AtPac contributed $1,500 to clerk-recorder candidate Barry Pruett’s campaign, making it the largest donor so far, according to Jack Foster, who works on incumbent Greg Diaz’ campaign.
The information is a matter of public record, Foster said.
Pruett represented AtPac – the same recording software company that is suing clerk-recorder Greg Diaz and the county – as was first reported on this blog over this weekend.
“I am proud to be supported by our local businesses,” Pruett responded here. “Linda Maclam, the owner of AtPac and one of my proud supporters, lives right here in Grass Valley, and provides a wonderful recording software to clerk-recorder’s in counties across this nation and to a multitude of counties in California, including San Francisco and Contra Costa counties.”
The Union caught up to my scoop in Monday’s newspaper, but it still hasn’t reported AtPac’s campaign contributions.
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Barry Pruett’s facebook page links to the story last week about the County lawsuit. Then today, he admits that a neighbor of his –, AND the president of the company that was forced out of a generous county contract, and a client of his until very recently (and an ONGOING client of his law firm, Schafer Law Group in Auburn, despite Barry’s own distancing…) — is also his largest donor.
If Barry and the owner of this company discussed, negotiated or otherwise planned the lawsuit to time itself, or even be of benefit to, the Pruett campaign, or even simply to the detriment of Greg Diaz, this is a federal conspiracy. They both could be in trouble for a long long time.