Klarinet Archive - Posting 001402.txt from 1999/03

From: HARLEY SANDBERG <sandberh@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] [Fwd: Fw: a letter to Elizabeth]
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 02:26:03 -0500


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>  The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue of whether public
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>  funding to an artist can be linked with the idea of whether the
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>  art is "decent." After the Robert Mapplethorpe "scandal" not so long
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>  ago, Congress  passed a law that for an artist's art to receive public
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>  money via the National Endowment for the Arts, it must be deemed
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>  decent.


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>  On NPR Morning Edition, Nina Tottenberg said that if the
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>  Supreme Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of NEA.
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>  Then, there's the question of Congressional funding: Funding for
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>  NPR/NEA & PBS.


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>  PBS, NPR (National Public Radio), and the arts are facing major
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>  cutbacks in funding. In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce
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>  spending costs and streamline their services, some government
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>  officials believe that the funding currently going to these programs
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>  is too large a portion of funding for something which is seen as not
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>  worthwhile.


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>  Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per
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>  person per year, and the National Endowment for the Arts equals $.64 a
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>  year. A January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of
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>  Americans wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national defense
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>  and law enforcement as the most valuable programs for federal funding.
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>  Each year, the Senate and House Appropriations committees each have 13
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>  subcommittees with jurisdiction over many programs and agencies.
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>  Each subcommittee passes its own appropriation bill. The goal each
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>  year is to have each bill signed by the beginning of the fiscal year,
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>  which is October 1.


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>  The only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of
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>  support for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by making
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>  our voices heard.


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>  Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who
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>  believe in what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the
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>  President of the United States, the Vice President of the United
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>  States, and Representative Newt Gingrich, who is the instigator of the
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>  action to cut funding to these worthwhile programs.


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>  This petition is being passed around the internet. Please add your
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>  name to it so that funding can be maintained for the NEA, NPR & PBS.


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>  Please keep this petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Please sign and
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>  forward to others to sign. If you prefer not to sign please send to
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>the
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>  e-mail address indicated. This is being forwarded to several people at
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>  once to add their names to the petition. It won't matter if many
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>  people receive the same list as the names are being managed. This is
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>for
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>  anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of $1.12/year of
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>  their taxes.


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>  If you sign, please forward on to others.


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>  If not, please don't kill it - send it to the email address listed
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>  here:
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>  wein2688@-----.edu


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>  ****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of
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>  this petition, please forward a copy to:
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>  wein2688@-----.
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>  This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them. Forward
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>  this to everyone you know, and help us to keep these programs alive.


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>  Thank you.


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>  NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this letter
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>  and then COPY it into a new outgoing message, rather than simply
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>  forwarding it. In your new outgoing message, add your name to the
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>  bottom of the list, then send it on.  Or if option is available, do a
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>  SEND AGAIN.
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>  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
>801) Harley Sandberg, Laie, HI
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