> Dear Friends:
> Please read and follow the instructions below.
> NPR/PBS Petition - Quick Sign
> 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 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:
> [email protected] or [email protected] ****If
you
> happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of this petition,
please
> forward a copy to: [email protected].  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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> 449)  Edward G. Guggenheim, San Francisco, CA
> 450)  Thao N. Lam, Riverside, CA
> 451)  Antonio Rauti, Riverside, CA
> 452)  Carlotta Domeniconi, Riverside, CA
> 453)  Stephanie Fonder, Riverside, CA
> 454)  Sohail Nadimi, Riverside, CA
> 455)  Shirin Etessam, San Francisco, CA
> 456)  Jahanshah Javid, Albany, CA
> 457)  Haleh Nazeri, NY, NY
> 458)  Larry Weissman, NY, NY
> 459)  Jackie Medel, Los Angeles, CA
> 460)  Lynn Cantor, Los Angeles, CA
> 461)  Alec Bartsch, Los Angeles, CA
> 462)  Kim Wohlenhaus, Louisville, KY
> 463)  Tanya Savory, Louisville, KY
> 464)  Suzanne McDermott, Charleston, SC
> 465)  Jack Williams, Columbia SC
> 466)  Caroline Aiken, Atlanta, GA
> 467)  Jef Jaisun, Seattle, WA
> 468)  Roberta Penn, Seattle, WA
> 469)  karen garrett de Luna, Seattle, WA
> 470)  Sara Jinks, Seattle, WA
> 471)  Heather Kravas, Seattle, WA
> 472)  Jason Starkie, Seattle, WA
> 473)  Clarence L. Brooks, Jr, Seattle, WA
> 474)  Dan Froot, Los Angeles, CA
> 475)  Julia Carnahan, Whittier, CA
> 476)  Karen Nathanson, Los Angeles, CA
> 477)  Mark Yardas, Venice, CA
> 478)  Mara Schoner, Venice, CA
> 479)  karen maclean andersen, los angeles, ca
> 480)  Sharon Oster, Los Angeles, CA
> 481)  Eve Sanders, Los Angeles, CA
> 482)  Nora Johnson, Swarthmore PA
> 483)  Nathalie F. Anderson, Swarthmore PA
> 484)  Kevin Kish, Swarthmore Pa
> 485)  Julia Kernochan, Swarthmore, PA
> 486)  Cristina Garcia, Swarthmore, PA
> 487)  Emily Wilkins, Swarthmore, PA
> 488)  Lucinda Kidder, Northfield MA
> 489)  Stephanie Woolley, Miami, FL
> 490)  Chocolate Waters, New York, NY
> 491)  Judith K. Witherow, Morningside, MD 20746
> 492)  Steven J. Witherow, Morningside, MD 29746
> 493)  Sue Lenaerts, Morningside, MD 20746
> 494)  Robert Edward West, MD 21044-2538
> 495)  Kathryn Ervin, CA 92346
> 496)  Margaret A. Perry, Crestline, CA 92325
> 497)  Yvette Ratner, Auburn, AL
> 498)  Robin Jaffe, Auburn, AL
> 499)  Oran C. Walker, Seattle, WA
> 500)  David A. Nochimson, Seattle, WA
> 501)  Charlotte Grossman,Tiburon,CA
> 502)  David P. Gollub, San Francisco, CA
> 503)  Bruce Isaacson, Las Vegas, Nevada
> 504)  Kim Addonizio, San Francisco, CA
> 505)  Leza Lowitz, Dillon Beach, CA
> 506)  Jack Foley, Oakland, CA
> 507)  Adelle Foley, Oakland, CA
> 508)  Alicia Ostriker, Princeton, NJ
> 509)  Lisa Goldberg, NYC
> 510)  Danielle DeCrette, NYC
> 511)  Leslie Castay, NYC
> 512)  Bryan Burkey, NYC
> 513)  Mark Zimmerman, NYC
> 514)  Barbara Tirrell, NYC
> 515)  Scott Killian, NYC
> 516)  Danial Shapiro, Minneapolis, MN
