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 the e-mail 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 "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 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 UnitedStates,
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.
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.
1) Elizabeth Weinert, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
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 at Los Angeles
38) Frank S. Albinder, San Francisco, CA
39) Read S. Sherman, Harvard Divinity School
40) Stephane Lemelin, Cambridge, MA
41) Thomas Ouellette, Cambidge, MA
42) Richard Russell, Cambridge, MA
43) Nella Wennberg, Jamaica Plain, MA
44) Eric Smith, Jamaica Plain, MA
45) Alex Graham, Boston, MA
46) Dean Wei, Chicago, IL
47) Luisita Frances, Chicago, IL
48) Roy Vella, Stanford, CA
49) Alan Hellawell, Mountain View, CA
50) Timothy A. Scott, San Francisco, CA
51) Albert M. Yeh, Mountain View, CA
52) Susan Yeh,Seattle, WA
53) Jonathan Payne, Seattle, WA
54) Cena Pohl, Seattle, WA
55) David Perk, Seattle, WA
56) Robert Srygley, Seattle WA
57) Katarzyna S. Kubzdela, Chicago, IL
58) Katy Human, Stanford, CA
59) Erica Fleishman, Reno, NV
60) C. Richard Tracy, Reno, NV
61) Kenneth E. Nussear, Reno, NV
62) Christopher R. Tracy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
63) Kristin Komives, Carrboro, NC
64) Jennifer Goldman, Chapel Hill, NC
65) Darcy Leach, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
66) Van Luong, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
67) Aurora M. Sherman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
68) Paul O. Stern, Seattle, WA
69) Erika Tapman, U. of Vermont College of Medicine
70) Opher Donchin, Urbana, IL
71) Prof. Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego
72) Ari Levitt, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
73) Nathan Martin, Berkeley, California
74) Lynn Price, Kensington, California
75) Leslie Shown, Kensiongton, CA
76) Mike Boals, Berkeley, CA
77) Wendy Boals, Berkeley, CA
78) Effie Westervelt, Tiburon, CA
79) Mary Burns, Taos, NM
80) Karen Page, New York, NY <<karenapage@aol.com>
81) Gary Holleman, Bemidji, MN <<holleman@chefnet.com>
82) Tim Rosa, Newton, MA <<trosa@world.std.com>
83) Doug Hersh, Sherborn MA <<hersh@ultranet.com>
84) Ruel Little, Somerville, MA <<rlittle@ascensiontech.com>
85) Stefan Wennik, Andover, MA <<SWennik@aol.com>
86) Melissa Walia, SF, CA <<color@well.com>
87) Tracy Brown, SF, CA <<tracy@nrh.com>
88) John T. Miller, SF, CA <<johncom@dnai.com>
89) M. Todd Davis, SF, CA <<todd_davis@gensler.com>
90) Michael Demetrios, SF, CA
91) J. Marc Perrin, NY, NY <<mperrin@sbi.com>
92) Alyse Daberko, NY, NY <<adaberko@sbi.com>
93) Jessica Guertin, Washington Univ. St.Louis <<jg3@cec.wustl.edu)
94) Ellen Watson, San Francisco, CA
95) Bridgitt Arnold, Seattle, WA
96) Erica Yenni, Seattle, WA
97) Kerri Karvetski, Seattle, WA <<70007.4401@compuserve.com)
98) Mark Butler, Seattle, WA
99) lazlow jones, long beach, ny <<lazlow@undernet.com>
100) Laura Bykowski, NYC, NY <<laurab@gbcom.com>
101) Amy Stettler, NYC, NY <<ZiolaS@AOL.com>
102) F Ben Dana, Burlington, Vermont
103) Bill Dahill-Baue, Brattleboro, VT
104) S. Ryan Quick, Yale University, New Haven, CT
105) Jerry Anne Dickel, Yale University, New Haven, CT
106) Donald Beebe, Yale University, New Haven, CT
107) Stephanie Seery, School of Theology at Claremont, CA
108) Katherine A. Johnson, Baltimore, MD
109) Cynthia J. Halstead, Burke, VA
110) Ronald Northrip, Falls Church, VA <<ronnlee@clark.net>
111) Jane Levandoski, University of Delaware, DE
112) Denise J. Hills, University of Delaware, DE
113) David P.Sobel, College of William & Mary, VA
114) Amey T. Sadler, College of William& Mary, VA
115) Donna M. Livingston, Woodbridge, VA
116) Karen A. Morris, Burke, VA
117) Michael E. Perdue Atlanta, GA
118) David Cour, Washington D.C.
119) Katie Sergent, Washington D.C.
120) Nathan Sewell, Nashville, TN
121) Peter Eby, Nashville, TN
122) jeff taraday, seattle, WA
123) Julie Taraday, Seattle, WA
124) Stephanie Cooper, Seattle WA
125) Kailen Mooney, Seattle, WA
126) Dylan Clark, Univ. of WA, Anthropology, Seattle 98195
127) Daniel Simons, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
128) Kirsten Wild, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
129) Barbara Busetti, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
130) Leslie Macchia, Mountain View, CA <<lmacchia@ix.netcom.com>
131) Kris Wollenhaupt, San Jose, CA
132) Ann Bowers, Palo Alto, CA
133) Sue Tysko, Palo Alto, CA
134) Liza Schmeltz, San Jose, CA
135) Judith Schweikert, Palo Alto, CA
136) Joan Wylie, Palo Alto, CA
137) Marcia Pugsley, Palo Alto, CA
138) Daryl Davis, Palo Alto, CA
139) Amy Gerstein, San Francisco, CA
140) Christian Holden, San Francisco, CA
141) Stephen Divenere, San Francisco, CA
142) Karen Yetman, San Francisco,CA
<<kyetman@nelson.corp.gonelson.corp>
143) Christine D'Elia, San Francisco, CA
144) Rachel Bredemeier, Cambridge, MA
145) Karin Horlbeck, Cambridge, MA
146) Mark Bourne, Cambridge, MA <<MarkB@cmbinfo.com>
147) Norm Slocum, Weymouth, MA <<SLOCUM@XENSEI.COM>
148) Carol Hughes, Boulder, CO <<cehughes@lucent.com>
149) Susan Hagg, San Francisco,CA<<shagg@coldwellbanker.com>