In December 2008, the council voted 8 5 to reject the Williams Intralot partnership. The CFO's office solicited new bids, and Intralot won again, this time without a local partner.<a href="http://alokatransducer.nibblebit.com/2016/04/07/dairy-diet-help-with-ear-fluid">Aloka Transducer</a> But its representatives and lobbyists became convinced they could not gain the council's support without one. Enter local businessman Emmanuel Bailey. A friend of Intralot lobbyist and former councilmember Kevin Chavous who had introduced him to Gray during the first round of bidding Bailey was brought on as a subcontractor with a 51 percent stake. Because he entered the contract after the procurement process, he didn't get the same level of scrutiny from the CFO's office before the council voted to approve the contract. Bailey's company operated out of his mother's home. When city inspectors visited it, they found two desks, two computers and a printer in a family room. They found no company letterhead or business cards. Inspectors wrote in their report that the company should find a suitable office space before being considered for certification as a legitimate local business. Two days later, Bailey's company was certified, an action the city's inspector general later found was improper. A local firm involved in a competing bid was denied certification and the inspector general said that move was improper as well. But the council ultimately voted to repeal it amid criticism about lack of transparency.
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