Reply #112: You questioned him...first

[BeFree]

With: "Don't you want transparent elections". He has every right to question ESI et al, in what ever manner, prose or questioning he desires.

Secondly, you proved my point: "...let them know upfront that there would be findings that would require additional work, beyond the contract, to fix the problems uncovered."

Like I said: "From what I saw of the ESI report, it said just enough to make sure it got more work from the Ohio election system setup. Just enough of this and that to show that there were serious problems, but not enough about solutions to fix the problems. And yall got some serious coin for the effort."

You knew if things went right there would be more work. Thankyou. Seems I read the report correctly.

Thirdly, if, indeed, it is as you say, you did pro bono work, that's great. But now I will have to ask you, as others have asked here before of other groups... Just what do your financial records look like? Who are your contributors? Where is a record of your expenses for the last five years to be found? What's fair, is fair, eh?

Fourth: So, your audit found problems? Duh. But the problems have not been fixed? You see why I have a problem with the whole process? A solution: Condemn the electronic voting systems as so many others have done. ESI would not be the first to do so, and ESI sure as hell should not be the last, don't you think?

Lastly, we'd all like to see ESI's plan, and I think that's about what I asked you to produce here, on the ER DU. I'd suggest, in a new thread. Or is that too much to ask?

PM: For all I know you and the ESI are a swell group. But for all I know, I gotta say, you may not be all that swell. I just don't know. If you want to convince us of your swellness, you might want to provide some background, some solutions, some more information. As it is, you are dealing with a rightfully suspicious bunch here, and we are not easily led, but we are easily pissed. Heck, everyone should be pissed. If you ain't pissed, you ain't thinking.