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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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To: Mo1; Brad's Gramma
Thank you Mo1!!
We have incoming by special delivery:
Just in:
$10 from Never Never Land
$25 from Pennsylvania
"This is for Brad's Gramma's Birthday"
"Happy Birthday Grammie"
"Mo1"
Thank you Never Never Land and Pennsylvania!!
741
posted on
04/01/2004 9:49:18 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Thank you FReepers and Lurkers!!)
To: Fawnn; Mo1; All
What if I told everyone that this day, April 1, is NOT my birthday????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
742
posted on
04/01/2004 9:49:20 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma
743
posted on
04/01/2004 9:49:37 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Jim Robinson
Wrong day. Mo has the WRONG DAY! LOL!!!! Not by MUCH, mind you...
744
posted on
04/01/2004 9:50:34 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma; Mo1
Hmmmm. It's April 2 in Pennsylvania...
745
posted on
04/01/2004 9:50:59 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: Brad's Gramma
What if I told you that here on the EAST COAST .. it is your Birthday
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
746
posted on
04/01/2004 9:51:14 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: glock rocks
Think she'll figure it out
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
747
posted on
04/01/2004 9:52:02 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Brad's Gramma
heh, it's the perks when your husband snores!!!!! Watchout funkelers!!!!
To: Mo1
749
posted on
04/01/2004 9:52:09 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: glock rocks
THAT'S bad!!!
Now where's that one I had about moving your foot one way? Remember that?
750
posted on
04/01/2004 9:52:14 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: NYTexan
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
-- George Lorimer
To: Brad's Gramma
It's your birthday? Hope you had a wonderful day, and ate lots of cake, and got lots of presents, and looked a year younger than last year!!! Now that is a good birthday! :-)
752
posted on
04/01/2004 9:53:33 PM PST
by
ladyinred
(Weakness Invites War. Peace through Strength (Margaret Thatcher))
To: NYTexan
That's a typo right
::::::::::::::::::::::::: Running and ducking
753
posted on
04/01/2004 9:53:33 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Mo1
do you suppose she still remembers how old she is?
earlier, she didn't seem to know what state she was in... Montana?
754
posted on
04/01/2004 9:53:43 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: glock rocks
It's NOT in California! OK??????????????????????
755
posted on
04/01/2004 9:53:44 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: NYTexan
Wooooooooooo boy. If THIS looks like 29, 29's lookin' kinda bad.
756
posted on
04/01/2004 9:54:16 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Mo1
Woof Woof! HOW FUNNY!!!!!!
757
posted on
04/01/2004 9:55:44 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: glock rocks
She has her moments .. so if she's lucky she might :0)
758
posted on
04/01/2004 9:56:06 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Jim Robinson; Mo1
Am I reading this right? Mo? Jim?
759
posted on
04/01/2004 9:56:50 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma
OK granny, I imagine your smile is as nice as your kindest words.
760
posted on
04/01/2004 9:59:13 PM PST
by
NYTexan
(Donate to Free Republic until it hurts!)
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