According to my recently-received response, the Sheriff's Office had 11 complaints with the county Equal Opportunity Office. Of these, seven cases were based on race, national origin and/or gender and four cases complained of discrimination based upon disability and age.
The only thing it proves is the office had complaints, not Miller. Also, there is no way of telling what they were about exactly.
The Californians for Law and Order group, run by a former GOP Central Coast leader, claimed in advertisements Miller has had "13 charges filed for sexual harassment and discrimination" against him.
No evidence has ever been produced to validate that claim.
Here is what Miller wrote about complaints against him at the time:
"None have been shown to have any factual merit," he wrote, "Most of them have been abandoned or lie dormant. The majority of the claims were filed by disgruntled former employees."I figured this was worth a blog post because 1) It likely will come up again in the campaign and 2) for how long it took my request (attached below) to be filed.
I made the request to the County Counsel's office May 14. I did not get a response until last week.
No explanation was given as to why it took 44 business days to get a response, but I did get an apology. I've never had an issue with County Counsel Charles McKee or his staff; They are usually fast and helpful with requests.
Under California law, public entities have a maximum of 24 days to release records, give a date for their release or explain what exemption allows it to not release it.
I made another request for something else related to the campaign on April 24 and have not received the information I asked for. McKee said they are working on it.
Last week, Miller's challenger in the November election, Steve Bernal, received the endorsement of the Deputy Sheriffs Association. Although it is unclear how much that means to voters, Bernal was very pleased and said it would give his campaign momentum.
PRAR - Molnar 07-15-14.pdf
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