CA
137. John C. Lester, Berkeley, CA
138. Sara Hensley, San Jose, CA
139. Paul Olguin, Pacifica, CA
140. Jill Gluck,, Los Angeles, CA
141. Millicent Alexander, Los Angeles, CA
142. Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, Northridge, CA
143. Sandra Brown, Sherman Oaks, CA
144. Roland A. Childs, Los Angeles, CA
145. Naomi Childs, Los Angeles, CA
146. Ken Coleman. Santa Fe, NM
147. John reynolds, Los Angeles CA
148. Nathan Smith, Los Angeles, CA
149. Gabriela Kohen, New York, NY
150. Geoff Boehm, New York, NY
151. Kermit Johns, New York NY
152. Able Billheimer, New York NY
153. Ann C. Horan, Summit, NJ
154. Mary P. Lechevalier, Morrisville, VT
155. Hubert A. Lechevalier, Morrisville, VT
156. Marilyn J. Jordan, Huntington Station, NY
157. Kay Bromberg, Roslyn Heights, NY
158. Michael O'Neill, Wainscott, NY
159. Janine Veto, NY
160. Lysbeth A. Marigold, East Hampton, NY
161. Adrienne Kitaeff, East Hampton, NY
162. Kelly Patton Brook, Newcastle, Me
163. Alexander Brook, Newcastle, Me
164. Joanna Steichen, Montauk, NY >>
165. Will Trinkle, Roanoke, VA
166. Sheila Lobel, Hollis, NY
167. Robert Werthman, Fairless Hills, PA
168. L.A. Parks Daloz
169. Sharon Daloz Parks
170. John de Cuevas
171. Bruce Baird Struminger, Ann Arbor, MI
172. Leonadi Ward, La Crescenta,CA
173. Tayria Ward, La Crescenta, CA
174. Danny Martin, Cross River, NY
175 Doug Renick, Belmont, MA
176 Carol Reinhard, Belmont, MA
177. Frank Basler, Westport, CT
178. Susan Basler, Westport, CT
179. Robert Kenny, Langley, WA
180. Julie Glover, Langley, WA
181. Therese Nowlan, New York, NY
182. F. Russell Kellogg, New York, NY
183. Laraine M. Mai, Ossining, NY
184. Sean Michael O'Shea, Ossining, NY
185. Bailey W. Jackson, Brewster, NY
186. Theodora G. Jackson, Brewster, NY
187. Michael J. Cooley, Niskayuna, NY
188. L.M.Cooley, NY NY
189. Andrea Hirshman, Brooklyn, NY
190. Margo Hirshman Roca, Port Charlotte, FL
191. Carrie Hirshman Nolan, Denver, CO
192. Gerri Blank, Aurora Co
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194. Jill Sochacki, Oakland, CA
195. Mike Sochacki, Oakland, CA
196. Howard Genser, DeLand, FL
197. Renee Robb-Cohen, Asheville, NC
198. Arthur Robb-Cohen, Asheville, NC
199. Kathryn C. Stockman, Hendersonville, NC
200. Nancy Zearfoss, Burke, VA
201. Fred Miller, Burbank, CA
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210. Jennifer R. Gelb, Cleveland, OH
211. Gretchen B. Siano, Framingham, MA
212. Joel A. Gorenstein, NY, NY
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214. Blaise T. Santianni, Media, PA
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219. Peter Donahue, Milwaukee, WI
220. Andrew McHenry, Milwaukee,WI
221. Pamela J. Longley, New Paltz, NY
222. David Jsolyn, New Paltz, NY
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