> 517)  Joanie Smith, Minneapolis, MN
> 518)  Elizabeth Van Vleck, NYC
> 519)  Suzie Jary, NYC
> 520)  Susan Johnston, Brooklyn, NY 11215
> 521)  Mona Kreaden, NYC
> 522)  Risa Morimoto New York, NY
> 523)  Ernesto Jarvis, Brooklyn, NY
> 524)  Fannie Chan, Brooklyn, NY
> 525)  Richard Simon, New York, NY
> 526)  Michael Simon, New York, NY
> 527)  Dwan Reece King, Hartsdale, NY
> 528)  Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, Greenwich, CT
> 529)  Helen Liu, Boston, MA
> 530)  Anne Marie Booth, Quincy, MA
> 531)  Lihbin Shiao, Jamaica Plain, MA
> 532)  Emily Houh, Detroit, MI
> 533)  Emmeline Kim Owyang, Boston, MA
> 534)  Faith Adiele, Somerville, MA
> 535)  Wenda Tai, Cambridge, MA
> 536)  Jeanne Tai, Cambridge, MA
> 537)  Margaret Tuitt, Somerville, MA
> 538)  Susan Berstler, Somerville, MA
> 539)  Betsy Troutman, Seattle, WA
> 540)  Robert Rufh, Seattle, WA
> 541)  Andrew Chase, Seattle, WA
> 542)  Kay Chase, Kalamazoo, MI
> 543)  Jackie Driscoll, Kalamazoo, MI
> 544)  Martha Driscoll, Arlington, MA
> 545)  Priscilla Sanville, Arlington, MA
> 546)  Michael Gigante, Brattleboro, VT
> 547)  Carrie Yamaoka, NY, NY
> 548)  Joy Episalla, NY, NY
> 549)  Adam Simon, Hoboken, NJ
> 550)  Matthew Sharpe, New York, NY
> 551)  Nick Balaban, NY
> 552)  Jerry Everard, Seattle, WA
> 553)  Robin Hughes, Seattle, WA
> 554)  Lori Dirks, Seattle, WA
> 555)  April Richards, Seattle, WA
> 556)  Dawn Rains, Seattle, WA
> 557)  Kim Gonzales, Seattle, WA
> 558)  Anne Shrauner, Seattle, WA
> 559)  Rachel Whalen, Seattle, WA
> 560)  Anne Copeland, Seattle, WA
> 561)  Jennifer Creegan, Seattle, WA
> 562)  Jane Ray, Seattle, WA
> 563)  Jack Levinson, New York City
> 564)  Anne Corliss Dunham
> 565)  Teresa Elena Lee
> 566)  Bruce Gregory Shackelford
> 567)  Kevin Patrick Kennedy
> 568)  Christy Kennedy
> 569)  Kristi Smith, Longmont, Colorado
> 570)  JoAnne Zingo-Hargis, Lawrence, KS
> 571)  Dixie F. Lovell, St. Louis, MO
> 572)  Kajira Djoumahna, Santa Rosa, CA
> 573)  Carolena Nericcio, San Francisco, CA
> 574)  Nadia Khastagir, San Francisco CA
> 575)  James Whitehead, Oakland, Ca
> 576)  Tom Juarez, South San Francisco, CA
> 577)  Ruby Udell Grad, Woodacre, CA
> 578)  Sylvia Spears, San Francisco, Ca
> 579)  John Hanft, San Francisco, Ca
> 580)  Bevan Vinton, Piedmont, CA
> 581)  Anne Underwood Grant, Horse Shoe, NC
> 582)  Valerie Wilcox
> 583)  Nicki Ehrlich, Gig Harbor, WA
> 584)  Maggy Walton, Tacoma, WA
> 585)  Janet Kalmbach, Tacoma, WA
> 586)  Adele Roberts, Tacoma, WA
> 587)  Carol Ann Anderson, Gig Harbor WA
> 588)  Marcy Katz, Honolulu, Hawaii
> 589)  David Friedman, Honolulu, HI
> 590)  Don Hallock, Honolulu, HI
> 591)  Kathy Hallock, Honolulu, HI
> 592)  Sean Hallock, Honolulu, HI
> 593)  Star Hallock, Honolulu, HI
> 594)  Kit Kowalke, Honolulu, HI
> 595)  Ron Kowalke, Honolulu, HI
> 596)  Christine Kowalke, Chicago, Illinois
> 597)  Gina Lambert, Berwyn IL
> 598)  Rachel M. Cotugno, Northbrook, IL
> 599)  Susan Swartz, Highland Park, IL
> 600)  Jill Meyer, Studio City, CA
