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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:48:50 -0500 (EST) From: heather maria schrock <hschrock@indiana.edu> To: rconder@falstaff.ucs.indiana.edu Subject: NPR/PBS funding petition (fwd) maybe you could forward this to some tcom folks???

quoted 253 lines For anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of

>>>>For anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of >>>>$1.12/year of their taxes (as opposed to, say, Newt >>>>Gingrich's salary?), petition follows. If you sign, please >>>>forward on to others (not back to me). If not, please don't >>>>kill it -- send it to the email address listed here: >>>>wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu >>>> >>>>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, the government officials believe that the funding >>>>currently going to these programs is too large a portion of >>>>funding for something which is seen as "unworthwhile". >>>>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 in total. 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. In the instance of the Corporation of Public >>>>Broadcasting, the bill determines the funding for the next >>>>three years. When this issue comes up in 1996, the funding >>>>will be determined for fiscal years 1996-1998. >>>> >>>>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 >>>>if you believe in what we stand 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. >>>> >>>>If you happen to be the 50th, 100th, 150th, etc. signer of >>>>this petition, please forward a copy to >>>>wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu. If that address is >>>>inoperative, please send it to kubi7975@blue.univnorthco.edu. >>>>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. >>>> >>>>1) Elizabeth Weinert, student, University of Northern Colorado, >>>> Greeley, Colorado. >>>>2) Robert M. Penn.; San Francisco, CA >>>>3) Gregory S. Williamson, San Francisco, CA >>>>4) Daniel C. Knightly, Austin, TX >>>>5) Andrew H. Knightly, Los Angeles, CA >>>>6) Aaron C. Yeater, Somerville, MA >>>>7) Tobie M. Cornejo, Washington, DC >>>>8) John T. Mason, Dalton, MA >>>>9) Eric W. Fish, Williamstown, MA >>>>10) Courtney E. Estill, Hamilton College, NY >>>>11) Vanessa Moore, Northfield, MN >>>>12) Lynne Raschke, Haverford College, PA (originally Minnesota) >>>>13) Deborah Bielak, Haverford, PA >>>>14) Morgan Lloyd, Haverford, PA 19041 >>>>15) Galen Lloyd, Goucher College, MD >>>>16) Brian Eastwood, University of Vermont, VT >>>>17) Elif Batuman, Harvard University, MA >>>>18) Kohar Jones, Yale University, CT >>>>19) Claudia Brittenham, Yale University, CT >>>>20) Alexandra Block, Yale University, CT >>>>21) Susanna Chu, Yale University, CT >>>>22) Michelle Chen, Harvard University, MA >>>>23) Jessica Hammer, Harvard University, MA >>>>24) Ann Pettigrew, Haverford College, PA >>>>25) Kirstin Knox, Swarthmore College, PA >>>>26) Jason Adler, Swarthmore College, PA >>>>27) Daniel Gottlieb, Swarthmore College (but truly from Lawrence, KS) >>>>28) Josh Feltman, Tufts University, MA >>>>29) Louise Forrest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA >>>>30) HongSup Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA >>>> (originally from Portage, Wisconsin) >>>>31) Ana Sandoval,Massachusetts Institute of Technology >>>>32) Katherine Navarrete, Massachusetts Institute of Technology >>>>33) Mandisa Washington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology >>>>34) Stephen Balzac, San Francisco, CA >>>>35) Howard Yermish, Los Angeles, CA >>>>36) Danielle Yermish, Los Angeles, CA >>>>37) David S. Lefkowitz, University of California - Los Angeles >>>>38) Frank S. Albinder, San Francisco, CA >>>>39) Read S. Sherman, Harvard Divinity School >>>>40) Stephane Lemelin, Cambridge, MA >>>>41) Thomas Ouellette, Cambidge, MA >>>>42) Richard Russell, Cambridge, MA >>>>43) Nella Wennberg, Jamaica Plain, MA >>>>44) Eric Smith, Jamaica Plain, MA >>>>45) Alex Graham, Boston, MA >>>>46) Dean Wei, Chicago, IL >>>>47) Luisita Frances, Chicago, IL >>>>48) Roy Vella, Stanford, CA >>>>49) Alan Hellawell, Mountain View, CA >>>>50) Timothy A. Scott, San Francisco, CA >>>> >>>>51) Albert M. Yeh, Mountain View, CA >>>>52) Susan Yeh, Seattle, WA >>>>53) Jonathan Payne, Seattle, WA >>>>54) Cena Pohl, Seattle, WA >>>>55) David Perk, Seattle, WA >>>>56) Robert Srygley, Seattle WA >>>>57) Katarzyna S. Kubzdela, Chicago, IL >>>>58) Katy Human, Stanford, CA >>>>59) Erica Fleishman, Reno, NV >>>>60) C. Richard Tracy, Reno, NV >>>>61) Kenneth E. Nussear, Reno, NV >>>>62) Christopher R. Tracy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI >>>>63) Kristin Komives, Carrboro, NC >>>>64) Jennifer Goldman, Chapel Hill, NC >>>>65) Darcy Leach, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI >>>>66) Van Luong, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI >>>>67) Aurora M. Sherman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI >>>>68) Paul O. Stern, Seattle, WA >>>>69) Erika Tapman, U. of Vermont College of Medicine >>>>70) Opher Donchin, Urbana, IL >>>>71) Prof. Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego >>>>72) Ari Levitt, University of Washington, Seattle, WA >>>>73) Nathan Martin, Berkeley, California >>>>74) Lynn Price, Kensington, California >>>>75) Leslie Shown, Kensiongton, CA >>>>76) Mike Boals, Berkeley, CA >>>>77) Wendy Boals, Berkeley, CA >>>>78) Effie Westervelt, Tiburon, CA >>>>79) Mary Burns, Taos, NM >>>>80) Karen Page, New York, NY (karenapage@aol.com) >>>>81) Gary Holleman, Bemidji, MN (holleman@chefnet.com) >>>>82) Tim Rosa, Newton, MA (trosa@world.std.com) >>>>83) Doug Hersh, Sherborn MA (hersh@ultranet.com) >>>>84) Ruel Little, Somerville, MA (rlittle@ascensiontech.com) >>>>85) Stefan Wennik, Andover, MA (SWennik@aol.com) >>>>86) Melissa Walia, SF, CA (color@well.com) >>>>87) Tracy Brown, SF, CA (tracy@nrh.com) >>>>88) John T. Miller, SF, CA (johncom@dnai.com) >>>>89) M. Todd Davis, SF, CA (todd_davis@gensler.com) >>>>90) Michael Demetrios, SF, CA >>>>91) J. Marc Perrin, NY, NY (mperrin@sbi.com) >>>>92) Alyse Daberko, NY, NY (adaberko@sbi.com) >>>>93) Jessica Guertin, Washington Univ. St. Louis (jg3@cec.wustl.edu) >>>>94) Ellen Watson, San Francisco, CA >>>>95) Bridgitt Arnold, Seattle, WA >>>>96) Erica Yenni, Seattle, WA >>>>97) Kerri Karvetski, Seattle, WA (70007.4401@compuserve.com) >>>>98) Mark Butler, Seattle, WA >>>>99) lazlow jones, long beach, ny lazlow@undernet.com >>>>100) Laura Bykowski, NYC, NY laurab@gbcom.com >>>> >>>>101) Amy Stettler, NYC, NY ZiolaS@AOL.com >>>>102) F Ben Dana, Burlington, Vermont >>>>103) Bill Dahill-Baue, Brattleboro, VT >>>>104) S. Ryan Quick, Yale University, New Haven, CT >>>>105) Jerry Anne Dickel, Yale University, New Haven, CT >>>>106) Donald Beebe, Yale University, New Haven, CT >>>>107) Stephanie Seery, School of Theology at Claremont, CA >>>>108) Katherine A. Johnson, Baltimore, MD >>>>109) Cynthia J. Halstead, Burke, VA >>>>110) Ronald Northrip, Falls Church, VA ronnlee@clark.net >>>>111) Jane Levandoski, University of Delaware, DE >>>>112) Denise J. Hills, University of Delaware, DE >>>>113) David P. Sobel, College of William & Mary, VA >>>>114) Amey T. Sadler, College of William& Mary, VA >>>>115) Donna M. Livingston, Woodbridge, VA >>>>116) Karen A. Morris, Burke, VA >>>>117) Michael E. Perdue Atlanta, GA >>>>118) David Cour, Washington D.C. >>>>119) Katie Sergent, Washington D.C. >>>>120) Nathan Sewell, Nashville, TN >>>>121) Peter Eby, Nashville, TN >>>>122) jeff taraday, seattle, WA >>>>123) Julie Taraday, Seattle, WA> >>>>124) Stephanie Cooper, Seattle WA >>>>125) Kailen Mooney, Seattle, WA >>>>126) Dylan Clark, Univ. of WA, Anthropology, Seattle 98195 >>>>127) Daniel Simons, University of Washington, Seattle, WA >>>>128) Peter Anderson, University of Washington, Seattle >>>>129) Rob Perry, Tampa, FL >>>>130) Karen Davis, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii >>>>131) April Severson Portland,Oregon >>>>132) Jill Karsten, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii >>>>133) Khalil J. Spencer, Honolulu, Hawaii >>>>134) Charles H. Miller, Honolulu, Hawaii 21*19'10" N 157*49'45" W >>>>135) Ed Ketz, Honolulu, Hawaii (ketz@pulua.hcc.hawaii.ed >>>>136) Linda R. Thompson, Harding Univ., Searcy, AR lthompson@harding.edu> >>>>137) Dayl L . Scherich, University of Arkansas <dscheric@comp.uark.edu >>>>138) Randolph L. Mowry, New York University <mowry@is.nyu.edu> >>>>139) Elliot M. Austin, New York University <austine@is3.nyu.edu> >>>>140) Ro Conforti, New York University, NY, NY >>>>141) Kelly Otter, New York University, NYC <otter@is3.nyu.edu> >>>>142) Janet F. Davidson, NYU, NYC <jfd0039@is.nyu.edu> >>>>143) Joanne K. Griffin, New York University, NY, NY >>>>144) Dona J. Lethbridge, University of Alabama in Huntsville >>>>145) Thomas A. Moss, Huntsville, Alabama <tamoss@ingr.com> >>>>146) William S. Frantz, Los Gatos, California <frantz@netcom.com> >>>>147) Arrita Peri Frantz, Los Gatos, California, <apfrantz@apple.com> >>>>148) Kim Coleman, Santa Clara, CA <kac1162@aol.com> >>>>149) Ray Umphreys, Cary, NC >>>>150) Bonnie Umphreys, Cary, NC 74644.356@compuserve.com >>>> >>>>151) Sherwin Gooch, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 >>>>152) David A. Comstock, San Jose, CA 95120 >>>> <comstock.d@applelink.apple.com> >>>>153) Geri Z. Comstock, San Jose, CA 95120 >>>>154) Lu Reid, Campbell, CA 95008 <adream@apple.com> >>>>155) Dave Thomas, Campbell, CA 95008 >>>>156) Bernard Chen, Rice University, Houston, TX 77054 >>>>157) Kerry Robinson, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63132 >>>>158) Tess Garcia, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond >>>>159) Claire Garcia, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 >>>>160) Jane Cauvel, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 >>>>161) Kathy Brandt, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 >>>>162) Phillippa Kassover, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 >>>>162) Kevin Connors, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 >>>>163) Tyler Stevens, Green Mountain Falls, CO 80910 >>>>163) Grant Lange, Seattle, WA 98103 >>>>164) Yakaira Nunez, University of Illinois, Urbana, Il. 61801 >>>>165) Grey Larsen, Unionville IN 474681 >>>>166) Mark D. Moss, Bethlehem, PA 18015-0253 >>>>167) Larry Fish, Denver, CO 80210 >>>>168) Rebecca Miklich, Denver, CO 80219 >>>>169) Charles B. Hall, Colorado Springs, CO 80908 >>>>170) Nancy J. Skye Ridley, Denver CO 80220 >>>>171) James Mackay, Denver CO 80236-3414 >>>>172) Michelle Mowery, Long Beach, CA 90804 >>>>173) Margaret Walton, Long Beach, CA 90807 >>>>174) Judy Raphael, Leverett, MA 01054 >>>>175) Pasha Warren, Greenfield, MA 01301 >>>>176) Sutra McNamara, Leverett, MA 01054 >>>>177) Johanna Halbeisen, Northampton, MA 01060 >>>>178) Eric Halbeisen, Detroit MI 48216-1963 >>>>179) LiPo Ching, Los Angeles, CA 90006 >>>>180) Valerie Soe, San Francisco CA 94110 (vsoe@sfsu.edu) >>>>181) Jon Winet, San Francisco CA 94703 <jawinet@ucdavis.edu> >>>>182) Antoinette LaFarge, New York, NY >>>>183) Heather Wagner, New York, NY <wag@slack.net> >>>>184) Beth Carey, New York, NY <bethc@sva.edu, bcarey@interport.net> >>>>185) Judy Carey, Potomac, MD <careyj@hq.hhmi.org> >>>>186) Jenna Jones, Petaluma, CA <jonesey@hooked.net> >>>>187) William Morse Shearer, Chelmsford, MA >>188) Madelon Anderson, Merrimack, NH >>189) Micky Tripathi, MIT >>190) Daniel Mayer, Cambridge, MA (mayerda@huges1.harvard.edu) >191) sean reardon, cambridge, ma (reardose@hugse1.harvard.edu) >>>192) Karen L. Mapp, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

193) Donal Fox, Leonellis Music, Boston, MA 02119-1439 194) Kendra Shank, Seattle, WA 195) Robert Dale, Vashon, WA <rcdale@wolfenet.com> 196) Craig Harris, Seattle WA (charris@u.washington.edu) 197) Katie Peterson, Seattle, WA (Katie_Peterson@qmserver.lkwash.wednet.edu) 198) Nan McEntire, Bloomington, IN (mcentire@indiana.edu) 199) Laura Flanigan, Bloomington, IN (lflaniga@indiana.edu) 200) Heather Schrock, Bloomington, IN (hschrock@indiana.edu)