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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: Indy Pendance
That's why we should have more monthly donors, so we can stop putting up with these FReepathons and get down to fighting terrorism, foreign and
domestic Socialist Democrat.
Support Free Republic
581
posted on
04/01/2004 7:33:01 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra.)
To: Brad's Gramma
Just in:
$50 from South Carolina
$100 from California
$10 from South Carolina
$20 from Michigan
Thank you all very much!!
582
posted on
04/01/2004 7:34:10 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Become a monthly donor to Free Republic)
To: Mo1; Brad's Gramma
OK ... I'm game .. got any ideas???Pick on someone else?
583
posted on
04/01/2004 7:34:12 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: All
Click the Graphic
584
posted on
04/01/2004 7:35:00 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Donate to FR Monthly and YOU Can Own This NEW, IMPROVED Tag Line Too! (Presented by Tag Lines R US))
To: sciencediet
To: Mo1
Did you like that site? I just found it today and haven't had a chance to go through it all yet...
586
posted on
04/01/2004 7:35:23 PM PST
by
Tamzee
(Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet writing out her monthly donation .....)
To: McGavin999
Thank you McGavin999 !!
587
posted on
04/01/2004 7:35:48 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: Jim Robinson; Mrs Zip; BOBWADE
Already a monthly donor but will send a small check for the newest Columbia MO Infinite FReeper "Sunnyside-1".
588
posted on
04/01/2004 7:36:03 PM PST
by
zip
(Monthly donations are the easiest way to say Thanks for FR)
To: glock rocks
I'm game! Who do you want to pick on? Mo1?
589
posted on
04/01/2004 7:36:51 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma
I know, I know!!!! How about we pick on Kerry?
590
posted on
04/01/2004 7:37:45 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing! Like forgetting to donate to FreeRepublic)
To: zip
591
posted on
04/01/2004 7:38:08 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: RottiBiz
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
-- Oliver Goldsmith
To: Tamsey
Yes I did .. I bookmarked it for later to really check it out
But I noticed that Kerry's file isn't there
593
posted on
04/01/2004 7:39:29 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: McGavin999
Thank you McGavin999!!
594
posted on
04/01/2004 7:39:54 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: McGavin999
Hey! Kerry's EASY to pick on! I vote (wait, THAT'S the wrong way to say this!)...for KERRY!!!
595
posted on
04/01/2004 7:40:39 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Become a monthly donor to Free Republic)
To: Brad's Gramma
You're welcome. I don't know how it grew from four to nine, but I now have 9 adopted kids :o)
596
posted on
04/01/2004 7:40:57 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing! Like forgetting to donate to FreeRepublic)
To: McGavin999
Yes! Let's pick on Kerry...aka Smashed-in Face Boy.
597
posted on
04/01/2004 7:42:25 PM PST
by
ilovew
(In honor of Mike Adams, a high school classmate, who died in Iraq last summer.)
To: Jim Robinson
Thank You
Pennsylvania
Texas
To: Brad's Gramma
599
posted on
04/01/2004 7:44:24 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Indy Pendance
Dear Indy Pendance,
I like your quotes. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Tamsey
600
posted on
04/01/2004 7:44:28 PM PST
by
Tamzee
(Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet writing out her monthly donation .....)
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