Cross-examining Davis

Scholl starts his cross-examination of Commissioner Davis by asking how Ford contacted her.

"He did not call me. He called my secretary and requested a meeting," says Davis.

She says in the analysis she looked at, the bill actually expanded the items to be surplussed - not only computers, but microwave ovens, telephones and other electronics. This is a good thing. Before only computers could be surplussed.

"It took the normal amount of time that it takes," says Davis when asked about how long it took her department to do the analysis.

Davis's department was already in the business of selling surplus items through an auction, so any competition in this area would take away from her revenue. She tells us that while she doesn't attend the senate meetings, she has people who will present a position on a bill on behalf of the department. She says these people will make an argument for or against the bill in relation to how it affects the department.

Still Davis was fair. While she might not have agreed with the bill, she did try to help E-Cycle get registed as a vendor.

"In order to contract with the State of Tennessee you have to become a registered vendor," says Davis.

Davis says the person from E-Cycle never followed up with her after they told him how to register --which of course makes sense now seeing as how E-Cycle was the FBI and they never really wanted to make the business work.

According to Davis, they introduced the E-Cycle representative to the director of the vendor department.

"She talked with him, gave him the information and we never heard from him again," says Davis.