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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 22:09:33 -0500
To: offshore@xxxxxxxxxx@walrus.com (Marc Sloan)
From: offshore@xxxxxxxxxx (Marc Sloan)
Subject: Re: SUPPORT THE ARTS

>Subject: SUPPORT THE ARTS, PLEASE
>
>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:
>kubi7975@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>or kubi7975@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of this
>petition, please forward a copy to: wein2688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>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. Or if
>option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>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
>664) Jim Renza
>665) 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 Adam Nussbaum, Highland Mills NY
>676)  John Burk, Pittsburg, CA
>677)  Allen Farnham, Teaneck NJ
>678) Alberto Curotto, NYC, NY
>679) Mark Tully, NYC, NY
>680) Jon Brenneis, Berkeley, CA
>681) Aida Brenneis, Berkeley, CA
>682) Lisa Brenneis, Ojai, CA
>683) Jim Churchill, Ojai, CA
>684) Nancy Buchanan, Los Angeles, CA
>685) Gina Lamb, Inglewood, CA
>686) Ranny Levy, Santa Fe, NM
>687) Shannon Gilligan, Warren, VT
>688) Linda Stone, Seattle, WA
>689) Barbara Bowen, Port Townsend, WA
>690) Teresa Dahl, Bothell, WA
>691) John Griswold, Modesto, Ca.
>692) Melanie B. Diamond
>693) Sandy Chelnov, Oakland, CA
>694) Judith A. Hunt, Petaluma, CA
>695) Jo Ann Huffman, Oakland, CA
>696) Donna Wong, Antioch, CA
>697) Irene Barnard, San Francisco, CA
>698) Michael LEwis, New York, NY
>699) Julie Sylvester
>700) Peter Sylvester
>701) Donna Wong CPE Administrative Assistant donnaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     (415) 353-0482
>702) Brenda Pitmon, New York, NY
>703) Linda Pitmon, New York, NY
>704) Robert Mache, New Orleans, LA
>705) Robert D, Patterson, Austin, TX
>706) Stephanie Chernikowski   NY, NY