Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:35:41 -0700
From: [log in to unmask] (Darken,Joanne)
Organization: Community College of Philadelphia
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To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: NPR etc. petition

Subj:    NEA
Date:   99-04-12 06:15:36 EDT

Please read and sign this and then pass it on.

> NPR/PBS Petition - Quick SignOn NPR Morning Edition this morning, 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.
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
who believe in what this stands 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.

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 this petition rolling. Do not reply to me.
Please sign and forward to others to sign.

If you prefer not to sign please send to
the e-mail address indicated. 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, a petition follows.
If you sign, please forward on to others.  If not, please
don't kill it - send it to the email address listed here:

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****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of this
petition, please forward a copy to:
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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 option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.
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> 797) Alex Gibney, Summit, NJ
> 798) Charles Schuerhoff, Lincoln, MA
> 799) Sarah Frank, New York, NY
> 800) Vivian M. Horner, Dowell, MD
> 801) Ranny Levy, Santa Fe, NM
> 802) Lawrence A. Tolle, Santa Fe, NM
> 803) David Tolen,  Plymouth, MI
> 804) Daniel Piccolo, Ann Arbor, MI
> 805) Daniel E. Piccolo, Rochester, NY
> 806) Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler, Scottsville, NY
> Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler
> Campus Minister
> St. John Fisher College
> 807) Ethna Maeve McKiernan, Minneapolis, MN
> 808) Linda Back McKay, Minneapolis, MN
> 809)  Nanci Olesen, Minneapolis, MN
> 810)  Steve Epp, Minneapolis, MN
> 811) John Plummer, New York, NY
> 812) Maia Guest, New York, NY
> 813) Joe Plummer, New York, NY
> 814) Kathy Plummer, New York, NY
> 815) Patricia Buckley, New York, NY
> 816) Leslie Noble, Syracuse, NY
> 817) Brian Pringle, Fulton, NY
> 818) Brad Reed, Chicago, IL
> 819) Deborah Frieden, Chicago, IL
> 820) William Harrison, Chicago, IL
> 821) Michael B. Murray
> 822)Alice Kirwan   823) Julie Wozniak, Michigan City, IN
   824) Harry J. Karabel, Valparaiso, IN
   825) Eric Geist, naperville, IL
   826) Danny Warner, Cary, IL
   827) Janette Warner, Cary, IL
   828) George Siede, Chicago, IL
   829) Donna Preis Siede, Chicago, IL
   830) Susan Atlas Kelley, Oak Park, IL
   831) Caron Atlas, Brooklyn, NY
   832) Raymond Breaux, New Orleans, LA
   833) Quo Vadis Breaux, New Orleans, LA
   834) Lynn Wheeldin Suruma, Atlanta, GA
    835) Carol Bebelle
   836)  Martha E. Ture, Fairfax, CA
   837) Terri Alvillar, Fairfax, CA
   838) Joanne Darken, Philadelphia, PA
   839)  Betsy Darken, TN

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