Consultant for White River Junction company utters racial slurs during Vermont Senate meeting
Steven Gayle, a consultant with the Resource Systems Group, was fired after he twice used a racial epithet during a break in a legislative committee meeting on Wednesday.
Modified: 2/4/2021 9:55:11 PM
In a bizarre moment during a virtual meeting of the Vermont Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, a consultant scheduled to testify uttered a racial slur twice, apparently unaware his microphone was on.
Though the incident was not immediately addressed in committee, video of it later circulated among legislators and Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, D-Windham, called it “abhorrent.”
Updated: 5:05 PM EST Feb 4, 2021 Jake Cookson Digital Media Manager A state consultant has been fired after using racial slurs during a virtual meeting with the Vermont Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday. Steven Gayle, the consultant and a director with Resource Systems Group, said a slur twice during a 10-minute intermission in the meeting, apparently unaware that his microphone was on. The slurs were not initially noted by anyone in the committee, all of whom were absent from the screen as Gayle appeared alone along with an intermission notice. A spokesperson with the Agency of Transportation confirmed with NBC5 News that Gayle was fired early Thursday morning. “The Agency of Transportation and the State of Vermont will not tolerate racist conduct by consultants engaged by the State, a release from the group read. The Secretary of Transportation contacted the CEO of the company this morning, upon learning of this incident. The CEO has i