Pinal supervisors escalate feud with county attorney Brad Miller, seek bar investigation

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Pinal County's Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to file a bar complaint against County Attorney Brad Miller, the newest chapter in a year-long feud covering hiring disputes, records destruction allegations, and Miller's unilateral move to enroll his office's investigators in a federal immigration enforcement agreement without board approval. The board gave no public reason for the complaint, and a spokesman said he could not provide further detail.

The decision followed a closed-door session where supervisors sought legal advice on Miller's 'ethical obligations' to the board. Chairman Jeffrey McClure cited confidentiality rules in declining to discuss the complaint's substance, while Vice Chairman Jeff Serdy told colleagues the confidentiality conveniently lets the board claim it 'is not really doing anything' while the State Bar sorts it out.

The feud includes an earlier board referral of Miller to the state attorney general over alleged misspending and record destruction, a declared conflict of interest in April, and a court ruling in May that Miller acted unlawfully in signing the 287(g) immigration agreement without board authorization.

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A board votes unanimously to file a complaint, then tells the public it can't say what the complaint is about, then tells the public it isn't really the one deciding anything anyway. That's a neat trick if you can manage it, voting for something while insisting your hands are clean of it. Whatever Miller did or didn't do, the board's own vice chairman just admitted the confidentiality rule is handy cover, and that's worth remembering next time they vote on something behind a closed door.

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