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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: RottiBiz
Yea that too .. but wearing that jacket he's pretending to be a jet pilot like President Bush was
981
posted on
04/02/2004 9:57:40 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: Mo1
De nada...thank God fer FR.com...MUD
982
posted on
04/02/2004 9:58:18 AM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
To: Pete-R-Bilt; tubebender; Mo1
I got Y'all covered! Okay... I'll wave when the ribs are done.
983
posted on
04/02/2004 9:59:55 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(Only YOU can stop fundraisers. Small monthly donations from each of us can do it !!)
To: glock rocks
Good Grief .. I wish Fox News would chill out on all the Breaking News Alerts .. OF THE SAME TOPIC
984
posted on
04/02/2004 10:00:05 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: NormsRevenge
Good one!!!
You find the best cartoons, Norm.
I don't suppose you would know where I could find my all-time favorite from the 2000 election which showed GW driving a limo with a big smile and a cowboy hat and a very dejected Daschle sitting in the backseat with someone else, I think.
I'm still kicking myself for not printing it out, but I'm very bad at this computer stuff.
985
posted on
04/02/2004 10:00:45 AM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: glock rocks
Who's bringing the beer???
Can't forget that!
986
posted on
04/02/2004 10:01:12 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: glock rocks
With you, everything seems to come down to beer and food, no matter what the subject!
;-)
987
posted on
04/02/2004 10:03:19 AM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: RottiBiz
hmmmmm? I think I know the one you saw.
Do you recall what thread theme it was on? vanity, a campaign one, or??
Tommy is probably deeply saddened this morning with the jobs report. ;-)
988
posted on
04/02/2004 10:04:09 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
To: glock rocks; Jim Robinson; John Robinson
"FReepers"
(To be sung to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "FReeBird")
Left will steal, beg, or borrow...
To protect Ol' Slick Willie!!
But Bill must be travellin' on now...
'Cuz his Treason threatens our Liberty!!
If we condoned Slick's Corruption...
Country wouldn't be the same!!
Righteous must retake this World, now...
And this World shall be remade...oh-oh-oh-ah-oh-ohhhh...
And the Left shall feel our ra-a-a-age...
Lib'rals, bow yer heads in sha-a-a-a-a-ame...
Lord knows, World must cha-a-a-ange...........
[Guitar weepin']
Realize, Willie, you'll go to prison...yeah, yeah...
You're just a Tyrant, you can't change!!
Oh, please don't act like the Victim...
'Cuz Lord knows you're to blame.
Slick, if we condoned your crimes, boy...
Nation wouldn't be the same!!
So we FRee-eep fer the Truth now...
And this World we shall now change...ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ahhhh...
And Lib'rals we'll now de-Fame...
And the Medyuh shall be shamed!!!!!
Lord knows it shall change...
Lord, help us, we must cha-a-a-a-a-ange...
Folks, we must change...
Won't ya join the FRee-pers?!! Yeah-eah-eah!!
[Guitar Jammin' to close]
Mudboy Slim
989
posted on
04/02/2004 10:07:58 AM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
To: Mo1; Mudboy Slim
Thank you, Mudboy Slim!
990
posted on
04/02/2004 10:09:51 AM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Howlin
991
posted on
04/02/2004 10:10:42 AM PST
by
backhoe
(--30--)
To: RottiBiz
Yer welcome, it's an excellent investment in the future of our country, imho...MUD
992
posted on
04/02/2004 10:13:45 AM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
To: NormsRevenge
993
posted on
04/02/2004 10:14:50 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Become a monthly donor on FR. No amount is too small and monthly giving is the way to go !)
To: Jim Robinson
Y'all rush up to the plate and donate now, y'hear?
994
posted on
04/02/2004 10:15:02 AM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: Mudboy Slim
A new tagline would be nice fer a spell...MUD
995
posted on
04/02/2004 10:15:27 AM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(Become a monthly donor...it's an excellent investment in the future of our country!!)
To: RottiBiz
LOL! Give that guy a Darwin Award (any minute now). Sure! Or hand him the phone and tell him it's Bush
Donate already! I'm tired of these Freepathons!
996
posted on
04/02/2004 10:15:30 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra.)
To: NormsRevenge
It was a day or so after the Election 2002 and probably on one of the post-election regular threads. (I don't read Vanities very often).
I wrote Election 2000 in my last post by mistake.
How about those jobs report numbers!!!!
997
posted on
04/02/2004 10:17:22 AM PST
by
RottiBiz
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To: Mudboy Slim
Nice tagline .. I need to think of one for mine
998
posted on
04/02/2004 10:22:37 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: backhoe
999
posted on
04/02/2004 10:24:17 AM PST
by
Howlin
(I'm a monthy donor..........wouldn't you like to be a monthly donor, too?)
To: Mo1
I have a few things to get done .. I'll be back in a few
1,000
posted on
04/02/2004 10:24:22 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
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