This just PROVES the he resigned over the Obama birth “records” controversy!
Alas, I respectfully defer to making that conclusion.
For example, the HDOH website contains two documents which detail how Palafox intended to attend some town hall meetings and that his office released some information about the health impact of storm runoff from a local landfill. So in theory it could have something to do with this (or even bad billing records).
... But just not very likely. We need more information, but the best we are getting from the local press are unsourced allegations of wrongdoing. Another dog not barking is that Palafox's lawyer has yet to mention any subpoenas associated with the investigation being received, or notice that they would be received. Usually that is one of the first things to happen in an investigation which is publicized (not anonymous whispers from the state AG's staff to local papers). Once someone has been given official notice that he or she is being investigated, and that any related documents should be saved instead of shredded, then that person is legally obligated to save any such documents for discovery. So far, it seems Palafox is free to shred anything he likes that he is not ordinarily legally obligated to keep by existing regulations, and that in turn IMHO puts a pall on the notion that the investigation and anonymous allegations are anything more substantive than your everyday garden variety political sham. IANAL.