State Senate Candidate Glenn Miller, Being Condemned for Supporting Equality!

Below is Glenn Miller's response to a letter sent by Bob Richmond.

May 14, 2014

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Many of you have received an email late last night from Bob Richmond, a declared supporter of Bonnie Garcia, in which I was accused of being a "rhino" and "socialist" due to my recent endorsement by Equality California.  It is a great honor to be the very first Republican in the State of California that has received this endorsement from this groundbreaking organization that has led the way on LGBT issues in our State and fights for equality for everyone.

Mr. Richmond fails realize that the Republican Party has a history of alienating the LGBT Community. This makes many LGBT Americans reluctant to support such a one sided political party.

When I first entered the State Senate race, I promised the residents of the 28th District that when I'm elected I will represents ALL the residents of the District, and not just members of the Republican Party.  This district is made up of a diverse group of good, hardworking people that come from different social and economic backgrounds and everyone deserves equal and fair representation from their State Senator, not just more campaign promises.

Over the past 6 years as an elected official for the City of Indio, I have had the pleasure of working with other elected officials in the Coachella Valley who are members of the LGBT community.  They know that I am fair minded and that I truly care about making our community a better place to live, work and raise our families.  I have also used this same approach when working with my Democratic and Independent colleagues on regional projects in Riverside County, and at the State level on the League of California Cities Revenue and Taxation Board.            

However, there is one thing I am certain of, the Republican Party will not be successful in this District or in the State of California if it continues to support people like Bob Richmond and his closed-minded beliefs.  Our focus must be on the importance of fairness, equality for all and inclusion of all residents in the State of California, and that is what I stand for!

Sincerely,

Glenn A. Miller,

Councilmember City of Indio and

Candidate for the 28th State Senate District

Original letter sent out by Bob Richmond;

 The democrats have 2 of their candidates running for the Senate. One of the democrat candidates is endorsed by the Democrat State Party. But, Equality California has endorsed Republican Glenn Miller to be their choice to vote for and to win. Why?  Would Glenn Miller work with and sellout to these pinko commie, socialist, progressive, liberal, democrats just to get elected? The democrats don’t endorse any candidate over 2 other democrats, because you’re a nice guy or because you are a good Republican. They endorse you, because you agree with their democratic ideals more than the other 2 democrat candidates. Equality California has endorsed over 60 democrat candidates and Glenn Miller as the only Republican, actually the only Rhino. This is a very partisan left wing organization.

As the past Chairman of the Riverside County Republican Party, I would say that it would be a disaster to elect Glenn Miller and send him to the Senate. He cannot be trusted to do the right things for Republicans. I don’t want him to be the one senator that will sell out to the Democrats on raising taxes, organizing and voting for a plastic bag ban, like he did in Indio, or working across the aisle to help pass the Democratic platform. We all know that selling your vote to the democrats is silly. The democrats never vote with Republicans for smaller government, less taxes, less regulation or 2nd amendment rights, which are the real important things that will save California and bring us back to the great State that we once were, when Republicans controlled the government. I hope all Republicans, who vote for Glenn, enjoy his victory party with a bunch of like-minded Socialists.

 Past Chairman Riverside County Republican Party

Bob Richmond