[Anyone] Re: NEA

Wed Jan 26 19:02:35 MST 2000

> >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
> 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.
> >
> >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. 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: <wein2688 at blue.univnorthco.edu>  
> This way we can
> >keep track of the lists and organize them. Forward this to
> everyone you
> >know,
> >and help us 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
> 
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