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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: Howlin
"The check is in the mail..."
"I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help you...!"
"No, Honey- that dress doesn't make you look fat..."
One of the above is true-
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:04:11 PM PST
by
backhoe
(Earth First! [ We can strip-mine the other planets later...])
To: Publius
Thank you Publius!!
42
posted on
04/01/2004 1:04:32 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Jim Robinson; .45MAN
Bumping from a *pair* of monthly donors.
FR ***ROCKS***!!!!
43
posted on
04/01/2004 1:05:21 PM PST
by
dansangel
(Do your part to drive the rats to distraction - You *too* can be a monthly donor)
To: Our man in washington
Thank you Our man in washington!
44
posted on
04/01/2004 1:05:25 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Jim Robinson
Hello from Michigan. FR is time and money well spent.
I've been here for a year now.
(Do I get a prize or something?)
45
posted on
04/01/2004 1:05:45 PM PST
by
sergeantdave
(Gen. Custer wore an Arrowsmith shirt to his last property owner convention.)
To: OXENinFLA
Donate to FR, tick off a DU'er Hey! Thank would make a great tagline for this freepathon. Mind if I borrow it?
46
posted on
04/01/2004 1:06:05 PM PST
by
Quilla
(Stamp out freepathons, become a monthly donor today.)
To: Howlin
LOL!
You're in advertising, aren't you?
If you ain't you should be!
47
posted on
04/01/2004 1:06:05 PM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: spodefly
Thank you spodefly!
Woo hoo!
Just in:
$10 from Michigan
$100 from Sweden
$20 from South Carolina
$20 from California
$20 from Virginia
$50 from Georgia
$25 from Texas
Thank you all very much!!
48
posted on
04/01/2004 1:06:36 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: OXENinFLA
BUMP TO THE TOP
And will be right back after I recover from the April Fools Day joke Sean Hannity just pulled
Now .. where did I put that bottle of wine :0)
49
posted on
04/01/2004 1:07:50 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: RightWingMama
Thank you RightWingMama!
50
posted on
04/01/2004 1:08:31 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: deport
Thank you deport!!
51
posted on
04/01/2004 1:09:21 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Humidston
Thank you Humidston!!
52
posted on
04/01/2004 1:10:28 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Jim Robinson
...the $25.00 from Texas was from me. i will be donating much more in the future, however things are a bit tight at present...
53
posted on
04/01/2004 1:10:38 PM PST
by
cweese
To: onyx
Me too. Thank you both very much!!
54
posted on
04/01/2004 1:11:12 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: anniegetyourgun
Thank you very much, anniegetyourgun!!
55
posted on
04/01/2004 1:11:56 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Fiddlstix
Thank you Fiddlstix!
56
posted on
04/01/2004 1:12:46 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: The Shrew
Great! Thank you very much!!
57
posted on
04/01/2004 1:13:46 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Jim Robinson; NormsRevenge; tubebender; Flurry; Ga Rob; Uncle George; winodog; SShultz460; ...
THE NASCAR Pit Crew & Chapter of the VRWC's favoritest website and Internet Forum in the World and Nascar Fans worldwide Thank You for providing an oasis of sanity in a world full of political hyperbole and WMDs (Whiney Media Distortionists). God Bless and Keep Up the Mighty Damn Fine Work!!!
OK, FR Pit Crew,, Let's Donate What We Can to Keep FR at the forefront of the fight for Liberty and FReedom and the Pursuit of Truth 24 hours a day.
Support Our Troops!!!
WOOOHOOOO!!!!!
58
posted on
04/01/2004 1:14:10 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
To: tiamat
Very close to it. Thanks very much!!
(just happened that way)
59
posted on
04/01/2004 1:15:20 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Jim Robinson
Due to a better financial situation I will add $5 to my monthly contribution as soon as I can get the link to load. :^)
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posted on
04/01/2004 1:15:30 PM PST
by
#3Fan
(Kerry to POW-MIA activists: "You'll wish you'd never been born.". Link on my homepage.)
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