I got quite a few comments on the column I wrote last week concerning Fiesta Plaza, Guadalupe Center and the proposed Softball Parks. Many of them pointed out that all the aforementioned projects concerned the City. My readers asked - “Where is Linda?” — .our City Council representative. I thought about e-mailing Linda but on a previous occasion when I did, she said that she got hundreds of e-mail and must have missed mine. I decided not to e-mail her. 101 e-mail is a lot of e-mail to read.

My friend “El Alacran - el que pica con la cola - who is threatening to come back and write for El Editor said that “el miro a Linda tirando cimento en el Barrio Nuevo.”

Still no word on naming a new representative to represent our side of town on the School Board. It make us wonder what is happening. Is Mr. Haven’s and the School Board afraid that Victor Hernandez, who to date is the only person submitting his name for consideration, will cause ripples in the system?

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Today I am asking you to act on behalf of a significant issue.

A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with “Sesame Street,” “Reading Rainbow,” and other commercial-free children’s shows. The vote takes place soon. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch. The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year — $100 million — and end funding altogether within two years.

The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships (or begin to take on paid "commercials"). Already, 300,000 people have signed the petition. Can you help us reach 400,000 signatures today?

Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS: http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/

write to Bidal at eleditor@sbcglobal.net