The State - News from May 19, 1986

Tulare County Sheriff Bob Wiley renounced the reelection endorsement given him by the Ku Klux Klan, saying he did not ask for it. The organization’s national publication, the Klansman, carried a back-page article praising Wiley for helping the Klan increase its Tulare-area membership and saying he “continues to show the Invisible Empire where he stands with over 70% Mexican inmates in the county jail and with only a small percentage of whites.” Wiley said: “I never solicited their support nor will I accept it. They are obviously doing this to hurt me.”