Oregon
Oregon’s environmental agency said its leader quit early for ‘personal reasons.’ He was actually forced out
When Richard Whitman, the chief of Oregon’s Division of Environmental High quality, abruptly resigned final September, three months earlier than his scheduled retirement, an company spokesperson advised reporters and the general public that Whitman was leaving early for private causes.
The true purpose, in response to information obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive, was that Whitman was compelled out after division leaders discovered he had been in a relationship with an worker he instantly supervised.