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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: Budge; Jim Robinson
I'm gonna have to bump my monthly up a tad. How I do this?
Head over to the credit card machine, and enter the new monthly amount. It should replace your current monthly, though you might want to add in the comments that you're simply bumping up your current monthly. Do note that the monthly anniversary will change to the new day.
Thank you.
1,081
posted on
04/02/2004 2:21:23 PM PST
by
steveegg
(End the FReepathons; donate monthly - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Jim Robinson
Thank You
Kentucky
To: ValerieUSA
Just in:
$20 from Rhode Island
$20 from Minnesota
$10 from Pennsylvania
$50 from California
$15 monthly from Alabama
$10 from Never Never Land
Thank you all very much!!
1,083
posted on
04/02/2004 2:32:50 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: RottiBiz
Wow! I don't think I've ever seen Arkansas at #5 before.
1,084
posted on
04/02/2004 2:35:34 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: Budge
Hey there Budge ..
Go Monthlies !!!
1,085
posted on
04/02/2004 2:36:14 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Jim Robinson
Thank you...
Rhode Island
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
California
Alabama for the monthly
Never Never Land
1,086
posted on
04/02/2004 2:37:06 PM PST
by
steveegg
(End the FReepathons; donate monthly - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: MeekOneGOP
I just love that picture.
1,087
posted on
04/02/2004 2:39:17 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: ValerieUSA
Wow! That is an awesome picture. Don't think I ever saw a butterfly like that one before. What kind is it? Do you remember? What is their native habitat?
1,088
posted on
04/02/2004 2:43:30 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: Mo1; All
HOW-DEE!!!
1,089
posted on
04/02/2004 2:46:10 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma
Hi there Birthday Gal
You're in a good mood
1,090
posted on
04/02/2004 2:48:42 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Windshark; null and void
Ping to post #452.
1,091
posted on
04/02/2004 2:49:11 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: Jim Robinson
Just in:
$50 from Georgia
$50 from Pennsylvania
$25 from Nevada
$30 from Virginia
Thank you Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Virginia!!
1,092
posted on
04/02/2004 2:49:27 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Brad's Gramma
Hi Grammie!
So, how's your day so
far, birthday girl?
1,093
posted on
04/02/2004 2:50:46 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: kimmie7
Thank you, kimmie7!
1,094
posted on
04/02/2004 2:51:54 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: TonyRo76
Thank you, TonyRo76!
1,095
posted on
04/02/2004 2:54:13 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Mo1
Good mood? Yeppers! Why not? I'm at work, the boss is gone, I get to play WITH HER PERMISSION, what ELSE could I want?
Oh! I also have Starbucks. It is a WONDERFUL world.
1,096
posted on
04/02/2004 2:55:45 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Jim Robinson
Just in:
$20 from Pennsylvania
$25 from Arizona
$10 from South Carolina
Thank you Pennsylvania, Arizona and South Carolina!!
1,097
posted on
04/02/2004 2:56:02 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: ValerieUSA
Thank You Freepers
$20 from Rhode Island
$20 from Minnesota
$10 from Pennsylvania
$50 from California
$15 monthly from Alabama
$10 from Never Never Land
1,098
posted on
04/02/2004 2:56:53 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Brad's Gramma
LOL!! ... Sounds like you one nice boss there
1,099
posted on
04/02/2004 2:57:48 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Mo1
I saw that.
1,100
posted on
04/02/2004 2:57:48 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
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