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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: ValerieUSA
You're right. I caught my error after I had already sent the post. The old "countries that begin with SW" got me and my caffeine-laden brain cells. Now I'm slinking off to the embarrassment corner of FR. I feel like such a goofball.
141
posted on
04/01/2004 2:08:15 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: RightWingMama
Thank you, RightWingMama!
142
posted on
04/01/2004 2:08:50 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Jim Robinson
Thank You
Montana
Never Never Land
Alabama
Minnesota
Colorado
Colorado
Alabama
Ohio
To: Humidston
Thank you, Humidston!
144
posted on
04/01/2004 2:10:21 PM PST
by
RottiBiz
(Become a Monthly Donor -- $3, $5, $10, $15, $20, $25, $30 -- any amount will do it!)
To: Jim Robinson
A Tip O' the Hat to you and yours-
145
posted on
04/01/2004 2:10:37 PM PST
by
backhoe
(--30--)
To: The Shrew; Diva One
to FR Diva One
146
posted on
04/01/2004 2:11:50 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: arasina
Goofballs belong front and center here - not in the corner.
To: backhoe
Thank you Backhoe
148
posted on
04/01/2004 2:13:33 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Jim Robinson
Standing-monthly-donor-who-increased-the-amount-last-month bump!
149
posted on
04/01/2004 2:14:15 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: sergeantdave
Thank you Sergeantdave
150
posted on
04/01/2004 2:15:17 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: facedown
Thank you very much facedown!!
Just in:
$30 from Georgia
$30 from New York
$10 from Montana
$20 from Missouri
$20 from Oregon
$40 from Ohio
$10 monthly from Massachusetts
$50 from Illinois
$50 from Texas
$20 from Utah
Thank you all very much!!
151
posted on
04/01/2004 2:15:27 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: cweese
Thank you Cweese
152
posted on
04/01/2004 2:16:51 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
Thank you very much, HairOfTheDog and ecurbh!!
153
posted on
04/01/2004 2:17:26 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: ValerieUSA; Brad's Gramma
Goofballs belong front and center here - not in the corner.
:o)
154
posted on
04/01/2004 2:18:00 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: Jim Robinson
Thank You
Georgia
New York
Montana
Missouri
Oregon
To: arasina
Thank you arasina
156
posted on
04/01/2004 2:19:22 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Jim Robinson; All
Am I late??????
157
posted on
04/01/2004 2:19:54 PM PST
by
justshe
(Monthly donors to FR make the FR world go round...and round...and round.....!)
To: Tamsey
LOL!
158
posted on
04/01/2004 2:20:03 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: RottiBiz
I am a very happy monthly dollar a day donor--do I get my name on BOTH lists? ;-D Or will that cost me more?
159
posted on
04/01/2004 2:20:45 PM PST
by
Judith Anne
(God bless the monthly donors! And the non-monthly donors! And ALL the donors! And Free Republic!)
To: RottiBiz
I am a very happy monthly dollar a day donor--do I get my name on BOTH lists? ;-D Or will that cost me more?
160
posted on
04/01/2004 2:20:58 PM PST
by
Judith Anne
(God bless the monthly donors! And the non-monthly donors! And ALL the donors! And Free Republic!)
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