If you were listening to the chatter this last week… recall the three devices that were lost from the Secretary of State’s office….
Three of 30 iPad minis also were reported lost before Jan. 2, 2015.
Gant said that the 30 iPads were among about 100 devices his office purchased when it was testing and revamping an overseas military balloting system. The devices were used across the state to test the system.
And now, read what Bob Mercer related about the story:
The audit work questioned a variety of practices and identified problems such as three missing laptops that were purchased for the iOASIS system.
So, three mini-ipads have been inflated and exaggerated by Mercer to become three laptop computers. Yeah. No bias there..
And if Bob ever asks to sell you a laptop, make sure you look at it first.
Update – Bob responds. And Bob claims….. well, you read it.
I referred to three missing iPad minis as three missing laptops. I stand accused by a blogger that was bias on my part. No bias meant. 1/2
— Bob Mercer (@pierremercer) November 2, 2015
I confess I never held an iPad or iPad mini or priced them or looked at them. To me iPads, tablets and laptops are like grades of SUVs. — Bob Mercer (@pierremercer) November 2, 2015
And Bob’s excuse? He claims he called them laptops….. because he didn’t know what an iPad is. Yes, really.
So, 3 devices paid for by taxpayers, are still missing.
That point remains.
Seems like the little pot calling the big kettle “black.”
bitter much? My ipad mini cost as much as the wife’s new laptop.
What on earth would I have to be bitter about? A project outside of my area that took place after I left? That statement is stupid.
My point is on the puffery by the media, and the grossly inaccurate statement.
And you either need to shop smarter, or buy better laptops.
What are you trying to say? The price of a laptop can be more or less than an iPad mini, depending on what it is needed for. “Shop smarter” meaning she should buy a laptop cheaper than the cost of an ipad? “Buy better laptops” meaning she should buy a laptop that costs more than an ipad? Without knowing what it’s used for, how would you know that she made a bad purchase decision?
At the end of the day, Gant was either incompetent or crooked. Or both.
PP: You are right. The press has unfairly used Grant as a punching bag. Unfortunately, the elites in Pierre have encouraged it.
Fairness is up to the reader. But you’re not entitled to change the facts to make your point.
I see Bob responded to this post via Twitter.
Yes. Underlining the fact that if he offers to sell you a laptop, to look at it before you agree. LOL.
A guy looses 10% of his iPad minis? BFD, they were probably second generation models that were obsolete by the time they were reported missing. No big loss.
Actually, I think they had 100 of them they were using for testing.
1. I don’t see the bias in his blurb
2. He admits he is an old fogey; Ignorant of technology yes, bias?
3. Its not up to a journalist to determine whether he is biased or not
Saying “laptop” instead of I-pad mini is a definite rhetorical distortion. It’s more of a stretch to believe the writer doesn’t know the difference, or isn’t sufficiently aware of either product.