Mailers sent out by Winter Springs, Florida, Commissioner Robert Miller, have landed him in a defamation of character and libel suit after he published false statements about Thomas Binford, treasurer of one of his rival's campaigns.
Miller's two mailers featured editorial cartoons that showed his rivals in bad light. On the back of the mailers, he stated that Thomas Binford, Jean Hovey's campaign treasurer, had been fined $4,000 by the Florida Election Commission. This statement was incorrect and was what landed him in a lawsuit.
Binford, who operates a paralegal business in Winter Springs, is representing himself in the case and has termed Miller's statements scandalous, false and libellous, damaging his reputation as a businessman in the community.
The two mailers that Miller circulated citywide encourage voters to support Gilmore and Poe. They further draw citizen's attention towards a 2006 Political Action Committee that was formed to hold a recall election against then commissioners Don Gilmore and Michael Blake. Miller filed a complaint against the PAC after the elections and ensured that the group was fined $4,000 on 10 counts of violation of election laws. While Binford was the secretary of the PAC at the time, he wasn't the one who was fined. George Markward, the PAC's chairman and treasurer was the one who got fined.
Miller has not been served the lawsuit yet. Once that is done he will have 20 days to respond.
Information: Seminole Chronicle, Florida
Miller's two mailers featured editorial cartoons that showed his rivals in bad light. On the back of the mailers, he stated that Thomas Binford, Jean Hovey's campaign treasurer, had been fined $4,000 by the Florida Election Commission. This statement was incorrect and was what landed him in a lawsuit.
Binford, who operates a paralegal business in Winter Springs, is representing himself in the case and has termed Miller's statements scandalous, false and libellous, damaging his reputation as a businessman in the community.
The two mailers that Miller circulated citywide encourage voters to support Gilmore and Poe. They further draw citizen's attention towards a 2006 Political Action Committee that was formed to hold a recall election against then commissioners Don Gilmore and Michael Blake. Miller filed a complaint against the PAC after the elections and ensured that the group was fined $4,000 on 10 counts of violation of election laws. While Binford was the secretary of the PAC at the time, he wasn't the one who was fined. George Markward, the PAC's chairman and treasurer was the one who got fined.
Miller has not been served the lawsuit yet. Once that is done he will have 20 days to respond.
Information: Seminole Chronicle, Florida
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