Jeff Bergosh Blog: First Judicial Circuit Medical Examiner Will Remain Until Replacement Named by Governor

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Friday, June 29, 2018

First Judicial Circuit Medical Examiner Will Remain Until Replacement Named by Governor

....According to this email that was sent to the leaders of the 4-County First Judicial Circuit. There had been a dust-up between Dr. Minayard's office and the several of the Counties in the 4-County District (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton) about salaries in her office (including her salary reported to be in excess of a Half Million Dollars yearly) and whether or not the records requested from the medical examiner by Okaloosa County had to be released. Her office sued all four counties over these issues...my take, for what it's worth--the records requested should be made public, because her office is funded by public dollars.