[Newspoetry] National Public Radio petition

[Walter Matherly]

COMPADRES/COMADRES! Please help swell the response.....Thanks!!!!!


On NPR's Morning Edition last week,  Nina Tottenberg said that if the
Supreme Court supports Congress, it is  in effect the end of the
National Public Radio (NPR), NEA & the  Public Broadcasting System
(PBS).

    PBS, NPR 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 $0.64 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.

    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 and  the Vice President of the United States.

    This petition  is being passed around the Internet.Please add your
name to it so that  funding can be maintained for NPR, PBS, & the NEA.

HOW TO SIGN  & FORWARD: IT'S EASY:
     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  below.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT DUPLICATES.
    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:

    wein2688 at blue.univnorthco.edu  or

    kubi7975 at blue.univnorthco.edu

****If  you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer of this
petition,  please forward a copy to:

    wein2688 at 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 (highlight)  the entirety of this
letter and then COPY it into a new outgoing  message, rather than simply
forwarding it. In your new outgoing message,  add your name to the
bottom of the list, then send it on. Or if  option is available, do a
SEND AGAIN.


951) Alicia Ostriker,  Princeton, NJ  08540
952) Arthur Strimling, Brooklyn, NY 11215
953)  Nina Streich, New York, NY 10023
954) Nadine B. Hack, New York, NY  10017
955) Joanne Sandler, New York, NY 10017
956) Aruna Rao, Bethesda, MD  20817
957) Sharron Mendel, Takoma Park, MD 20912
958) Genevieve Villamora,  Washington, DC 20009
959) Lorene Straka, New York, NY, 10025
960) Jake  Gerli, Brooklyn, NY 11215
961) Amy Provenzano, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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963) Darrell Alvarez, Brooklyn NY  11211
964) Marisa Hernandez, San Francisco, CA 94110
965) Steven Brown,  San Francisco, CA 94110
966) Roman de Salvo, San Diego, CA 92102
977) Leah  Roschke, Del Mar, CA 92114
978) Paige Jennings, Escondido, CA 92025
979)  Blaize Mekinna, San Diego, CA 92103
989) Nancy Heitel, La Jolla, CA  92037-3349
990) Virginia Graham, San Diego, CA 92122
991) Gale Hill, San  Diego, CA 92106
992) Steve Agan, Austin, TX 78746
993) Jason Hardy,  Austin, TX 78705
994) Sarah K. Dalton, Houston, TX  77098
995) Heather Dodge, Houston, TX 77019
996) Maria M. Fidalgo, Houston TX 77030
997) Eugenia Corbo, Boston MA 02113
998) Alper Ungor, Urbana, IL 61802 
999) Walter Matherly, Urbana, IL 61801