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Published on: 8/15/2008
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Donna Dunnings, the county's chief financial officer, said all of the companies Claypool is questioning have done business with the county in the past, and that her focus was on qualifications, not relations.
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"I didn't have a column checked off on the RFP response 'are you related to any county employees," said Dunnings.
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"I look to the legal system to address those issues," said Dunnings.
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Dunnings was asked if Grigsby's actions, although not ruled bribery, might not reflect poorly on his judgment if he was willing to go along just to maintain business.
"I can't speak for Mr. Grigsby," Dunnings replied.
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When Ansell still objected, Carvalho said it was "awkward" to discuss budgeting strategy in public, and then intimated that the jobs and their inclusion in the budget were somehow related to the negotiating Carvalho still needed to do with Dunnings, Stroger and the board of commissioners.