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| April 1, 2004
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 04/01/2004 12:32:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Woo hoo!! Are you ready for another FReepathon!?
It's time once more for us to raise the funds that are necessary to keep Free Republic on the air.
People have asked me if the $60,000 settlement with the City of Fresno means we won't have to have a fundraiser this time. Well, I wish it could be so, but, unfortunately, it's not.
First of all, we did not actually receive $60,000. After legal fees, mediation fees and other expenses directly related to the suit, we netted approximately $34,000. Of that, we distributed over $10,000 to the members of the Fresno Chapter who were in business and their businesses suffered due to the city's libel and also to the members who met with us regularly on a weekly basis. Then, due to the fact that the city was late with their press release and no media picked it up, we paid approximately $2,000 to run ads in several valley papers announcing the city's retraction.
The approximately $22,000 left over will be used in our operations. We plan to use about $4,000 to upgrade our equipment and $10,000 or more will go for taxes. I plan to use part of the balance to beef up our insurance coverage and also will look into a health insurance plan. The remainder will be used for travel and other expenses. I still hope to visit as many chapters as I possibly can over the next year or so, but obviously won't be doing so in a motor home (you had to have been there to get the inside joke). We'll be traveling in our trusty old FReepermobile van. She's an 11 year old Mercury Villager with 150,000 miles, but she's got good rubber, purrs like a kitten and is pretty good on gas.
So, as it turns out, the settlement has strengthened Free Republic and also has strengthened the conservative position in the City of Fresno. As a result of our suit, the controversial loony peacenik chair person of the Fresno City Human Relations Commission who committed the libel against us and has also caused much turmoil within the city and the city council has resigned "to pursue other interests." Also, the loony liberal President of the Fresno City Council who made some ridiculous comments belittling the suit and the settlement in the Fresno Bee was voted out of office just a couple months later.
So, as I've said before, the settlement is a win, win, win position. It's a win for Free Republic, a win for the City of Fresno, and, ultimately, a win for the taxpayers.
At any rate, we thank all of you who participate on Free Republic and support our efforts and we look forward to another exciting election cycle.
Hope to see y'all either on our road trip and or at the Free Republic George W. Bush Inaugural Ball II in January!!
Go GWB!!
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freepathon
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To: CholeraJoe
Thank you, CholeraJoe!
101
posted on
04/01/2004 1:40:20 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: RottiBiz
I know Mississippi can do better than a mere 7 Monthly doners!
(Fingers crossed!)
Luigi
102
posted on
04/01/2004 1:41:29 PM PST
by
LuigiBasco
(Mississippi Freepers.. ..It's time for y'all to become monthly doners!!)
To: Jim Robinson
Wow, I put Colorado at the top of the pile!
103
posted on
04/01/2004 1:43:04 PM PST
by
BulletBobCo
(Terrorism is a cancer that can only be cured with a massive dose of radiation.)
To: dakine
Thank you, dakine!
104
posted on
04/01/2004 1:43:17 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Jim Robinson
Bama Bump and Pledge.
105
posted on
04/01/2004 1:44:13 PM PST
by
LowOiL
(Christian and proud of it !)
To: Jim Robinson
Just in:
$10 from Never Never Land
$10 from New Jersey
$100 from Colorado
$100 from Connecticut
Also, here are a few donations that came in during the last couple days of the prior quarter:
$50 from Ohio
$100 from California
$50 from Virginia
Thank you all Very Much!!
106
posted on
04/01/2004 1:44:45 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Jim Robinson; 2Jedismom; 300winmag; Alkhin; Argh; Bear_in_RoseBear; BibChr; Corin Stormhands; ...
Thank you for your hospitality Mr. Robinson
and all who keep FR working every day!
Good luck on a speedy'thon
from the folks at
The Hobbit Hole ecurbh and I will gladly continue our $1/day this quarter!
107
posted on
04/01/2004 1:46:10 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(Free pints in the Hobbit Hole for all monthly donors during the 'thon!)
To: Jim Robinson
And just in:
$50 from Texas
$30 from South Carolina
$10 from Maryland
$50 from Michigan
Thank you all very much!!
108
posted on
04/01/2004 1:46:26 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Jim Robinson
Extra Freepathon $$ will be included in the monthly snail-mail donation Jim.
FR ROCKS!
Prairie
109
posted on
04/01/2004 1:47:57 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(I'm a monthly donor to FR. And proud of it!)
To: GailA
Thank you, GailA!
110
posted on
04/01/2004 1:48:22 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: BulletBobCo
Wow, I put Colorado at the top of the pile! Very cool. I've never seen my state on the top.
In fact, I try very diligently to keep Utah ahead of Tunisia and France :o)
111
posted on
04/01/2004 1:49:54 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations will do it !!)
To: MinuteGal; Just another Joe
Thank you, Monthly Donors!
112
posted on
04/01/2004 1:50:11 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
(Become a Monthly Donor -- $3, $5, $10, $15, $20, $25, $30 -- any amount will do it!)
To: SamAdams76; RottiBiz
Monthly donations are LO-CARB? Double-yummy! :-)
Tick off a liberal, DONATE MONTHLY!
113
posted on
04/01/2004 1:50:31 PM PST
by
Tamzee
(Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet writing out her monthly donation .....)
To: RottiBiz
Oh, I didn't see that one.
Thank You
Texas
South Carolina
Maryland
Michigan
To: Howlin
AS A MONTHLY DONOR - IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO PEOPLE!!
115
posted on
04/01/2004 1:52:16 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: eureka!
Thank You Eureka!
116
posted on
04/01/2004 1:53:06 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: dakine
Thank You Dakine!
117
posted on
04/01/2004 1:54:00 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: cripplecreek
Thank You Cripplecreek for all your support!
118
posted on
04/01/2004 1:55:02 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: RottiBiz
Por Nada
It's the LEAST I can do.
To: BulletBobCo
I think so. Thank you very much, BulletBobCo!!
Just in:
$30 from Montana
$50 from Never Never Land
$10 monthly from Alabama
$10 monthly from Minnesota
$25 from Colorado
$50 from Colorado
$40 from Alabama
$20 from Ohio
Thank you all very much!!
120
posted on
04/01/2004 1:56:00 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
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