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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 or return to me. Thanks. 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. Here goes: 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 (not back to me). If not, please don't kill it -- send it to the email address listed here: <wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu> 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 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 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 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. -------------------------------------------------------- 416) Arlene Hamilton, Everett, WA 417) Irina Rudakova, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 418) Persephone Miel, Internews, Moscow, Russia 419) Michael J. Mead, New York, NY 420) Spiro C. Lampros, New York University, New York, NY 421) Kelly Sheehan, Brooklyn, NY 422) Henry Kimsey-House, Sebastopol, CA 423) Cynthia Loy Darst, Los Angeles, CA 424) David Darst, Los Angeles, CA 425) Arline Berman, Atlanta, GA 426) Laura Davis, Atlanta, GA 427) Carole Billingham, Denver, CO 428) Sonja M. Hansen, Seattle, WA 429) Rebecca Crichton, Seattle, WA 430) Cedron Sterling, Seattle, WA 431) N'Shama Radha Sterling, Seattle, WA 432) Jim Ekberg, Seattle, WA 433) Carol Ruth Summers, Seattle, WA 434) Ken Jenkins, Novato, CA 435) Todd Stock, Los Gatos, CA 436) Donald Rose, Los Angeles CA 437) Tony Puryear, Venice, CA 438) Eric Finke, Venice, CA 439) Janet Forman, New York, NY 440) Lynda Hansen, NY, NY 441) Richard Weise, Nashville, TN 442) David Madson, Albany, CA 443) Rick Wise, Albany, CA 444) Bill Rogers, Mendocino, CA 445) Rita Hovakimian, San Francisco, Ca 446) Tracy E. Longacre, San Francisco, CA 447) Anita G. Barfield, San Francisco, CA 448) Penelope M. Warren, San Francisco, CA 449) Edward G. Guggenheim, San Francisco, CA 450) Thao N. 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Brooks, Jr, Seattle, WA 472) Roy H May, Jr, Temple, TX 473) R Richard May, Temple, TX 474) Robert A May, Temple, TX 475) Janet W May, Temple, TX 476) Nancy Woodward, Blue Lake, CA 477) Larry Betts, San Francisco, CA 478) Jude Haukom, San Francisco, CA 479) Karen Heisler, San Francisco, CA 480) Christine Lemor, San Francisco, CA 481) Robert Geary, Sausalito, CA 482) Mark Shattuck, Albany, CA 483) Mary Storandt, Pembroke Pines, FL 484) Lisbeth Storandt, San Francisco, CA 485) Joseph O'Neill, San Francisco, CA 486) Paul M. Fox, Los Angeles, CA 487) James Remar, Los Angeles, Ca. 488) Stacey K. Black, Los Angeles, CA 489) Tina Harrelson, Wilmington, NC 490) Scott Campbell, Oakview,CA 491) Joel Jones, Seattle, WA 492) Lena Kopelow, Seattle, WA 493) Larry Renick, San Francisco, CA 494) Anna Wyckoff, San Anselmo, CA >> 495) Tobi Solvang, San Francisco, CA 496) Jody Newman, Bellevue, WA 497) Michael Addis, Los Angeles, CA 498) Dawn Margaret (Meg) Thayer, Los Angeles, CA 499) Diana Villa, Los Angeles, CA 500) Gretchen Rollins, Venice, CA 501) Geoffrey Selzer, Los Angeles, CA 502) Tod Cooper, Los Angeles, CA 503) Bob Billig, New York City 504) Annbritt Gemmer, Chicago IL 505) Joseph Dellger, Pasadena, Ca > 506) Todd Thurston, NY, NY 507) Sandy Rosenberg, NY, NY 508) Carrie L. Smith Barnstable, MA > 509) Eileen A. Wilde, New York, NY 510) Dabney L. 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