> 601)  Alan H. Simon, Sherman Oaks, CA
> 602)  Donald G. Eisen, Indiana, PA
> 603)  Barbara Eisen, Indiana, PA
> 604)  Ed Simpson, Indiana, PA
> 605)  Barbara Blackledge, Indiana, PA
> 606)  David Zarko, NYC, NY
> 607)  Thomas Cannold, Orlando, FL
> 608)  Sandy Pokras, Truckee, CA
> 609)  Richard Skeie, Incline Village, NV
> 610)  Pamela Skeie, Incline Village, NV
> 611)  Robert Gongloff, Black Mountain, NC
> 612)  Laura Phail, Winston-Salem, NC
> 613)  Bett Hargrave, Lexington, NC
> 614)  Laura McDuffee, Greensboro, NC
> 615)  James R. Moody, Waynesville, NC
> 616)  William J. Shaw, Ft Myers, FL
> 617)  Larry R. Hanson, Ft Myers, Fl
> 618)  R.W. Anderson, Fort Myers, FL
> 619)  Louise T. Anderson, Fort Myers, FL
> 620)  John D. Anderson, Fort Myers, FL
> 621)  Rev Jack Bittler, St. Petersburg, FL
> 622)  Marjorie Dearmont, Houston, TX
> 623)  Ann Lohmann, Spring, TX
> 624)  Linda Sievers, Monroe, LA
> 625)  Elisabeth Gibson
> 626)  Pat Grant
> 627)  Angela Weaser, Normal, IL
> 628)  Kimberly Maselli, Evanston, IL
> 629)  Reginald Gibbons, Evanston IL
> 630)  Jamie Brunson, New York, NY
> 631)  Annette E. Sanders, Philadelphia, PA
> 632)  Samuel F. Reynolds, Philadelphia, PA
> 633)  Mark Cofta, Philadelphia, PA
> 634)  Susan McKey/Benjamin Lloyd, Philadelphia, PA
> 635)  Reginald Gibbons, Northwestern University,
> Evanston IL 60208
> 636)  Barbara Dilley, Boulder, CO
> 637)  Nancy Stark Smith, Northampton, MA
> 638)  Steve Paxton, E. Charleston, VT
> 639)  Lisa Nelson, E. Charleston, VT
> 640)  Paula Josa-Jones, Chilmark, MA
> 641)  Pam White, Chilmark, MA
> 642)  Peggy Gould, NYC
> 643)  Tim White, San Anselmo, CA
> 644)  Miranda Mar, Los Angeles, CA
> 645)  Lynn Swearingen, Boulder, CO
> 646)  Bridget Erdmann, San Francisco, CA
> 647)  Jim Petrick, San Francisco, CA
> 648)  Lauren Fogel, Portola Valley, CA
> 649)  Claire Brassert, San Francisco, CA
> 650)  Anne Jamison, Chicago, IL
> 651)  Andrea Wickham, New York, NY
> 652)  Jessica Wickham, Brooklyn, NY
> 653)  Mary H. Lorimer, W Long Branch, NJ
> 654)  Janis Jolcuvar, Santa Monica, CA
> 655)  Nancy A. Kist, Jersey City, NJ
> 656)  Bruce T. Herbert, Seattle, WA
> 657)  Anne Albritton, Madrid, Spain
> 658)  Richard Stephens, Madrid, Spain
> 659)  Jonathan Forgash, NYC, NY
> 660)  Barbara Glaser, Austin, TX
> 661)  Jim Blomquist, Chicago, IL
> 662)  Amy Rechenmacher, Evanston, IL
> 663)  Jayne Flores, Agana, Guam
> 6640 Jim Renza
> 6650 Ramon A Noya, Atlanta, GA
>       666)    Visitacion A Noya, Atlanta, GA
>       667)    Geoff Baker, Atlanta, GA
>       668)    Richard Gann, Atlanta, GA
>       669)    Anthony Thompson, LA, CA
>       670)    Carol Cetrone, LA, CA
>       671)    Debra Spinelli LA, CA
>       672)    Rika Ohara, Los Angeles, CA
>       673)    Alan Rich, Los Angeles, CA
>       674)    Tina Pelikan, New York, NY
>       675)    Juan Gomez, Los Angeles, CA
>       676)    Fredrik Nilsen, Los Angeles, CA
>       677)    Jackie Sharp, Los Angeles, CA
>       678)    Kathleen Frasca, Burbank, CA.
>       679)    Ilayne Lucas, Burbank, CA
>               689)    Thomas Lucas, Burbank. CA
>               690)    Abbe Kanter Jaye, Van Nuys, CA
>               691)    Billie Shane, Los Angeles, CA
>               692)    Frank Chindamo, L.A., CA
>               693)    Erik Liberman, LA, CA
>               694)    Jacob Liberman, Basalt, CO
>               695)    Marsha Boros, Coral Springs, FL
>               696)    Gina Liberman, San Francisco, CA
>               697)    Sharon Scruggs, NYC, NY >>
>                       698)Steven Skybell, NYC, NY
>               699)    Joseph Skibell, Austin, TX
>               700)    Barbara Freer Skibell, Austin TX
>               701)    Kerry Fried, Seattle, WA
>               702)    Michael Downing, Cambridge, MA
>               703)    Trish Hoard, Washington, DC
>               704)    Jenny Bent, Washington, DC
>               705)    Jeff Lodge, Richmond, VA
>               706)    Kristyne Rowe, Richmond, VA
>               707)    Brian P. Rowe, Richmond, VA
>               708)    Matthew A. Reeder, Richmond, VA
>               709)    Margaret A. Reeder, Richmond, VA
>               710)    Shelley White, Chicago, IL
>               711)    Marc A. Giordano, Chicago, IL
>               712)    Christiana Moffa, Chicago, IL
>               713)    L. Sparrow, Chicago IL
>               714)    Halley Kehoe, Chicago, IL
>               715)    Tania Zubkus, Chicago, IL
>               716)    Emily Kennedy, Washington, DC
>               717)    Akemi Tinder, Falls Church, VA
>               718)    Nicole Holzman, Falls Church, VA
> 719)Leah Holzman, Washington, DC
> 720)  Jennifer Allen-Eldridge, Austin, TX
> 721)  Chessalay Blanchard-Zimmerman, Austin, TX
> 722)  Andrew de Garmo, Austin, TX
> 723)  Marcia de Garmo, Aldie, VA
> 724)  Ray W. Chamberlain, Ashburn, VA
> 725)  Anna Chamberlain, Ashburn, VA
> 726)  Kathryn Kern-Levine, Leesburg, VA.
> 727)  Sherry Taha, Cody, WY
> 728)  Sara Madsen, Salt Lake City, UT
> 729)  Mimi Levitt, Alta, Utah
> 730)  Richard Masur, Los Angeles, CA
> 731)  Fredda Weiss, Los Angeles, CA
>       734)    Peggy Kroll, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
>       735)    Kay Katz, Potomac, MD
>       736)    Susan Tussy, Belmont, CA
>       737)    Anna Catalana, Los Gatos, CA
>       738)    Laura Paul, Boston, MA
>       739)    Renee Caso, Cambridge, MA
>       740)    Nedra Eileen Bickham, Somerville, MA
>       741)    Peter Tourin, Jericho Center, VT
>       742)    Lucy Cross, New York, NY
>       743)    Katie Johnson, Seattle, WA
>       744)    Bernard Frischer, Los Angeles, CA
>       745)    Daniel Javitch, New York, N.Y.
> 746)  Timothy J. Reiss, New York, N.Y.
747)Matthew J. Reiss, Valhalla, NY
748) Eric L. McLaughlin, Valhalla, NY
749) Bill Powell, Chico, CA