2006-08-03 Board of Ethics Minutes Special Meeting kd

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WJ: Since you brought that up. I am real curious why did you select 400 individuals, why were those 400 targeted, rather than the entire district? GS: I wasn't going to send it out to the entire registered voter list, what I was trying to do was hit all the associations that the community leaders, the neighborhood watch people, the people that I communicated with, but that were also registered voters. RW: Was there any budgetary constraints? GS: No I was trying to just be, it was a selective mailing, it wasn't a broad brush, and that's why I guess I didn't view it as political mailing, because it just was identifying what the... WJ: But then in this event, Elizabeth and Norman Olesen, how did they make your mailing? GS: Ah, we tried to send it to the various subdivisions, and it was done through a random nature that we just picked out names and did it rather than the whole mailing list, because we took it off the voter registration forms. KS: I believe Mr. Olesen brought up the question, or the issue that he was not able to get information as to where his name appeared on what list. You were seeking the information about what was the source of the database. WJ: I am real curious as to how I made the list. KS: ...and so I'm asking you guys, is there also an issue of access to information in terms of where did you get my name for Mr. Olesen. I'm just asking as a point of discussion, and do we need to consider it. I'm just asking that. GS: I can clarify that. WJ: I know that I am on the voter registration list, and I know I'm a registered voter. GS: That's how I made that list, it was purely through voter registration, we sent it out. RW: For both mailings? For all mailing that you did, it was from the voter registration list? GS: Except for the first one. I did not have a cover letter that I sent out to all the neighborhood watch programs and... WJ: Now see, and I am sorry for doing this, but I need to clarify it in my own head. I'm an intelligent person. I read the newspaper regularly, and I take an active part in the community. I'm sure Mr. Olesen is too. Why would you select informative people to send your mailing out to, when earlier you said it was more important to get to the voters who may not be reading the newspaper or who may not be listening to your ads. Why were informative people selected? RW: What do you mean by informative? 16