quoted 1 line Subject: NEA petition> Subject: NEA petitionquoted 1 line NEA, NPR & PBS petition> NEA, NPR & PBS petitionquoted 2 lines This petition is being passed around the internet. Please add your name> This petition is being passed around the internet. Please add your name
> to it in hope that funding can be maintained for the NEA, NPR & PBS.quoted 2 lines This is being forwarded to several people at once to add their names to> This is being forwarded to several people at once to add their names to
> the petition. quoted 124 lines This is for anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of> 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 (not back to me). If not, please don't kill it --
> send it to the email address listed here: wein2688@blue.univn
>
> 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 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 150th, 200th, 250th, 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.
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> 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.
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> 416) Arlene Hamilton, Everett, WA
> 417) Irina Rudakova, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
> 418) Persephone Miel, Internews, Moscow, Russia
> 419) Michael J. Mead, New York, NY
> 420) Spiro C. Lampros, New York University, New York, NY
> 421) Kelly Sheehan, Brooklyn, NY
> 422) Henry Kimsey-House, Sebastopol, CA
> 423) Cynthia Loy Darst, Los Angeles, CA
> 424) David Darst, Los Angeles, CA
> 425) Arline Berman, Atlanta, GA
> 426) Laura Davis, Atlanta, GA
> 427) Carole Billingham, Denver, CO
> 428) Sonja M. Hansen, Seattle, WA
> 429) Rebecca Crichton, Seattle, WA
> 430) Cedron Sterling, Seattle, WA
> 431) N'Shama Radha Sterling, Seattle, WA
> 432) Jim Ekberg, Seattle, WA
> 433) Carol Ruth Summers, Seattle, WA
> 434) Ken Jenkins, Novato, CA
> 435) Todd Stock, Los Gatos, CA
> 436) Donald Rose, Los Angeles CA
> 437) Tony Puryear, Venice, CA
> 438) Eric Finke, Venice, CA
> 439) Janet Forman, New York, NY
> 440) Lynda Hansen, NY, NY
> 441) Richard Weise, Nashville, TN
> 442) David Madson, Albany, CA
> 443) Rick Wise, Albany, CA
> 444) Bill Rogers, Mendocino, CA
> 445) Rita Hovakimian, San Francisco, Ca
> 446) Tracy E. Longacre, San Francisco, CA
> 447) Anita G. Barfield, San Francisco, CA
> 448) Penelope M. Warren, San Francisco, CA
> 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
> 458) Lynn Cantor, Los Angeles, CA
> 459) Alec Bartsch, Los Angeles, CA
> 460) Kim Wohlenhaus, Louisville, KY
> 461) Tanya Savory, Louisville, KY
> 462) Suzanne McDermott, Charleston, SC
> 463) Jack Williams, Columbia SC
> 464) Caroline Aiken, Atlanta, Ga.
> 465) Jef Jaisun, Seattle, WA
> 466: Roberta Penn, Seattle, WA
> 467: karen garrett de Luna, Seattle, WA
> 468: Sara Jinks, Seattle, WA
> 469: Heather Kravas, Seattle, WA
> 470: Jason Starkie, Seattle, WA
> 471: Clarence L. Brooks, Jr, Seattle, WA
> 472: Dan Froot
> 473: Jennifer Miller
> 474: Karyn Riegel, NY, NY
>475: Julia Smith
>476: Heather Smith, Chicago, IL
>477: Zachariah Taub, Chicago, Il
>478: Selima Ani, Chicago, IL
>480: Peter Avirom, St.Paul, MN.
>481: Megan Callan, Honolulu, HI
>491: Elizabeth Stampe, San Francisco, CA
>492: Meryl Block, San Francisco, CA
>493: Alec Meltzer, Philadelphia, PA
>494: Amy Hammersmith, Philadelphia, PA
>495: Jackie Kendall, Palatine, Il
>496: Etoy Ridgnal, Washington, D.C.
>497: Michael Eisenscher, Oakland, CA
>498: Carmela Marner, London, UK
>499: Deborha Holmes, NYC, NY.
>500: Sasha Frere-Jones, NYC, NY.
501: Lawrence Chandler, Brooklyn, NY
502: Martha Schwendener, Brooklyn, NY
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