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Re: Did Linda Salas Lie to Boulder County?
I'm not disputing that members gave testimony, or ultimately if Bo is or isn't a member of his own choosing at any given time (although he did "back off" from the group in 2004, you may have read).
I'm disputing the representation that CVV was invited to participate. You may recall that it took Neal McBurnett speaking out of turn to force the Republican member to acknowledge the public, and I don't recall that anyone ever said "I'm here speaking on behalf of CVV". Your lawyer was there, she might recall that I complained that CVV was not represented (as well as three other citizen action groups), and that in fact sometime after that, you must have added the name CVV or Citizens for Verifiable Voting to your committee roster.
Linda clearly represented that CVV was invited to participate on par with the other named members such as the League and the parties.
Show us the invite you sent to CVV to participate, or is there one? Who signed the non-disclosure on behalf of CVV? Where is CVV's copy of the binder?
I think you have misrepresented. You are the one who chose to include mention of CVV in your report, and Linda is the one who chose to attempt to agglomerate the good will of the CVV common law mark and confuse the "marketplace" by suggesting an association where none exists.
For servants of the public trust, this type of intentionally deceptive behavior is unconscionable.
I await the invitation to participate or a retraction, you can even send a bitmap PDF and I don't think anyone will complain about that this time. 

Joe




Joe Pezzillo
PO Box J
Boulder, CO 80306 USA
jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx
303-938-8850



On Apr 7, 2006, at 8:45 AM, Liss, Josh wrote:
Original email failed to reach some of the intended recipients, so I'll try this again. Please see response below. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Liss, Josh
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:39 AM
To: '=SMTP:jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx'; Salas, Linda;
'=SMTP:cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Cc: Bailey, Shelley; Reichert, Marianne; Bo Shaffer (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Did Linda Salas Lie to Boulder County?


Joe,
I think you have misunderstood. Linda said a member of Citizens for Verifiable Voting was *ON* the Evaluation Team. Bo Shaffer is a member of CVV, is he not? Hasn't he been a member of CVV for a long time? Has Bo been kicked out of CVV?
Linda also said that testimony was heard from such groups as CVV, the Paper Tigers, and the Center for People With Disabilities. As a member of CVV and the Paper Tigers, you did testify before the RFP Evaluation Team, didn't you?
The answer to your question is "NO". Linda Salas did not lie to Boulder County. 

I hope this clarification helps.

Thank you,

Josh Liss
RFP Evaluation Team Chair

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pezzillo [mailto:jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:54 PM
To: Salas, Linda; Liss, Josh; CVV Voting
Cc: Bailey, Shelley; Reichert, Marianne
Subject: Did Linda Salas Lie to Boulder County?



4/6/2006

Boulder County Clerk Linda Salas:

Today, in testimony before the Boulder County Commissioners, you
stated that Citizens for Verifiable Voting had been invited to
participate in your latest RFP evaluation committee.

Please immediately produce the invitation you sent to CVV to
participate or publicly retract your statements.

A Boulder County attorney and the Commissioners have been CC'd on
this e-mail.

If you do not produce the invitation you claimed you extended to CVV
or retract your statements, the next step will be to present this
information to the press.

You have made false statements before the Boulder County
Commissioners before (1/29/2004), I can compile a complete list if
necessary.

You may make your written statement of retraction to the CVV mailing
list, a statement from your staff will not be sufficient.

Joe Pezzillo
PO Box J
Boulder, CO 80306
303-938-8850
jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx