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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!!
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KEYWORDS: freepathon
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To: Jim Robinson
Just in:
$20 from Massachusetts
$20 from Illinois
$100 from Oregon
Thank you Massachusetts, Illinois and Oregon!!
Now approaching 15 percent!! Way to go FReepers and Lurkers!!
1,101
posted on
04/02/2004 2:58:03 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: sweetliberty
1,102
posted on
04/02/2004 2:59:23 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Mo1
Just in:
$100 from Florida
$25 from California
$20 from Washington
Thank you Florida, California and Washington!!
1,103
posted on
04/02/2004 2:59:41 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Mo1
She's my neighbor and my friend.
I would tp her house if she WASN'T nice to me!
1,104
posted on
04/02/2004 2:59:48 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma; Mo1
"Filled with all SORTS of nice and some REALLY STRANGE, Embarrassing people!" Kinda like FR, huh?
1,105
posted on
04/02/2004 2:59:57 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: glock rocks; All
I'm taking ideas for a new thread
All suggestions are welcomed
1,106
posted on
04/02/2004 3:00:44 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: WhiteyAppleseed
Thank you, WhiteyAppleseed!
1,107
posted on
04/02/2004 3:00:58 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: ValerieUSA
That one is Way KEWL!!
1,108
posted on
04/02/2004 3:01:32 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Brad's Gramma
Hi Gramma, and Happy Birthday. Now the party can start.
1,109
posted on
04/02/2004 3:02:13 PM PST
by
steveegg
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To: Jim Robinson
And just in:
$20 from Ohio
$10 monthly from Virginia
$10 from California
Thank you Ohio, Virginia and California!!
1,110
posted on
04/02/2004 3:02:25 PM PST
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RottiBiz
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To: Mo1
To: ValerieUSA
Thank You Freeper
$100 just in from Kentucky!
1,112
posted on
04/02/2004 3:02:56 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Jim Robinson
Thank you Florida, California and Washington.
1,113
posted on
04/02/2004 3:03:53 PM PST
by
steveegg
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To: steveegg
Thank You Freepers
$20 from New York
$20 from Pennsylvania
1,114
posted on
04/02/2004 3:04:11 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Jim Robinson
Just in:
$20 from New York
$20 from Pennsylvania
Thank you New York and Pennsylvania!!
1,115
posted on
04/02/2004 3:04:14 PM PST
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RottiBiz
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To: Brad's Gramma
Howdy Grammie! Happy Birthday!!
1,116
posted on
04/02/2004 3:04:16 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: clyde260
Thanks for the Bump Clyde260
Thank You Freepers
$20 from Ohio
$10 monthly from Virginia
$10 from California
1,117
posted on
04/02/2004 3:05:36 PM PST
by
Mo1
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To: zip
Thank you, zip!
1,118
posted on
04/02/2004 3:06:46 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: WhiteyAppleseed
Thank You WhiteyAppleseed !!!
1,119
posted on
04/02/2004 3:06:53 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Fawnn
Thank You Freepers
$20 from Massachusetts
$20 from Illinois
$100 from Oregon
1,120
posted on
04/02/2004 3:07:56 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
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