Klarinet Archive - Posting 001396.txt from 1999/03
From: Phil Shapiro <pshapiro@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] [Fwd: Fw: a letter to Elizabeth]
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 23:25:54 -0500
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Here is a real petition with an important (and verifiable)
objective!!!!!
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, 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.
If you sign, please forward on to others.
If not, please don't kill it - send it to the email address listed
here:
wein2688@-----.edu
****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of
this petition, please forward a copy to:
wein2688@-----.
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.
700) Barbara Freer Skibell, Austin TX
701) Kerry Fried, Seattle, WA
702) Kimberly Burns, West Hollywood, CA
703) Howard Tharsing, San Francisco, CA
705) Brian Basinger, San Francisco, CA
706) David Murray, Chicago, IL
707) James E. McPherson, Chicago, IL
708) Katherine W. Laughlin, Seattle, WA
709) Timothy L. Murray, Seattle, WA
710) Beth Moore Haines, Nevada City, CA
711) Eric Salzman, Brooklyn & East Quogue NY
712) Kevin Guess, Houston, TX
713) David Gompper, Iowa City, IA
714) Ching-chu Hu, Ann Arbor, MI
715) David Maki, Ann Arbor, MI
716) David G. Stevens, East Islip, NY
717)Rebecca Korn, East Meadow, NY
718) John McNeur, Glen Head, NY
719) Michael Salzman, Plainview, NY
720) Frank Cassara, NY, NY
721) Dean Drummond, Upper Nyack, NY
722) Patricia Spencer, New York, NY
723) Ardith Bondi, New York, NY
724) Yeou-Cheng Ma, Fresh Meadows, NY
725) Michael Dadap, Fresh Meadows, NY
726) Helaine Fiedler, Douglaston, NY
727) Merrilee Fiedler, New York, NY
728) Jeanne Chin, New York, NY
729) Ben Berry, New York, NY
730) Pam Coar, North Babylon, NY
731) Marie Ingellis, East Northport, NY
732) Alice Cavanagh, Binghamton, NY
734) Joseph Andrews, Endicott, NY
735) Amy Short, Vestal, NY
736) Michael Davis, New York, NY
737) Jim Walsh, Binghamton, NY
738) Zachary Roberts, Binghamton, NY
739) Dave Siegel, Palo Alto, CA
740) Stephanie Tuerk, Stanford, CA
741) Jeanne S. Tuerk, Annapolis, MD
742) Carl E. Tuerk, Jr. , Annapolis, Md
743) Ivan Rubin, Brooklyn, NY
744) Maryann H. Long , Summit, NJ
745) Pat Weeden, Oergon, WI
746) Tracey Nelson, Oregon, WI
747) Alanna Nelson, Brodhead, WI
748) Mourad Chaouch, Brodhead, WI
749) Bob Iyall
750) Judith Blau, Chapel Hill, NC
751) Richard A. Peterson, Nashville, TN
752) Karen A. Cerulo, Garwood, NJ
753) Cathy S. Greenblat, New York, NY
754) Shawna V. Hudson, Edison, NJ
755) Karen Zivi, Highland Park, NJ
756) Cristina Beltran, Highland Park, NJ
757) Elizabeth Stanley, Santa Monica, CA
758) Ann Linden, New York, NY
759 Mark McDougle New York, New York
760) Feygele Jacobs
761) Andrea Schwartz, New York, NY
762) Madeline Lee, New York
763) Aviva M. Hay, New York
764) Alison Hope Pepper, New York, NY
765) David M. Kleiman
766) Sol Weber, Queens, NY
767) Judith B Grunberg, Valatie, NY
768) Sanford Allen, Hillsdale, NY
769) Morris A. Phibbs, Chicago, IL
770) Gladys Bloedow, San Francisco, CA
771) Lavinia Reno, Lafayette, CO
772) Frank D. Reno, Lafayette, CO
773) Collier Smith, Lafayette, CO
774) Ed Michel, Naalehu, HI
775) Kathryn Lawrence, Naalehu, HI
776) Sydney Thornbury, Tujunga, CA
777) Steven J. Kovalesky, Tujunga, CA
778) Shawn A. Nelson, Sherman Oaks, CA
779) James B. Bates, Van Nuys, Ca
780) Nancy Garber, Santa Monica, Ca
781) Ken Scarborough, New York City, NY
782) Michael Lincoln, New York City, NY
783) Lynn Marie Janick, North Attleboro, MA
784) Tammy Taylor, Los Angeles, CA
785) Suzanne Costallos
786) Bruce Adolphe, New York, NY
787) Marija Stroke, New York, NY
788) Ida Kavafian, New Fairfield, CT
789) Steven Tenenbom, New Fairfield, CT
790) Todd Phillips, Brooklyn, NY
791) Leo Traversa, NewYork, N.Y.
792) Maciek Schejbal, New York, NY
793) Sonia Jacobsen, New York, NY
794) Tomas Granet, Long Island City, NY
795) Victor Baker, Philadelphia, PA
796) Sofia Negron, Philadelphia, PA
797) Claudia McLaughlin, Rochester,NY
798) Elbert McLaughlin, New York, NY
799) Rudolph Kremer, Jr., San Francisco, CA
800) Tina Raimondi, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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