I went to school with one of Dealing Doug's daughters.

I think it was more of the environment of a dealership, period. They tend to be big sausage fests anyway. That still is unprofessional, though, to allow porn and such.

Sex bias suit slams car dealers

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims that Kids Automotive and three affiliated companies allowed male employees to keep pornographic magazines at work and other actions that created a hostile work environment for women.

In a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver, the EEOC said the companies subjected Georgene Wayne, Nancy Castanon and others to sexual harassment that included using office computers to view pornographic websites.

"We don't discriminate, and we want our day in court," said Phil Harris, vice president of Kids Automotive, which has three car dealerships in the metro area. "We refused what they wanted to settle for."

Wayne and Castanon were demoted, lost pay and finally were fired in retaliation for complaining to management and to the EEOC about the harassment, says the suit, which was filed Monday.

Wayne, who managed four employees who collected loans, alleges that after she complained to "Dealing" Doug Moreland, president of the companies, her salary was dropped from $4,000 a month to $3,000, according to a record of a hearing before an administrative law judge.

In the National Labor Relations Board case, Administrative Law Judge Albert A. Metz found that Wayne's salary was lowered because her duties changed from managerial to administrative.

Metz did find that Harris berated Wayne after hearing that she complained to Moreland and that he told her to quit, a violation of the National Labor Relations Act.

The EEOC said it filed the case after attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. Moreland said he welcomes a trial.