> > > >> > > >> A worthwhile petition > > >> > > >> In a message dated 2/14/00 9:14:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > >> dshulbert@erols.com writes: > > >> << > > >> Subj: National Endowment of the Arts petition > > >> 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. > > >> Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who you > > >> believe > > >> are 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, > > >> 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. > > >> > > >> FOR EVERY 50th SIGNER > > >> ======================= > > >> If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer of this > > >> petition, > > >> please forward a copy to: > > >> wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu <mailto:wein2688@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. > > >> 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. > > >> ADD YOUR NAME TO THIS LIST > > >> ================================ > > >> 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, CA > > >> 121. 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. Kurt Hoelting, Clinton, WA > > >> 175. Sally Goodwin, Clinton, WA > > >> 176. Ross Chapin, Langley, WA > > >> 177. Linda Pruitt, Seattle, WA > > >> 178. Jim Soules, Seattle, WA > > >> 179. Joel Rogers, Seattle, WA > > >> 180. Tom Darden, Seattle, WA > > >> 181. Ellen Wallach, Seattle, WA > > >> 182. Karen Lane, Seattle, WA > > >> 183. Lynn Taylor, Mercer Island, WA > > >> 184. Collin Tong, Seattle, WA > > >> 185. Sara Robertson, Seattle,WA > > >> 186. Namji Steinemann, New York, NY > > >> 187. Grace Norman, New York, NY > > >> 188. Rebecca Straus, New York, NY > > >> 189. Gillian Tan, New York, NY > > >> 190. Katherine Lynn, Somerville, MA > > >> 191. Chris Herb, Madison, WI > > >> 192. Kim Herb, Madison, WI > > >> 193. Sarah Kilgour, Mogamimachi, Yamagata, Japan > > >> 194. Wm. E. Kilgour, Madison, Wi > > >> 195. Martha Kilgour, Madison, WI > > >> 196. Audrey Kupferberg, Amsterdam, NY > > >> 197. Rob Edelman, Amsterdam, NY > > >> 198. Judith M Kass, New York, NY > > >> 199. Milton Kass, New York, NY > > >> 200. Jack Eichenbaum, Flushing, NY > > >> 201. Lois M. Kahan, New York,NY > > >> 202. Hal Temkin, Highland Park, IL > > >> 203. Lois Sachs, Northfield, IL > > >> 204. John Sachs, Northfield, IL > > >> 205. Ellen Alter, Winnetka, IL > > >> 206. Michael Alter, Winnetka, IL > > >> 207. Margaret J. Tucker, Nashville, TN > > >> 208. Jud Phillips, Nashville, TN > > >> 209. Jane F. Osgerby, Nashville, TN > > >> 210. Derek B. Petrella, Nashville, TN > > >> 211. Kimberly M. Patterson, Wildwood Crest, NJ > > >> 212 Katie M Arnold, Savannah, GA > > >> 213. Matthew Arnold, Brooklyn NY > > >> 214. April Lange, W. Barnstable, MA > > >> 215. Ruth Benfield, Seattle, Wa > > >> 216. William R. Benfield, Seattle, Wa > > >> 217. Ashley Benfield, Seattle, Wa > > >> 218. Morgan Benfield, Seattle, Wa > > >> 219. Issen Powter, Gold Bar, WA > > >> 220. Michael B. Plumb. Lynnwood, WA > > >> 221. Norma L. Plumb, Lynnwood, WA > > >> 222. Jonnee Denton, Bothell, WA > > >> 223. Les Denton, Bothell, WA > > >> 224. Susan Marett, Port Townsend, WA > > >> 225. Robert Marett, Port Townsend, WA > > >> 226. Patricia J. Yearian Port Townsend, WA > > >> 227. Barbara Furlan, Seattle, WA > > >> 228. Walt S. Dimick, Portland, OR > > >> 229. Jennifer Meyers, Portland, OR > > >> 230. Sarah Sameh, Portland, OR > > >> 231. Joelle Burgess, Seattle, WA > > >> 232. Cynthia Cruver, Seattle, WA > > >> 233. Kyle Cruver, Seattle, WA > > >> 234. Corinne Cruver, Seattle, WA > > >> > > >> 235. Roy Cruver, Gig Harbor, WA > > >> 236. Phyllis Thurlow, Sandpoint, ID > > >> 237. Sue Engdahl, Seattle, WA > > >> 238. Robin Reiners, Kirkland, WA > > >> 239. Joe Daniels, Seattle WA > > >> 240. Dan Minnick, Seattle WA > > >> 241. George, Seattle, WA > > >> 242. Franklin Soto, CA > > >> 243. Vic Edgerton, Tucson, AZ > > >> 244. Eric Shepp, Tucson, AZ > > >> 245. Lochlann Kehoe, MD > > >> 246. Stephen Giermek, Baltimore, MD > > >> 247. Heather Dubnick, Beverly, MA > > >> 248. Kate O'Rourke, Baltimore, MD > > >> 249. Erin Marek, Annapolis, MD > > >> 250. Lavina Velasco, Baltimore, MD > > >> 251. Jason Eskridge, Santa Clara, CA > > >> 252. Dan Gazdic, Chicago, IL > > >> 253. Jason Micklevitz, Wheeling, IL > > >> 254. Lee Hedlund, Des Plaines, IL > > >> 255. Christopher Clemente, Chicago, IL > > >> 256. Regina Gilbert, Chicago, IL > > >> 257. Kenneth Garland, Chicago,IL > > >> 258. Sandra Stewart, Chicago,IL > > >> 259. Joe Mullinax, Hollywood,CA > > >> 260. Stephanie Wilkins, Astoria, NY > > >> 261. Curt Haworth, NY NY > > >> 262. Helen McCarthy, Davis, CA > > >> 263 Suzanne Griset, Tucson, AZ > > >> 264. Alan Ferg, Tucson, AZ > > >> 265. Stephen R. Ferg, Arlington, VA > > >> 266. Nancy H. Davis, Shady Side, Md. > > >> 267. Leslie D. Spruance, Virginia Beach, VA > > >> 268. Charles G. Evans > > >> 269. Marilyn D. Evans > > >> 270. Allan Melton > > >> 271. Melonie Melton > > >> 272. George Little, Portsmouth, VA > > >> 273. Franz Green, Virginia Beach, VA > > >> 274. Douglas Hulbert, Virginia Beach, VA > > >> 275. Susan Hulbert, Virginia Beach, VA > > > 276. Charles Hecht-Leavitt, M.D. Norfolk, VA > > > 277. Leslie Hecht-Leavitt, M.D. Norfolk, VA > > >>278. William W. Boykin Jr. Va. Beach, Va. > > 279. Margaret B. Kimmel, Davidson, NC > > >>280. Donald L. Kimmel, Jr., Davidson, NC>> > 281. Richard Kimmel, New Ulm, Mn