------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 5-Sep-98 2:55 ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Subject: PBS/NPR Petition...sign & pass it on > > The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue of > whether public funding > to an artist can be linked with the idea of > whether the art is > 'decent.' After the Robert Mapplethorpe "scandal" > not so long ago, > Congress passed a law that for an artist's art to > receive public money > via the National > Endowment for the Arts, it must be deemed > "decent." > > On NPR Morning Edition recently, Nina Tottenberg > said that if the > Supreme Court supports Congress, it is in effect > the end of NEA. Then, > there's the question of Congressional funding: > Funding for NPR / NEA & > PBS. > > This petition is being passed around the > Internet. Please add your name > to it so that funding can be maintained for the > NEA, NPR & PBS. Please > keep his petition rolling. Do not reply to me. > Please "sign" below and > forward to others to sign. If you prefer not to > sign please send to the > e-mail address indicated below. Thanks. > > This is being forwarded to several 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/PBS is a > worthwhile expenditure of $1.12/year of their > taxes. If you sign, > please forward this on to others. 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, 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." > > According to a USA Today/Gallup poll, 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. 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. Or if the option is available, do a SEND > AGAIN. > > 661. Carolyn Kozo Cole, Pasadena, CA > 662. Dace Taube, Los Angeles, CA > 663. Kathy Kolnick, Los Angeles CA > 664. Richard W. Straub, Chicago, IL > 665. Lori S. Dokken, Minneapolis, MN > 666. Deb Geelsdottir, Hecla, SD > 667. James W. Wickliff, Chicago, IL > 668. James Darsey, St. Charles, IL > 669. Valdan Pennington, St. Charles, IL > 670. N. Alden Hatton, West Dundee, IL > 671. Amacker Bullwinkle, Palo Alto, CA > 672. Andrea Mangini, Santa Cruz, CA > 673. Dorothy Galvan, La Selva Beach, CA > 674. Julie Kirschbaum, Santa Cruz, CA > 675. Lauren Goldberg, San Francisco, CA > 676. Stuart Goldberg, Missoula, MT > 677. Claudia C, Pharis, Wash., DC > 678. C. Richard Cox, Philadelphia, PA > 679. Hollister Knowlton, Philadelphia, PA > 680. Susan Perloff, Philadelphia PA > 681. Peggy Anderson, Philadelphia, PA > 682. Judith Borie, Flourtown, PA > 683. Judith Bogart, Cincinnati, OH > 684. Patricia Trubow Hollister, Florence, KY > 685. Peter H. Hollister, Florence, KY > 686. Emily Elise Oppmann, Montgomery, AL > 687. Andrew J. Oppmann, Montgomery, AL > 688. Gip Gibson, Montgomery, AL > 689. Theodore Snead, Montgomery, AL > 690. Christopher Tabor, Montgomery, AL > 691. Cynthia Beckert, Orlando, FL > 692. Kevin DuFour, Orlando, FL > 693. Emily C. Moore > 694. Chris Phillips > 695. Amy Puckett, Atlanta, GA > 696. Christopher Wade Blanton, Social Circle, GA > 697. Bryan Patrick, Fort Worth, TX > 698. Arthur L. Ranney, Platteville, WI > 699. Laura DeLong, Cartersville, GA > 700. Kate Shropshire, Atlanta, GA > 701. Dana Powell, Atlanta, GA > 702. Amy Ard, Chicago, IL > 703. Tatyana Mamut, Chicago IL > 704. Emma Schiffman, Chicago, IL > 705. Christopher W. Garvin, New York, [Thomas > Kim] NY > 706. Thomas H. Kim, Los Angeles, CA. > 707. Michael Sy, Los Angeles, CA > 708. Leslie Sung, San Francisco, CA > 709. Shirley Chen, Redwood City, CA > 710. Ely Lai, Oakland, CA > 711. Nicole Smith, Seattle, WA > 712. Heidi Seger, Portland,OR > 713. W. Matthew Crouch, Portland, OR > 714. Dean A. Crouch, Herndon, VA > 715. Bradley W. Crouch, Dayton, OH 716. Margaret E. Stewart, Columbus, OH 717. David P. Zimmerman, Columbus, OH !^NavFont02F12060006NGHHYO7373 Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*