{"id":5115,"date":"2020-12-07T06:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2020-12-07T06:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:34:42","slug":"update-on-adamson-legal-defence-fund-325496-donated-by-sunday-december-6-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5115","title":{"rendered":"Update on Adamson Legal Defence Fund &#8212; $325,496 Donated by Sunday, December 6, 2020h"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"395\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adam-Skelly-being-arrested-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adam-Skelly-being-arrested-1.jpg 679w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adam-Skelly-being-arrested-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adam-Skelly-being-arrested-1-500x291.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Good afternoon!<br><br> As you can see by the latest update, Adam has now taken ownership of the GoFundMe account, enabling me to back away.  <br><br> This could not have come at a better time as I am out of the country now  and accessing internet to provide the updates is not conventionally  reliable.  <br><br> All good things must come to an end and our GoFundMe effort is no exception. <br><br> So, I have set a date of December 19 to close out the GoFundMe effort.  <br><br> This platform is not a perpetual hosting service and I think we can all  agree that our campaign underpromised and more than overdelivered on the  fundraising front.<br><br> The rest is up to Adam and his attorneys.<br><br> As you know, our initial campaign goal was $10,000.  This number was chosen to present an achievable figure.<br><br> Once we had exceeded $290,000 I then set a \u201cstretch target\u201d\u2014 a target  that, if achieved, would blow opponents out of the water and send an  unmistakable message to our politicians that small business owners are  sick and tired of being screwed.<br><br> Well, donations have slowed and we may not reach that full $350,000 stretch target.<br><br> But that\u2019s ok.<br><br> In just one day last week, you all gave that one final push and brought us up more than $30,000!<br><br> Thanks to you, Adam should now have enough money to take this fight, if necessary, right to the Supreme court.<br><br> You should all be very proud. <br><br> I know that I am.<br><br> I am also extremely thankful to all of you for answering the call of an  old political hack like me to help a fellow out who is fighting the good  fight for every single one of us. <br><br> So, thank you.  <br><br> Thank you for your financial support.  <br><br> Thank you for your words of encouragement. <br><br> And thank you for your good faith that the funds would be used as intended. <br><br> As you have all heard from Adam personally, the funds are going into a  legal trust to support this battle for equal treatment of all businesses  under the law.<br><br> They cannot be clawed back by the noisy crowd of activists who are  typically anti-everything but for some reason support greater government  intrusion into our daily lives.<br><br> Now, before December 19, there are a few people who have offered to  maintain your donor database in order to keep you all up to date on  Adam\u2019s progress.  <br><br> I will be reaching out to them and to Adam to see whom he prefers to represent his good name going forward.<br><br> It is my sincere hope that you will all be kept in the loop every step of the way.<br><br> Indeed, I hope this movement grows larger than our 6,500 donors and is  joined by the more than 36,000 people who have shared this campaign so  far.<br><br> And I would encourage you all, to give this campaign one final \u201churrah.\u201d<br><br> Your legacy contribution of $30, $20, $10 or whatever you can afford can  push this effort to the top and allow us to close with a bang.<br><br> Thank you again to my friends, both old and new, for answering the call. <br><br> And thank you again, for uniting behind this once-in-a-lifetime call to action for Adam. <br><br> From the bottom of my heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barry McNamar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon! As you can see by the latest update, Adam has now taken ownership of the GoFundMe account, enabling me to back away. 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