Comments on: Cuccinelli Versus Big Bird

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:49:16 +0000

Hey Almostthere: What part of “NoVa transportation crisis” and “wasteful tax spending for luxury TV shows” don’t you understand? Although $3.6m is not a lot, it’s just one example of how Richmond has wasted our taxes while our roads get more and more gridlocked. I don’t see you mentioning a better way to help fund our road needs!

By: Tinky Winky is Gay

Tinky Winky is Gay — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:08:44 +0000

Ken knows it, and so do the rest of us.

By: Almostthere

Almostthere — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:26:56 +0000

Im going to save the donation I would have sent to NPR and make a political donation to Kookinelli’s opponent. Now THERE is a good use of my taxpaying dollars!!

What a goofball — Virginians deserve better.

By: Roci

Roci — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:07:18 +0000

Or maybe he does not feel government has a legitimate role funding commercial TV.

NPR and PBS ARE commercial TV. Their funding is only slightly different than traditional non-public TV. Their commercials are all NPR/PBS voices doing two sentence “sponsorship” announcements, but they are commercials.

You overstate your case that PBS would end without state funding. PBS directors themselves claim that govt funding helps bring new programming (the kind kids don’t watch) but is not essential for daily operations. The children’s programming are tremendously profitable and would find a way to stay on the air even without state funding.

Lack of tax money does not equal killing PBS.

By: Hank Wilson

Hank Wilson — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:33:28 +0000

If you like NPR so much, why don’t you pay for it?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:52 +0000

Kenton,

I think the issue here is whether the state government should be paying for luxury goods — such as entertainment organizations — when we are in the middle of a transportation crisis.

I am one of Cuccinelli’s constituents and I support his efforts to find more space in the budget for transportation money. If people want NPR to continue, rather than legislating its existence, why not donate to it?