Wednesday, April 16, 2014
IMMEDIATE-ACTION REQUEST
Help restore state funding for the State Touring Program (STP) in Florida's 2014-2015 budget.
The
STP directly impacts you and your communities. Please invest a few
minutes this week to follow these simple steps. YOU can make a
difference. Thank you.
Dear State Touring Program Companies and Presenters:
We have a real opportunity to get the State Touring Program (STP) back in Florida's budget this year. It has been at zero funding for the last five years in the state budget.
BUT, this year, the Senate has recommended $200,000 for the STP in Florida's 2014-2015 budget. HOWEVER, the House still has zero for STP. This is where you can make a big difference.
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 You and other STP advocates can communicate NOW to key Florida legislators who will meet early next week to make decisions if STP will make it in Florida's 2014-2015 budget.
Please see below a list of the key legislators who have the power to fund the STP in Florida's budget.
Please continue after the break to find out the
3 Simple Steps you can take today
To Help Restore Arts Funding in Florida.
Please follow the three simple steps below, and please take a few minutes to send your e-mails to these key legislators this week.
They are listed below, along with their e-mail addresses.
Step 1: Everyone who receives this e-mail should send e-mails to the following:
Chairman Andy Gardiner
Chairman Ed Hooper
ed.hooper@myfloridahouse.gov
Step 2:
Check to see if additional legislators are listed below under the
county where you live. If so, please send them an e-mail, too.
Step 3: Below is a suggested
e-mail you can copy, edit, and paste into your e-mails to these
legislators. It's so important that you briefly PERSONALIZE your
e-mails. If you are writing as a STP company or presenter, briefly
share the value this program brings to your company and/or the
communities you represent.
Suggestions for Subject Box (select one or create one):
--Please restore funding for the State Touring Program
--Please fund the State Touring Program at $200,000
--State Touring Program Serves Many Counties - please fund.
--Invest $200,000 for the State Touring Program
--State Touring Program Reaches Thousands - please fund.
Suggested e-mail message:
Select the proper heading for each legislator you plan to send
this e-mail to and enter his or her last name -- see list below:
Dear Chairman_________:
Dear Representative________:
Dear Senator___________ :
I am so thankful the Senate recommends $200,000 for the State
Touring Program (budget line item 3143A). However, I understand the
House has $0 in its budget for this statewide program.
I know firsthand how this program transforms and enriches lives,
especially children's, and communities throughout our state. If funded,
STP can provide hundreds of educational music, theatre, and dance
activities to citizens and visitors in many Florida counties that are
classified as under-served.
Please restore and fund the State Touring Program in our state's 2014-2015 budget at the Senate recommendation of $200,000.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Add your name and address
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List of Key Legislators
-- check your county below and send your e-mail/s to those listed under
your county. All of you should send e-mails to the chairmen listed
above.
Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee:
Representative Elizabeth PorterAlachua, Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee
(850) 717-5010
elizabeth.porter@
Brevard County:
Chairman Andy Gardiner
Brevard, Orange
Representative Tom Goodson
Broward County:
Senator Jeremy Ring
Representative Hazel Rogers, democratic ranking member of House TEDBroward
(850) 717-5095
hazelle.rogers@myfloridahouse.
Duval County:
Vice Chairman Lake Ray, vice chairman of House TED
Representative Reggie Fullwood
Hillsborough County:
Senator Tom Lee
Lake, Marion, Volusia Counties:
Senator Dorothy Hukill
Miami-Dade County:
Senator
Gwen Margolis
Gwen Margolis
Representative Jeanette Nuñez
Representative Jose Oliva
Miami-Dade
(850) 717-5110
(850) 717-5110
Representative David Richardson
Orange County:
Chairman Andy Gardiner
Brevard, Orange
(850) 487-5013
Senator Geraldine Thompson
(850) 487-5012
thompson.geraldine.web@
Representative Bruce Antone
Orange
(850) 717-5046
bruce.antone@myfloridahouse.
Representative Bruce AntoneOrange
(850) 717-5046
bruce.antone@myfloridahouse.
Pinellas County:
Chairman Ed Hooper, chairman of House TED
Senator Jack Latvala
(850) 487-5020
Representative Kathleen Peters
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Senators and Representatives Who Serve As Chairs and Vice Chairs of Full Appropriations Conference Committee
Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, St. Lucie Counties:
Senator Joe Negron serves as chair the full Appropriations Conference Committee
(850) 487-5032
Charlotte and Lee Counties:
Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto serves as vice chair of the full Appropriations Conference Committee
Polk County:
Representative Seth McKeel serves as co-chair of the full Appropriations Conference Committee
(850) 717-5040
Brevard County:
Representative Steve Crisafulli serves as co-vice chair of the full Appropriations Conference Committee
(850) 717-5051
steve.crisafulli@
steve.crisafulli@
May I wait to take action on this alert?
No.
Please send these e-mails this week. Once the appropriations
conference committee meetings begin, decisions that impact the final
appropriations will be decided quickly.
Thank you, and let's get the State Touring Program funded in the state budget this year.
Your follow-through will make a difference.
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