Texas Week

July 31, 2015 | Fired health director speaks up

Season 5 Episode 527 | 26m 47s  | Video has closed captioning.

On July 22, the city of San Antonio fired its Health Director with a terse, one-sentence termination letter. The stated reason? A “personnel matter.” But the now-former director says it has more to do with his strong stance against the influence of soft-drink companies on public-health policies. City officials say his claim is false.