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RockRaven

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2. To me, the infuriating aspect of this scandal is the cronyism/corruption that led to this lady

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2022, 04:55 PM

Jun 2022

getting a non-competitive/no-bid contract to do that initial grant writing on the absolutely absurd grounds that she had unique/special skills/knowledge unavailable in others. The fucking plagiarism in the history text disproves that nonsense, but it was laughable on its face from day one.

The supervisors et al are going to pretend they've got the vapors over the plagarism, but the plagiarism is a distraction from the foundational corrupt choice to hire her in the first place a decade ago.

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Bay Area woman paid to write county history book reportedly plagiarized from Wikipedia, SF news outl [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2022 OP

Democrat. Shame on her. CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #1

To me, the infuriating aspect of this scandal is the cronyism/corruption that led to this lady RockRaven Jun 2022 #2

Nearly every history book ever written has copied stuff from some previous history book Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #3

How does being a grant writer qualify one to be a historian? brush Jun 2022 #4