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DIRECT CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR TINA KOTEK

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON


Office of the Governor of Oregon·Direct correspondence with the Office of Governor Tina Kotek
Status: Fee waiver denied. He pays.
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November 18, 2025GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Formal Complaint — Documented Institutional Abuse, Retaliation for Protected Speech, and Ongoing Violation of Oregon Public Records Law
To Governor Kotek
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December 9, 2025GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Fw: For the Record — Supervisory Betrayal
To Governor Kotek
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December 11, 2025GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Fw: There's something you should know.
To Governor Kotek
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December 18, 2025GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Documented LGBTQ+ Retaliation + Gubernatorial Silence
To Governor Kotek; [Kotek Campaign Chair]
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January 13, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Re: [Park Supervisor]
To Governor Kotek; [Kotek Campaign Chair]
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January 14, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
An Open Letter to Governor Kotek
To Governor Kotek; [Kotek Campaign Chair]; Director Lisa Sumption; Denise Warburton, OPRD; Interim Director Stefanie Coons
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February 16, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Defining Abuse
To Governor Kotek; Legal
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February 28, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Fw: Day 339.
To Governor Kotek
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May 3, 2026GOVERNOR · 2 messages
▸Escalating Retaliation at a Federal Work Center — May 4, 2026
Open
June 28, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Formal notice and request for an independent investigation
To Governor Kotek; [Kotek Campaign Chair]
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July 15, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
PR27478, and my question to the Governor
To Governor Kotek; [Kotek Campaign Chair]
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September 3, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Governor, your office was the reason
To Governor Tina Kotek
To the Governor: the referral originated at OPRD and its stated reason was correspondence that included her office. He asks for an independent investigation.
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September 5, 2026GOVERNOR · Public Records Request
Public records request to the Office of the Governor
To Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor
Thirteen numbered categories covering everything the office holds about him. Fee waiver requested on public interest grounds.
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September 5, 2026GOVERNOR · Follow-Up
One correction
To Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor
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September 5, 2026GOVERNOR · Follow-Up
Wrong year; no correction was needed
To Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor
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September 8, 2026GOVERNOR · Agency Response
The Governor's office begins gathering records
From Office of the Governor
The office states it will begin gathering responsive records, with Cameron Miles copied as the point of contact.
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September 9, 2026GOVERNOR · Letter Sent
Notice: the requests are now tracked publicly
To Records officers, all three offices
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September 22, 2026GOVERNOR · Agency Response
The fee waiver is denied: $572.50
From Office of the Governor
The office estimates the cost to collect, review, and produce the records at $572.50 and denies the fee waiver.
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September 22, 2026GOVERNOR · Follow-Up
I will pay it. Send the instructions.
To Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor
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September 23, 2026GOVERNOR · Follow-Up
You named a price, and I accepted it
To Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor; OPRD Commissioners; Governor Kotek
The price was accepted before the letter was read. The inquiry remains what the Governor knew.
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September 24, 2026GOVERNOR · Petition
Petition for a Public Records Order
To Oregon Department of Justice, Public Records Orders; Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor; Governor Kotek
A petition on two grounds: the fee waiver denial, and a fee of $572.50 set while withholding the means to pay it.
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September 24, 2026GOVERNOR · Agency Response
The payment instructions arrive
From Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor
The instructions promised on September 22: a check for $572.50, mailed to the office in Salem.
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September 24, 2026GOVERNOR · Agency Response
The petition is acknowledged
From Phyllis Nelson, Oregon Department of Justice
The Attorney General's office confirms receipt and states orders are generally issued within seven days.
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September 24, 2026GOVERNOR · Agency Response
The office refuses to decide the petition
From Phyllis Nelson, Oregon Department of Justice
Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Gutman dismisses the petition, writing that the records are in the Governor's custody. ORS 192.427 bars a petition only where an elected official claims the right to withhold a record. No record was withheld, and the Governor claimed nothing.
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September 24, 2026GOVERNOR · Follow-Up
No record has been denied
To Oregon Department of Justice, Public Records Orders; Phyllis Nelson; Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor
A request to reconsider the dismissal. Both statutes open on a person being denied a record, and nothing was withheld.
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September 25, 2026GOVERNOR · Petition
Custody is not the test
To Oregon Department of Justice, Public Records Orders; Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor; Phyllis Nelson; Governor Kotek; Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission
A new petition on the fee waiver, filed because the statute provides no mechanism for reconsideration.
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October 1, 2026GOVERNOR · Agency Response
The office refuses to decide the second petition
From Phyllis Nelson, Oregon Department of Justice
Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Gutman dismisses the second petition, writing "we lack jurisdiction to consider your appeal." ORS 192.427 bars a petition only where a person is denied a record. No record was denied.
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October 1, 2026GOVERNOR · Follow-Up
The condition is not met
To Oregon Department of Justice, Public Records Orders; Cameron D. Miles, Office of the Governor
A reply to the second order. No record was denied, and the order's sentence on elected officials is copied from the Attorney General's own 2014 order, not from the statute the Legislature wrote.
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