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13 . A. CHAIRMAN CAROLINE D . GINN - DISCUSSION <br /> REGARDING SEQUOIA VOTING SYSTEMS , INC <br /> CONTRACT <br /> Chairman Ginn believed the voters are due an explanation regarding the publicity <br /> surrounding Sequoia Voting Systems , Inc . The only information she had regarding the <br /> purported charges against a principal of Sequoia was a mention in passing by the Supervisor <br /> of Elections that someone working for Sequoia had been indicted when he worked for <br /> another company . She later saw several newspaper articles . She only learned the name of <br /> the person indicted and the name of the CEO of Sequoia last weekend . The main concern , <br /> of course , was picking the best vendor . She has not spoken with any representative of <br /> Sequoia, not in her office and not at her home . That is especially important when you <br /> consider that the news articles mentioned monies changing hands . She emphasized that she <br /> did know, County Administrator Jim Chandler and Assistant County Administrator Joe Baird <br /> and was absolutely certain that neither of them would have even entertained such a deal . <br /> They would have thrown the representative out of the building . She questioned why <br /> Sequoia would have had the man under indictment doing the negotiating with Indian River <br /> County and has a conference call with Sequoia planned to give them a chance to explain <br /> their actions . <br /> Chairman Ginn continued that a man ' s honor is worth more than gold and she has <br /> always pledged her honor to the citizens of this County . She could not understand how <br /> someone could accuse the Board of accepting bribes and she could not let those accusations <br /> go unanswered . <br /> NOVEMBER 6 , 2001 <br /> — 96 — <br /> 011r 1,, n <br /> . Y, .. .; _ . . 7T777 <br />