-----Original Message----- From: Curtis & Di Rose <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 11:07 PM Subject: Fw: NEA > > >--------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Parthenon Patrons <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Zaki Daouk" <[log in to unmask]>, "Yvonne Witt" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Virginia E. Folk" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Vance Cummings" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Tony Gerber" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Toni Hooper" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Timothy S. Murphy" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Thomas F. Stephens" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Susan Fiering" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Stacey Irvin" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Somers Randolph" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Sarah Walton" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Ryan Cochran" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Ricky Vaughan" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Richard Reesman" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Reesha Leone" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Rebecca Walk" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Peter Szymczak" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Paul Crommelin" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Neal Eaton" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Michael Nott" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Michael Durham" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Max Hutchinson" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Maureen S. Wildman" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Lynette Smith" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Lisa Smid" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Laura Garrard" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Landry Butler" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Kisa Kalindi Hooks" <[log in to unmask]>, > "John Warren" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Joe Speer" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Jeremy Dickens" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Jay Marchmon" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Jan Bell" <[log in to unmask]>, "James Mims" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Jacky Lancio" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Howard Kelley" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Gregory Blann" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Glen Rose" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Gerald Habarth" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Gabriela A. Merediz" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Frederick W. Beesley" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Don Evans" <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, > "David Neil Armstrong" <[log in to unmask]>, > "David K. Glick" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Curtis D. Rose" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Christopher Lugo" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Christopher Hughes" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Chris Corneal" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Chris Campbell" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Chance Chambers" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Catherine V. Danielson" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Capucine Monk" <[log in to unmask]>, > "C. Bryan Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Bryan Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Brian Daly" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Benjamin Wade" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Barbara Harris" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Anne van Leeuwen" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Anne M. Hanson" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Andy Tubman" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Andrea Perrett" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Adrienne Outlaw" <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, > "Gina Niederle" <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:23:33 -0600 >Subject: NEA >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> > >>X-From_: [log in to unmask] Thu Feb 25 00:20:41 1999 >>Return-Path: [log in to unmask] >>X-Envelope-To: <[log in to unmask]> >>Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:28:28 +0000 >>From: Paul McLean <[log in to unmask]> >>X-Accept-Language: en >>To: adrienne outlaw <[log in to unmask]>, andrea perrett ><[log in to unmask]>, >> angela wibking <[log in to unmask]>, anita bugg ><[log in to unmask]>, >> artgrrl <[log in to unmask]>, >> "BIG AL!!!" <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], >> Carlton Wilkinson <[log in to unmask]>, carol stein ><[log in to unmask]>, >> carolyn german <[log in to unmask]>, >> chop cix 3 <[log in to unmask]>, cindy wall <[log in to unmask]>, >> Dan Lembark <[log in to unmask]>, dave wilson <[log in to unmask]>, >> DAVID BATES <[log in to unmask]>, >> David Broadhurst <[log in to unmask]>, >> david mangrum <[log in to unmask]>, >> david ribar <[log in to unmask]>, >> deborah <[log in to unmask]>, denise niebisch ><[log in to unmask]>, >> dk <[log in to unmask]>, don vogl <[log in to unmask]>, >> don zachary <[log in to unmask]>, >> donald III <[log in to unmask]>, >> ellen rudick <[log in to unmask]>, g man <[log in to unmask]>, >> get sensored <[log in to unmask]>, gil templeton <[log in to unmask]>, >> jack isenhour <[log in to unmask]>, james smith ><[log in to unmask]>, >> jane braddock <[log in to unmask]>, >> jay hobbs <[log in to unmask]>, >> jim myers <[log in to unmask]>, >> jo el logiudice <[log in to unmask]>, >> john folsom <[log in to unmask]>, >> john potter <[log in to unmask]>, >> joseph mella <[log in to unmask]>, >> JULIA & SCOTT <[log in to unmask]>, >> langford barksdale <[log in to unmask]>, >> lewd boy <[log in to unmask]>, lewis pennock ><[log in to unmask]>, >> lyn palmer <[log in to unmask]>, LYNN BAKER ><[log in to unmask]>, >> MagicBarbara <[log in to unmask]>, marc harris ><[log in to unmask]>, >> michele jones <[log in to unmask]>, >> mindy tate <[log in to unmask]>, "Mr. Right" ><[log in to unmask]>, >> NEAL COOMER <[log in to unmask]>, PATRICE ><[log in to unmask]>, >> PAUL HARMON <[log in to unmask]>, phil bredesen ><[log in to unmask]>, >> renee marino <[log in to unmask]>, >> "rob, tanya & jerome" <[log in to unmask]>, >> russell love <[log in to unmask]>, >> susan knowles <[log in to unmask]>, >> sweet susanne <[log in to unmask]>, TERRI SMITH ><[log in to unmask]>, >> terry brennan <[log in to unmask]>, >> timothy weber <[log in to unmask]>, >> tom turk <[log in to unmask]>, Tom Wood <[log in to unmask]>, >> tracy tune <[log in to unmask]>, trey mitchell <[log in to unmask]>, >> urchard <[log in to unmask]>, whooosh <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: NEA >> >>> >>>Please read the following message and sign on. There are >>instructions >>>contained within the message. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Paul Goettlich >>> >>> PBS & NPR Funding >>> >>> 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: >>> >>> [log in to unmask] or >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> ****If you happen to be the 1000th, 1100th, 1200th, >>etc. signer of >>>this petition, please forward a copy to: >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> 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. 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. >>> >>------------------------------------------------------------ >>--------- >>> >>> >>> 776)Fonda Davis Eyler, Gainesville, FL >>> 777) Lynda M. Everitt, Gainesville, FL >>>778) Donna H. Poynor, Gainesville, FL >>>779) Joan C. Crisman, Gainesville, FL >>>780) Elise Lee, Gainesville, FL >>>781) Jai Levengood, Gainesville, FL >>>782) Lynda Ault, Gainesville, FL >>>783) Lara Ault, Louisville, KY >>>784) curt l. tofteland >>>785) Benita Hofstetter Koman, Washington DC >>>786) Carol North, St. Louis, MO >>>786) Nicholas Kryah, St.Louis, MO >>>787) Christopher Limber, St. Louis, MO >>>788) Rhea Cook Anderson, Weehawken, NJ >>>789) Elizabeth Wilson Hensley, Skokie, IL >>>790) Christopher A. Drobny, New York, NY >>>791) Louise Edeiken, New Rochelle, NY >>>792) Marc D. Wager, New Rochelle, NY >>>793) John T. Forconi, Robbinsville, NJ >>>794) Ken Merrill, New York, NY >>>795) Gail Dobish, NY, NY >>>796) Danielle Munday, NC >>>797) Rebecca Easter Farnsworth, NC >>>789) Michael Talbert, NC >>>790) Lindsay Hearn, NC >>>791 Kevin Keim, TX >>>792) Donald E Sporleder, IN >>>793) Paul Goettlich, Oakland, CA >>>794) Donald G. Vogl, S.Bend, IN >>795)Paul McLean, Nashville, TN >>796) Andrea L. Perrett, Nashville, TN> >>797) Curtis D. Rose, Hermitage Tn. > >798) N. Scott L. Reynolds ___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]