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$1M for canceled book
an outrage to taxpayers
Re: “Writer to keep $1M in spite of plagiarism” (Page B1, March 14).
Outrageous. Jean McCorquodale was knowingly unqualified for the job; she is not a professional historian, and writing grants wouldn’t have made her familiar with the county’s history.
The county secretly gave her taxpayers’ money by avoiding the normally required bidding process. The $1 million fee was absurdly high; as one historian said, every real historian in the area would have jumped at the fee. She plagiarized about 20% of the book.
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