Panel that once declined to appoint Rao as medical examiner said yes on second try (Z trial M.E.)

The Jacksonville Times-Union ^ | July 5, 2013 | Jeff Westcott

[2ndDivisionVet]

Valerie Rao lost her first job as a chief medical examiner back in 2003 when a state commission declined to reappoint her.

Eight years later, the same panel voted unanimously to nominate her for the top spot in Jacksonville.

Rao’s December 2011 appointment by Gov. Rick Scott came after a recommendation from State Attorney Angela Corey, favorable references from doctors and a background investigation that did not include contact with former co-workers.

Rao has come under fire recently for poor treatment of employees in her Jacksonville office, including her being accused of creating a hostile work environment and making insensitive comments.

Corey’s recommendation was accepted by the state Medical Examiner’s Commission, which oversees all medical examiners in Florida. Corey has a seat on the nine-member panel.

In May 2003, the commission tabled Rao’s reappointment to the District 5 office in Leesburg after receiving complaints from sheriffs and other groups. That action ended her term the next month.

Later that year, Rao landed a job as chief medical examiner in Boone County, Mo. She received mixed reviews while there and resigned in 2006.....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Got that? If this isn't a show trial, what is?

[Ann Archy]

Dear Gov. Scott....FIRE HER ASS, SHE’s got an ANGENDA!!!!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I watched her testify, she IS biased.

[Diogenesis]

Annie Doohkan class.

Washes her feet in the autopsy room?

Moslem? Fudging data against whites? and those
who are NOT her religion? WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

[trebb]

I watched her testify, she IS biased.

Yep - she's also a bit dim-witted but seems to think she's sly and above it all.

[Uncle Chip]

The question that people have to ask is why the state put her up there and not Shiping Bao who is the Medical Examiner in this case and whose signature is on the autopsy report.