Tweeters, I hope most of you won't consider this spam. I wouldn't have
forwarded it if I didn't consider it an important issue, and I wanted to
send it to as many sympathetic people as possible. Dan, let me know if this
sort of message should be considered a no-no for tweeters (notice I did it
before I asked, bad person that I am). Please delete this paragraph if you
forward the message, and thanks very much. Dennis


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. 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.
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 dont kill itsend it to the
email address listed here: <wein2688 at blue.univn >.
Petition: 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 $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. 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 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 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 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
458) Lynn Cantor, Los Angeles, CA
459) Alec Bartsch, Los Angeles, CA
460) Kim Wohlenhaus, Louisville, KY
461) Tanya Savory, Louisville, KY
462) Suzanne McDermott, Charleston, SC
463) Jack Williams, Columbia SC
464) Caroline Aiken, Atlanta, GA
465) Jef Jaisun, Seattle, WA
466) Roberta Penn, Seattle, WA
467) karen garrett de Luna, Seattle, WA
468: Sara Jinks, Seattle, WA
469: Heather Kravas, Seattle, WA
470: Jason Starkie, Seattle, WA
471: Clarence L. Brooks, Jr, Seattle, WA
472: Dan Froot, Los Angeles, CA
473: Julia Carnahan, Whittier, CA
474: Karen Nathanson, Los Angeles, CA
475: 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, NY
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, NY
522: Risa Morimoto New York, NY
523: Ernesto Jarvis, Brooklyn, NY
534: Fannie Chan, Brooklyn, NY
535: Richard Simon, New York, NY
536: Michael Simon, New York, NY
537: Dwan Reece King, Hartsdale, NY
538: Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, Greenwich, CT
539: Helen Liu, Boston, MA
540: Anne Marie Booth, Quincy, MA
541: Lihbin Shiao, Jamaica Plain, MA
542: Emily Houh, Detroit, MI
543: Emmeline Kim Owyang, Boston, MA
544: Faith Adiele, Somerville, MA
545: Wenda Tai, Cambridge, MA
546: Jeanne Tai, Cambridge, MA
547: Margaret Tuitt, Somerville, MA
548: Susan Berstler, Somerville, MA
549: Betsy Troutman, Seattle, WA
550: Robert Rufh, Seattle, WA
551: Andrew Chase, Seattle, WA
552: Kay Chase, Kalamazoo, MI
553: Jackie Driscoll, Kalamazoo, MI
554: Martha Driscoll, Arlington, MA
555: Priscilla Sanville, Arlington, MA
556: Michael Gigante, Brattleboro, VT
557: Carrie Yamaoka, NY, NY
558: Joy Episalla, NY, NY
559: Adam Simon, Hoboken, NJ
560: Matthew Sharpe, New York, NY
561: Nick Balaban, NY
562: Jerry Everard, Seattle, WA
563: Robin Hughes, Seattle, WA
564: Lori Dirks, Seattle, WA
565: April Richards, Seattle, WA
566: Dawn Rains, Seattle, WA
567: Kim Gonzales, Seattle, WA
568: Anne Shrauner, Seattle, WA
569: Rachel Whalen, Seattle, WA
570: Anne Copeland, Seattle, WA
571: Jennifer Creegan, Seattle, WA
572: Jane Ray, Seattle, WA
573. Jack Levinson, New York City
574. Anne Corliss Dunham
575. Teresa Elena Lee
576. Bruce Gregory Shackelford
577. Kevin Patrick Kennedy
576. Christy Kennedy
577. Kristi Smith, Longmont, Colorado
578. JoAnne Zingo-Hargis, Lawrence, KS
579. Dixie F. Lovell, St. Louis, MO
580. Kajira Djoumahna, Santa Rosa, CA
581. Carolena Nericcio, San Francisco, CA
582. Nadia Khastagir, San Francisco CA
583. James Whitehead, Oakland, Ca
584. Tom Juarez, South San Francisco, CA
585. Ruby Udell Grad, Woodacre, CA
586. Sylvia Spears, San Francisco, Ca
587. John Hanft, San Francisco, Ca
588. Bevan Vinton, Piedmont, CA
589. Anne Underwood Grant, Horse Shoe, NC
590. Judith C. Berman, New York, NY
591. Leonard A. Sharzer, New York, NY
592. Edwin Schmith, Cleveland, OH
593. Ron Wilner, Baltimore, MD
594. Connie Parr, Baltimore, MD
595. Cynthia A Belcher, Baltimore, MD
596. Carol A. Mick, Upper Tract, WV
597. John Eckman, Harrisonburg, VA
598. Carl Droms, Linville, VA
599. Yvonne Droms, Linville, VA
600. Laurel M. Donahue, Portland, OR
601. Trish Flaster, Boulder. CO
602. Kerry Hughes, Mill Valley, CA
603. Kevin Dickey, Mill Valley, CA
604. Jesse Hiller, San Francisco, CA
605. John S. Bello, San Francisco, CA
606. Susan L. Bello, Mounds, OK
607. Paul A. Bello, Mounds, OK
608. Stanley Fisher, Mt Shasta, CA
609. Gary Kelly, New York, N.Y.
610. Cynthia Reed, New York, N.Y.
611 Jack London, Chicago, IL
612 Charlene Canali, Miami, FL
613 Mark Krumich, Miami, FL
614 Rex Benincasa, NYC, NY
615 Jenna Lee, NYC, NY
616 Meghan Cary, NYC, NY
617 Eugene Beck, Toronto,Ontario,Canada
618 Margaret Storer, Coupeville, WA
619 Buell Neidlinger, Coupeville, WA
620 Darol Anger, Oakland, CA
621 Willa Rabinovitch, Oakland, CA
622. Mel Martin, Novato, CA
623. Lee Greene , NY, NY
624 Mike Lee, Brooklyn, NY
625 Charles Young, WI
626 Fernando Meza, MN
627 Clifton Ware, MN
628 Bill McIver, Greensboro, NC
629 Marjore Chronister, Los Angeles, CA
630 Richard Chronister, Los Angeles, CA
631 Margaret Lorince, Isle of Palms , SC
632 Barton Hudson, Morgantown, WV
633 Robert Thieme, Morgantown, WV
634 Alan P. Kefauver, Baltimore, MD
635 Phillip A. M. Kolker, Baltimore, MD
636 Arthur l. Gudwin, Severna Park, MD
637 Yoshi Ishikawa, Boulder, CO
638 Roger Maki-Schramm, Ypsilanti, MI
639 Don Siebers, Ypsilanti, MI
640 Michael S. Steer, Ann Arbor, MI
641 Helen E. Kirkpatrick, Tacoma, WA
642 Dennis R. Paulson, Seattle, WA

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 253-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 253-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/museum.html