Letter from Ricco Ross to Dana at BOS.

Posted on February 13, 2008

Letter from Ricco Ross to Dana at BOS.
Re: Diebold Election Systems’ partner, SOE to
manage LA elections!

Dear Dana

Thank you for your call. Below is only one of many articles of the creative ways Diebold is doing business as usual behind new names, as their past record has made the name Diebold synonymous with voter mismanagement and/or voter corruption. Diebold, the makers of ATM and Voting machines, can always give you a paper trail of precisely when, where, who and how much, when it comes to every single dollar bill, but when it comes to the American citizens vote, they say, you’ll have to trust us.

Yesterday while we were at the Supervisor’s building in meetings with Michael J Henry and other Sups., about our concerns of getting the most qualified person to be the permanent Registrar, Fujioko and Logan put forward their recommendation to hire this SOE to manage our elections for the next 4-6 years. We have uncovered lots of info including election failures caused by this company, and much more. This is BAD!!!! We do not want this company involved in our elections.

I received an emergency call this morning that the BOS were going to vote on item 14, the use of SOE (which has teamed up w/ Diebold) as the company to manage our elections. Fujioko and Logan recommended the board hire this company to manage our elections for the next 4-6 years. I shot down to the BOS, signed my name and was ready to fight alone if a colleague (who was on her way) couldn’t make it in time, only to find out that Sup. Burke had requested to continue both items 14 & 15 it until Feb. 19 th. I then spoke w/ and her assistant to confirm this info and left my info so that I could get you articles on the teaming up of Diebold & SOE.

NEWS FLASH: My colleague has just called me to inform me that items 14 & 15 were in fact voted on today after I left and 14 passed unanimously! She arrived after I left and fought alone on informing them that they are hiring SOE, Diebold, for the next 4 to 6 years w/o giving the “New” Reg. a chance to have any input. It passed unanimously, anyway!!! The BOS then asked Dean Logan if he would not use the extra bubble in June. As if they already know that Dean Logan is going to be in charge of the June elections. This is happening while they say they are supposedly seriously looking for someone else to replace him as the permanent Reg.ASAP!!! It seems clear that he is their man and they have shown their hand today.

I am concerned as I think the BOS have their minds made up no matter what proof we put before them to the contrary. The woman I spoke to must have known that they were trying to have the vote today and that Dean Logan was being helicoptered in so that the vote could go forward, but told me to rest assured that it had been continued until next wk. Taking me, which she thought would be the lone voice apposing 14, out of the equation. But fortunately my colleague didn’t have her phone and didn’t get my message that we had an extra week, showed up and fought the good fight.

All of this will be on the website tomorrow and I would like to respectfully request a meeting with
someone from the BOS, perhaps Burke whom I trust and admire, to explain what is really going on.

Most Sincerely,

Ricco Ross

MFA, UCLA
42 Assembly District,
KPFK Local Station Board, Chair,
PDLA Education Committee, Chair,
PDLA Accountability Committee, Co-Chair

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