[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Secretary of the Arts

[Martin Bogomolni]

As much as online petitions make people feel good, they don't have the
same impact as sending an actual postcard to the white house itself.
Invest in a postcard and stamp, and make your voice count:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Also, there is a white house comment line, which is monitored and also
counted, if you feel like _literally_ voicing your opinion:

202-456-6213

Also, don't forget to contact your state senators.   If you want
change on this level, like the creation of a new post at the White
House, the pressure has to come from a number of directions.

Also, it's important to note that President Obama has currently frozen
hiring and salaries for the White House staff.  The creation of a new
position (Secretary of Art) involves adding more expense to the staff
budget.   This means you have to give a compelling reason for the
administration to create a new position, and add the expense to the
budget.

Constitutionally yours,
-Martin



On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:01 PM, daniela Steinsapir
<danielast at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> Quincy Jones has set up this website:
>> www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html
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>> to allow the people to petition Obama to create a Secretary of the Arts
>> for our country, something which almost every other country in the "western
>> world" has.
>>
>> Please take a moment and sign up, it seems a rather large number of people
>> have already done so.
>>
>> Best,
>> Vaschelle
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