For about a year and a half now, Renee Godwin has been the elected coroner in Douglas County. And for almost as long, her spending has raised questions.
We spent weeks pouring over county finance reports and meeting minutes.
Since taking office, the coroner has hired extra bodies–no pun intended–to help her do her job. And her budget has increased by tens of thousands of dollars. She’s spending far more than her predecessor. She points to an increase in death calls as justification.
Numbers provided to us show the average number of death calls, nearly tripled after she took office.
“I asked for an internal audit of her office,” says County Commissioner Ann Jones Guider.
Some on the county commission have questions for the coroner, as did we. Like, why so many more calls? And, how…
