"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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As you can see, the following post was sent directly to KCET Management.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Hodgett"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:51 PM
Subject: KCET Begging

Understand you have dropped New Yankee Work Shop.

Since all you seem to do on weekends is beg anyway, no wonder you
don't have time for this program.

BTW, I am totally opposed to your present policy of begging and will
NEVER give you money.

You are public television, that means support from the public, not
private, purse, IMHO.

You are faced with a heritage that R Regan has placed on public
television
executives, one I do not support.

You need money, obviously, so hire a lobbyist like everybody else.

Quit wasting my time begging at the local level.

If you decide to air NYW, let me know.

Till then, have no need to watch KCET except for Howser.

He is addictive.

As a committee of one, hope this message has some impact.

Regards,

Lew

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What was the goal of this email? I hope that it was to vent, and not to
really try to get the show back on. Local PBS affiliates rank fund raising
very high, and I think that most GM's put it higher than ratings. By
stating early in the message that you will NEVER give money I believe that
you alienated the recipient and eliminated any chance of making your point.

Bob