Holton files ethics charge against city councilman

Posted on September 20, 2013

Following through on action she outlined at last Thursday’s Perry City Council meeting, Code Enforcement Board member Tonya Holton has filed an ethics complaint against Councilman Mike Deming alleging he misused his public position by parking his vehicle on a city sidewalk.

Holton has confirmed that she mailed a complaint to the Florida Ethics Commission on Monday and that the substance of the material echoed the charges she brought before the city council last week.

PHOTOS: (Top photo) Councilman Mike Deming, left, reviews his notes during the Perry City Council meeting held Thursday, Sept. 12. Next to him is Councilwoman Venita Woodfaulk, center, and City Manager Bob Brown. (Bottom photo) Tonya Brown Holton, who is a member of the city’s Code Enforcement Board, took the podium to register a complaint about Deming allegedly parking on a city sidewalk. Mayor Daryll Gunter told Holton that the proper venue for her complaint was the Florida Commission on Ethics and that the city council could not take any action on the issue.

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