Tampa Film Fan

The final budget workshop, the last opportunity for the BOCC to fund TECC, is this Thursday, 9/20, 6 p.m. County Center, Kennedy Blvd.

This has been a long and agonizing process…to save the Education Channel and we are all tired, but your calls and emails are making a difference. By calling and letting the Commissioners know that The Education Channel is important to you, they get a chance to learn first hand why The Education Channel is worthy of their support.

Please call before Thursday and ask the Commissioners to support The Education Channel.

If you can come to the meeting on Thursday and speak, sign up at County Center by 5:15 p.m. — or just sit in the audience with us and wear our big yellow Education Channel button — that would be AWESOME!!

Hopefully, we have made a positive difference in your life and, with your help, will continue to do so. We truly appreciate your support and are honored by your assistance.

SAMPLE SCRIPT: Here’s a sample script below and the phone numbers. Pick one or more of the services that are important to you or use your own example.

Commissioner, when you vote on the budget, please restore funding for The Education Channel. The Education Channel is important to our community. My family counts on The Education Channel for so much, like…

* the Independents’ Film Festival, our local film incubator!

* the arts programs like Classic Arts Showcase and Art Off the Wall

* the math shows like Mathematics Homework Hotline and Frequently Asked Algebra Questions

* stimulating intellectual discussions on specials like Taking Control of Cancer, Turning Points in British History (pre-revolutionary)

* cutting edge research shown in The Lecture Series

* information about local schools like emergency closings and test results

* great Classic and Foreign Films on the weekends

* reading programs for my children

* non commercial, high quality educational programs for my children like Scholastic Classics

* School Board Meetings

* the Documentary Series

* local and state history programs like Tampa Before the Civil War

Board of County Commissioners:

District 1 — Rose Ferlita, 272-5470, ferlitar(at)hillsboroughcounty.org

District 2 — Ken Hagan, 272-5452, hagank(at)hillsboroughcounty.org

District 3 — Kevin White, 272-5720, whitek(at)hillsboroughcounty.org

District 4 — Al Higginbotham, 272-5740, higginbothama(at)hillsboroughcounty.org

District 5 — Jim Norman, 272-5725, normanj(at)hillsboroughcounty.org

District 6 — Brian Blair, 272-5730, blairb@hillsboroughcounty.org