Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 22:15:17 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Isaac Subject: BIGOT BUSTERS (WA): 1995 Financial Report BIGOT BUSTERS salutes the voters of Washington State for defeating the discriminatory and mean-spirited Initiatives 166 and 167 by declining to sign! For the second consecutive year, Washingtonians have said "no" to bigotry and intolerance! Because of the broad support we have received and in the spirit of openness, we would like to share with the community the following financial information, as we did following the 1994 campaign, since you deserve to know how your money was spent (figures are for 1/1/95-12/31/95): REVENUE: Queer Nation/Seattle 245.00 Lesbian Avengers 275.00 Valentine's Day 372.00 House Party 1 611.05 House Party 2 690.00 Concert at Crocodile 1063.00 GSBA appeal 210.00 other solicited gifts 1018.52 unsolicited gifts 1733.00 BB Manual sales 425.00 T-shirt sales 153.00 Button sales 26.00 Bumper stickers sales 236.00 Misc. merchandise sales 499.00 In-kind contributions: 310.00 Total revenues: 7866.57 EXPENDITURES: Fundraising: 288.06 General Operation: 408.01 Printing: 2288.84 Advertising: 908.28 Postage: 286.70 Mixed expenses: 867.07 Miscellany: 159.15 In-kind: 310.00 Total expenditures: 5518.09 CURRENT BALANCE (12/31/95): 2348.48 We expect that we will continue to incur several hundreds of dollars of expenses in all categories (except fundraising) even after the campaign. BIGOT BUSTERS would also like to sincerely thank the hundreds of dedicated volunteers and generous contributors and supporters throughout Washington (and across the US) who gave of their time, energy and resources to our efforts. We owe our success to you! Special appreciation goes to our dispatchers, especially Dick Garlichs and P.H., who were a particularly vital link in our organizational chain. We extend our gratitude to the following businesses, organizations, and individuals in particular for their support: Aurora--A Northland Lesbian Center (Duluth) Blooms on Broadway Cadillac Grill Chicken Soup Brigade City People's Mercantile Crocodile Cafe Dillettante Chocolates Erotic Bakery Foxowitz Klezmer Band FSP (San Francisco) GLAAD/San Francisco Bay Area Hamburger Mary's Hands Off Washington Independent Television Services Johnny Webelo Judith Laxer Kris Hoffwomyn La Cocina y Cantina Loaded-for-Bear Publishing Co. Longshoreman's Daughter Restaurant Lucky Me Mae's Phinney Ridge Cafe Moss Green Inc. No on 1 Coalition (Idaho) Nancy Hartunian Post Option Project Tocsin (CA) Queen City Gourmet Foods Rainbow Grocery Red & Black Books Sage Seattle Massage Health Center 66 Saints Studio 229 Tacky Tourists The Cuff The Easy Timberline Tavern Urban Press We extend our very special thanks to Queer Nation/Seattle, the Lesbian Avengers, Jeff Eckmann, the Seattle Gay News, the Stranger, the Crocodile Cafe, Dan Savage and Anonymous, all of whom provided us with critical and much-appreciated support in a variety of ways. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this important victory! * Richard Isaac __*_*___ INITIATIVES 166 & 167 \* * / Seattle 8 March 1995 - 29 December 1995 *\ * ***\**/** rmisaac \/ @eskimo.com HOMEPAGE: http://www.eskimo.com/~rmisaac/ Treasurer, Bigot Busters