Ethics violation prompts Houghlin to ask daughter to resign as deputy coroner

STAFF REPORT Wednesday, May 30, 2014, 3 p.m. — Nelson County Coroner Field Houghlin is asking his daughter, Rebecca Houghlin, to resign her deputy coroner position because her hire violates the county’s ethics ordinance. The joint city-county ethics ordinance adopted in 1995 and revised in March 2011 expressly prohibits nepotism and bars office holders — … Continue reading Ethics violation prompts Houghlin to ask daughter to resign as deputy coroner