(Fwd) NPR
MARY ANN BELL (MABELL@provos2.prov.sunysb.edu)
Wed, 01 May 1996 13:08:03 -0400 (EDT)
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> This is a petition to show support for funding of the arts, which is being
> circulated via the internet.
>
> To Add Your Name to this list, copy this message onto a new piece of mail,
> type in your name onto the bottom of the list, and send it to a new group of
> people.
>
> 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, the government officials believe
> that the funding currently going to these programs is too large a portion
> of funding for something which is seen as "unworthwhile". 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 in total.
> 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 commitees each have 13
> subcommitees with jurisdiction over many programs and agencies. Each
> subcommitee 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. In the instance of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting,
> the bill determines the funding for the next three years. When this issue
> comes up in 1996, the funding will be determined for fiscal years
> 1996-1998.
>
> 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 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 50th, 100th, 150th, etc. signer of this petition,
> please forward a copy to wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu. If that address
> is inoperative, please send it to kubi7975@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.
>
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> 1.) Elizabeth Weinert, student, University of Northern Colorado,
> Greeley, Colorado.
> 2.) Robert M. Penn; San Francisco, CA
> 3.) Gregory S. Williamson, San Francisco, CA
> 4.) Daniel C. Knightly, Austin, TX
> 5.) Andrew H. Knightly, Los Angeles, CA
> 6.) Aaron C. Yeater, Somerville, MA
> 7.) Tobie M. Cornejo, Washington, DC
> 8.) John T. Mason, Dalton, MA
> 9.) Eric W. Fish, Williamstown, MA
> 10.) Courtney E. Estill, Hamilton College, NY
> 11.) Vanessa Moore, Northfield, MN
> 12.) Lynne Raschke, Haverford College, PA
> (originally Minnesota)
> 13.) Deborah Bielak, Haverford, PA
> 14.) Morgan Lloyd, Haverford, PA 19041
> 15.) Galen Lloyd, Goucher College, MD
> 16.) Brian Eastwood, University of Vermont, VT
> 17.) Elif Batuman, Harvard University, MA
> 18) Kohar Jones, Yale University, CT
> 19.) Claudia Brittenham, Yale University, CT
> 20.) Alexandra Block, Yale University, CT
> 21.) Susanna Chu, Yale University, CT
> 22.) Michelle Chen, Harvard University, MA
> 23.) Jessica Hammer, Harvard University, MA
> 24.) Ann Pettigrew, Haverford College, PA
> 25) Kirstin Knox, Swarthmore College, PA
> 26) Jason Adler, Swarthmore College, PA
> 27) Daniel Gottlieb, Swarthmore College (but truly from Lawrence, KS)
> 28) Josh Feltman, Tufts University, MA
> 29) Louise Forrest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
> 30) HongSup Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
> (originally from Portage, Wisconsin)
> 31) Ana Sandoval,Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> 32) Katherine Navarrete, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> 33) Mandisa Washington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> 34) Stephen Balzac, San Francisco, CA
> 35) Howard Yermish, Los Angeles, CA
> 36) Danielle Yermish, Los Angeles, CA
> 37) David S. Lefkowitz, University of California - Los Angeles.
> 38) Jennifer Higdon, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
> 39) Melissa Hui, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
> 40) Robert Glick, San Francisco CA
> 41) Laura Carmichael, San Francisco, CA
> 42 and 43) Dorothy Stone and Stephen L. Mosko Green Valley, CA
> 44) Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Newhall, CA
> 45) Tom Lopez, Austin, TX
> 46) Russell Pinkston, Austin, TX
> 47) David Froom, California, MD
> 48) Hayes Biggs, New York, NY
> 49) JoAnn Rice, Norwalk, CT
> 50) C. Christina Wright, Seattle, WA
> 51) Brad Foster, Shutesbury, MA
> 52) Barbara Russell, Shutesbury, MA
> 53) Sue Trainor, Columbia, MD
> 54) Kris Bergbom, Northampton, MA
> 55) Deidre McCalla, Riverdale, GA
> 56) Leslie Ann Jones, Los Angeles, CA
> 57) Donna A. Korones, Berkeley, CA
> 58) Anne L. Brener, Los Angeles, CA
> 59) Mark Hurvitz, San Diego, CA
> 60) Cindi Maggied, Cleveland, OH
> 61) Beth Greenapple, Southfield, MI
> 62 Carole Rivel, New Rochelle, New York
> 63) Kimberley E. Brenden, Jupiter, FL
> 64) Shoshana Lash, New York, NY
> 65) Suzanne Stauffer, Brooklyn, NY
> 66) Naomi Ellen Rose, Farmingdale, NY
> 67) Allen Neuner, Boonton, NJ
> 68) Allan Lappin, Waldwick, NJ
> 69) C.P. Smith, Ridgewood, NJ
> 70) Pauline Alama, Rochester NY>
> 71) Bino Gopal, Columbia University, NY, NY
> 72) Darya Chernikhova, Columbia University, New York, NY
73) Richard Sloan, Columbia University, New York, NY
74)Edward S. Katkin, State U. of NY at Stony Brook
75)Maryann Bell, University at Stony Brook