There is an axiom in public service/government:
The bigger a pain in the ass you are....the less co-operation you
will get.
whether you're right or wrong.
There's also a little corollary:
Rub elbows with PITAs and you will be considered a PITA, too.
I think Neal is seeing ramifications from Crazy Al's actions....
Of course, Neal isn't helping any....why is it necessary to see these
non-disclosure documents? what the hell do they have to do with
choosing
election equipment????
Not that I don't agree with the Open Meeting laws.....but I see
them abused
too many times.
Like now.
Everybody in CVV wants to have their two cents counted.....and for
what??
for crissakes, the county is only considering RENTING these things
for one
election.....and we have ONE choice.....how much affect could
ANYone have on
this decision??? And it's entirely temporary!! How much *more* will
you know
about this system if you use it once? and don't hand me that
conspiracy to
defraud the voter crap. EVERYONE involved wants a fair election.
It's just a
matter of what can make it easier without compromising integrity.
If you people would give just a friggin iota...and let this process
continue
with *minimal* interference.....you could concentrate your
resources AND the
favors you curry....on the REAL DEAL.....when the County chooses a
system to
BUY.
but, nooooo.......
Lets play like big shots and demand everything we can to show we have
power.....because we can.
THAT's why democracy is a very bad form of government. (A quote
form the
great Roman Statesman, Seneca)
Bo Shaffer
-----Original Message-----
From: Some Guy [mailto:someguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:34 AM
To: CVV Voting
Subject: RE: RFP Evaluation Team NDA
I'm thinking that you could have asked one of the members of the
committee
what they had agreed to do or signed and they might have shown
you. Showing
you the agreement divulges nothing.
Members of this list have signed this document.
SG
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pezzillo [mailto:jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 1:12 PM
To: CVV Voting
Subject: Re: RFP Evaluation Team NDA
On Mar 10, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Neal McBurnett wrote:
The team members also have already signed a confidentiality
agreement
of some sort. (That will be modified now that they are using the
open
meetings procedures.) I asked Liss for a copy, and he suggested I'd
need to do an open records request for that. Amazing - secrecy
about
the secrecy agreements! It is so infectious it gets downright silly
if you can retain your sense of humor.
I got your open records request right here: