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Re: National Public Radio & Public Broadcasting System

Frances Burns wrote:
> 
> > Friends,
> > > Please add your names and forward this msg.. to other supporters
> > >thanks,
> > >Bill K.
> > >
> > >Subject: NPR and PBS Support
> > >
> > >Welcome to a forwarded message of, I think, some import. Not as in
> > car but
> > >as in culture. My logic is as follows: if spending thirty seconds
> > (ok,
> > five
> > >minutes) to add my name and pass it on actually influences
> > Washingtonians
> > >to appropriate (increased) funding of NPR and PBS - terrific! If it
> > turns
> > >out to be an exercise in futility, well, at least it's five minutes
> > that I
> > >wasn't bombarded with commercials... Beats the heck out of
> > encountering
> > yet
> > >another petition signature gatherer outside the grocery store in any
> > case
> > >(which may be a curse particular to Oregon, I don't know).
> > >
> > >Palmer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >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 it on to others. If not, please don't kill it-send it
> > to
> > >this
> > >e-mail address:
> > >
> > >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 "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 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 01.
> > >
> > >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 350th, 400th, 450th, etc. signer of this
> > >petition, please forward a copy to:
> > >
> > >wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu.
> > >
> > >If that address is inoperative, please send it to:
> > >
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >Mark Birnbaum
> > >
> > >  1) Pete Mumma, Baltimore MD
> > >  2) Erik Roskes, Baltimore, MD
> > >  3) William K. Levey, Reisterstown, MD
> > >  4) Raymond S. Hoffman, M.D., Baltimore, MD
> > >  5) John G. Coe. Cheyenne, WY
> > >  6) John C. Fogarty, Sacramento, CA
> > >  7) Joseph C. Fogarty, Omaha, NE
> > >  8) Shaula R. Bellour, New York, NY
> > >  9) Vivien Hoexter, New York, NY
> > > 10) Katherine L. Mihok, New York, NY
> > > 11) Bryan A. Mihok, Burlington, VT
> > > 12) Harry Frank, Huntington, VT
> > > 13) Marie Eddy, Hinesburg, VT
> > > 14) Angela Batista, Burlington, VT
> > > 15) Cathy Paris, Jericho, VT
> > > 16) Russell A. Charif, Newfield, NY
> > > 17) Katherine J. Dunsmore, Ithaca, NY
> > > 18) Donald J. Dunsmore, Frederick, MD
> > > 19) Phoebe Z. Black, Rockville, MD
> > > 20) John P. Buckley, Rockville, MD
> > > 21) Peter B. Buckley, Astoria, NY
> > > 22) Christopher Caswell, New York, NY
> > > 23) W. John Bainbridge, New York, NY
> > > 24) Rev. Nancy E. Brink, Omaha, NE
> > > 25) Dr. Harriet C. McCleary, Minneapolis, MN
> > > 26) Vicki F. Barosh, Rosharon, TX
> > > 27) Dennis Keim, Houston, TX
> > > 28) Rev. Sylvia I. Gatzke, Houston, TX
> > > 29) Karen Bull, Branson, MO
> > > 30) Tenna Matthews, Howe, TX
> > > 3l) Charles Harrill, Denton, TX
> > > 32) Christina J. Moore, Austin, TX
> > > 33) Connie Sawyer, Decatur, GA
> > > 34) Alison Hable, Austin, TX
> > > 35) Mateo Scoggins, Austin, Texas
> > > 36) David Ritchie, Worcester, MA
> > > 37) Lisa Comparini, Worcester, MA
> > > 38) Tom Ortega, Phoenix, AZ
> > > 39) Stacia Ortega, Phoenix, AZ
> > > 40) Ruben J. Mu-oz, Phoenix, AZ
> > > 41) Mark Osmers, Phoenix, AZ
> > > 42) Ed Coyoli, Tmpe, AZ
> > > 43) Atoussa Nourdjahan, Los Angeles, CA
> > > 44) Anthony Randazzo, Zagreb, Croatia
> > > 45) Aideen Mannion, Warsaw, Poland
> > > 46) Shawn Pompian, Charlottesville, VA
> > > 47) Brad Rubin, Washington, DC
> > > 48) Laurie-Ann Barbour, Penngrove, CA
> > > 49) Gary Goldenberg, Port Chester, NY
> > > 50) Rachel Rockwell, Bridgeport, CT
> > > 51) Gregory Korth, Bridgeport, CT
> > > 52) Hilary Olesen, Port Chester, NY
> > > 53) Diane Hernandez, New York, NY
> > > 54) Jenifer Schumacher, New York, NY
> > > 55) Lynne Palazzi, New York, NY
> > > 56) Edmund Weisberg, Philadelphia, PA
> > > 57) John Dini. Philadelphia, PA
> > > 58) Matt Chansky, Brooklyn, NY
> > > 59) Linda Choi, Los Angeles, CA
> > > 60) Mary C. Ho, New York, NY
> > > 61) marci kenneda, New York, NY
> > > 62) Susan Leppig, New York, NY
> > > 63) Adam Emmerich, New York, NY
> > > 64) Noah Emmerich, Santa Monica, CA
> > > 65) Andrew Asnes, NY, NY
> > > 66) Anne Biondi, NY, NY
> > > 67) Jason Schuler New York, NY
> > > 68) Warren Lampe, Kansas City, KS
> > > 69)Anindita Mitra, Seattle, WA
> > > 70)Roger Wm Stocker, Seattle, WA
> > > 71)Laura Stocker, Seattle, WA
> > > 72) Deborah Dixon, Nashville, TN
> > > 73) Katherine Moore, Nashville, TN
> > > 74) Susan Lunsford, Nashville, TN
> > > 75) Gray Lunsford, Nashville, TN
> > > 76) Terry Lunsford, Berkeley, CA
> > > 77) Rhoda Kaufman, Berkeley, CA
> > > 78) Sabrina Klein, Oakland, CA
> > > 79) Mark Trevino, Washington, DC
> > > 80) Kimberly Klyberg, Washington, DC
> > > 81) C.P. Turley, Lincoln, RI
> > > 82) Marianne Turley, Seattle, WA
> > > 83) Heather Lindloff, Seattle, WA
> > > 84) Russell Morales, WA
> > > 85) Al R. Morales, Woodinville, WA.
> > > 86) Cynthia H. Lewis, Bellevue, WA.
> > > 87) Kevin Costello, Seattle, WA
> > > 88) Liz McKinney-Johnson, Portland, OR
> > > 89) Barbara Keihle, Cloverdale, OR
> > > 99) Jennifer Calvert - Cornelius, OR
> > >100) Theda Mickey, Chicago, IL
> > >101) Matthew Carlson, Ellensburg, WA
> > >102) Stephen Morgan, Eugene, OR
> > >103) Karen Adams, Eugene, OR
> > >104) Palmer Parker, Eugene, OR
> > >105) Floyd Prozanski, Oregon State Representative Dist. 40, Eugene,
> > OR
> > >106) Ray Heslep, Eugene, OR
> > >107) Bill Klupenger
> > 108) Dennis St. Germain, Eugene, OR
> 
> 109) Frances Burns, Vida, OR110) Ralph Burns, Vida, OR
> 
> > Cut and paste this entire page into your own new e-mail, sign the
> > >petition, then send it on to others.  Thanks

THIS TRIPE IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS GROUP. EVEN IF I BELIEVED
IN YOUR CAUSE I WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS
INTRUSIVE POST.  DUNCAN, YOU'D BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!
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