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El Paso Medical Examiner's Credentials Questioned

By Steve Hall

"El Paso medical examiner to keep his job," is the title of David Crowder's El Paso Inc. report from Tuesday.The El Paso County chief medical examiner, Dr. Paul Shrode, who has been under fire for apparent falsehoods in his résumé, kept his job after an inquiry Friday by County Commissioners Court.?I think we should just leave things as they are,? Commissioner Willie Gandara said, voicing an opinion that everyone on the court agreed to, even if reluctantly.In recent weeks, Shrode has found himself in the middle of the political fight between county attorney Jo Anne Bernal and lawyer Theresa Caballero, who is challenging Bernal in the March primary.Commissioners Court hired Strode as medical examiner at a $210,000 salary in 2005 after a long search to fill the vacant position...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).