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<DIV>Oh, I think he adds pretty well. What he cannot do, is tell the
truth. Want to bet HP is helping to fund the YES vote? One of
the concerns I heard the other day concerned the type of bid. It is so
whole cloth that it cuts out all the smaller vendors. I suppose HP might
sub-contract, but that wasn’t what the companies wanted.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:50 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rforce2003@yahoo.com
href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">Ron Force</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Computer contract over
estimate</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Essentially the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction cannot
add.<BR><BR>On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Ron Force <<A
href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</A>>
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class=dateline>BOISE, IDAHO</SPAN> — The eight-year, $180 million pact with
Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptops required under public schools chief Tom Luna's
education overhaul is dividing Idaho's Republican lawmakers.</DIV>
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Lynn Luker of Boise said Friday during a meeting inside the Capitol the price
was "double pretty much what we anticipated."</DIV>
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John Goedde of Coeur d'Alene countered it's only 10 percent above
estimates.</DIV>
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right?</DIV>
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2011, Luna estimated the five-year cost at $70.8 million, or $14.6 million
annually.</DIV>
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the first five years of the actual H-P contract, the cost is $82 million,
about 16 percent higher, conceded Luna spokeswoman Melissa McGrath.</DIV>
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over eight years, the average annual cost runs $22.5 million, well over Luna's
estimate when calculated yearly.</DIV>
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weigh in on the computers and Luna's additional education changes Nov.
6.</DIV>
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more here: <A
href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy</A></DIV>
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