Author of plagiarized Santa Clara County book to keep $1M in taxpayer money

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County attorneys won’t file a contract dispute against Jean McCorquodale, wife of a longtime South Bay politician

County Counsel James Williams confirmed on Monday that the county will not be getting the over $1 million in contracts back. Williams had previously stated that one option was to file a contract dispute — but said that any such pursuit could hypothetically cost the county more money than what McCorquodale received for the project.

“Everyone’s just moving on given where it’s at,” said Williams, calling the move to not file a contract dispute the most “prudent” decision. “We looked at the range of possible options and determined what would make the best use of resources,” he said. “At this point, the project is done.” Scrutiny around the project began in May after McCorquodale’s lucrative contracts with the county as a grant writer and author of the history book were first made public

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