I received this from my friend, Julia, a fine artist and an instructor. Please read it.
Please give this your support. Thanks!! Julia
Subject: National Endowment for the Arts, National Public Radio & PBS
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 the
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 Congressional leaders.
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 wish to sign, please add your name to the bottom and
forward on to others. If not, please don't kill it -
send it to the email address listed here:
wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu or
kubi7975@blue.univnorthco.edu
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. 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.
900) Marlowe Hood, Sterling, IL
901) Mary C. Swanson, Rock Falls, IL
902) Catherine A. Smith, Montgomery, AL
903) Robert B. Patrick, Jr., Birmingham, AL
904) Lydia C. Patrick, Birmingham, AL
905) Tracey Norden, Birmingham, AL
906) Arleen Norden, Detroit, MI
907) Marti Alston, Detroti, MI
908) Patricia L. Lent, Royal Oak, MI
909) Joel M. Diskin, CFP St. Clair Shores, MI
910) Charles Sandmel, Brookline, MA
911) Barbara Simonetti, Brookline, MA
912) William Claiborne, Charlottesville,VA
913) Michale V. Osborn, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
914) Linda K. Osborn, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York >>
915) Daniel V. Osborn, Claremont, CA
916) Carol Hayward, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
917) Nonnie Balcer, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
918 Steve Horelick, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
919 Janet Weir, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
920) Sally Warkaske, Milwaukee, WI
921) Richard Doornek, Milwaukee, WI
922) Virgilyn Driscoll, Oconomowoc, WI
923) Mariel Wozniak, Madison, WI
924) Aaron Doty, Madison, WI
925) Amy Fuelleman, Madison, WI
926) Alice Hagen, Middleton, WI
927) Tammy Ewing, Albuquerque, NM
928) Julie Nesbit, Baton Rouge, LA
929) Beau Boudreaux, Columbia, SC
930) Dorothy Robinson, Columbia, SC
931) Amanda Brooks Queen, Columbia, SC
932) Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., College Station, Texas
933) Kirk Winemiller, College Station, TX
934) G. Carleton Ray, Charlottesville, VA
935) M. G. McCormick-Ray, Charlottesville, VA
936) William A. Watkins, Falmouth, MA
937) Joan E. Watkins, Falmouth, MA
938) David Winer, Canton, CT
939) Laura Lovich, Farmington, CT
940) Hazel Carver, Russellville, KY
941) Cathy Carver, Las Cruces, NM
942) Ed Esposito, Nazareth, PA
943) Len Vogler, Corning, NY
944) Karen Kirby, Corning, NY
945) Rhonda Morton, Corning, NY
946) Joseph Gassner, Corning, NY
947) Louise Richardson, Painted Post, NY
948) Cindy Weakland, Corning, NY
949) Eileen Goodling, Corning, NY
950) Kate Sojka, Poultney, VT
951) Margaret M. Holmes
952) Virginia Deneka, Corning, NY
952) Anna Friesen, Huntington Beach, NY
953) Janice DeLoof, Fullerton, CA
954) Julia Beardsley, Yorba Linda, CA
955) Ginger Edwards, Las Vegas, NV
Just copy this, and send it on. # 950 and # 1000, etc.
forward it as noted.
Kirk O. Winemiller
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2258
tel. 409/862-4020 fax 409/845-4096
kow1956@zeus.tamu.edu>
