VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Human Rights Commission has closed its investigation of a Vancouver fundraiser that advertised itself as “guys only,” but the commission is still looking to prosecute whoever filed a discrimination complaint about the event.
Executive Director Sharon Ortiz told The Columbian (http://bit.ly/mPQDGy ) the person who complained wasted staff resources. She asked an assistant attorney general and the Clark County prosecutor’s office to look into possible criminal charges for interfering with an investigation.
Ortiz says the commission was already working with the Fort Vancouver National Trust on last month’s “Suits and a Keg” event, and it agreed to make it clear women were welcome.
The complaint came from a person who said she was deaf and breast-feeding and was told she could not attend. She could not be located.
