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By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN
Updated 3:58 AM ET, Fri February 5, 2021
Steven Gayle (CNN)A consultant has been fired after he was heard making a racist slur during a break in a Vermont Senate Transportation Committee meeting held via Zoom video conferencing, according to his employer.
The man, identified on the committee s agenda as Steven Gayle, a consultant for Resource Systems Group, Inc., had been scheduled to testify to the committee on Wednesday. His name was also displayed on the Zoom video.
After learning of the incident, Resource Systems Group CEO Stephen Lawe issued an apology on behalf of his company. I apologize to anyone affected by these deplorable remarks. The outburst by an employee of RSG is both regrettable and unforgivable. This kind of behavior is not at all tolerated and the employee was terminated immediately, he said.
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A virtual joint session of the Vermont legislature was held this afternoon to hear Governor Phil Scott’s budget address.
The joint session is usually framed in pomp and ceremony but due to the pandemic it featured only Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray and the Senate Clerk introducing Governor Scott to deliver his fifth budget address.
The Republican began with comments on the inauguration of President Joseph Biden just two weeks after a violent mob attempted to overturn the results of the election. “We cannot pretend it didn’t happen or sweep it under the rug. We must reflect on it and find a path forward that unites us.”
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Governor Phil Scott is sworn into office outside the State House in Montpelier Thursday by Chief Justice Paul Reiber. Scott was joined by his wife Diana McTeague Scott, as Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray looks on. Gray received the oath in the Senate chamber. A security detail kept a watch over the proceedings. Courtesy governor s office.
Governor Scott to Deliver Inaugural Address Remotely tonight at 7 pm
Vermont Business Magazine Today at the State House in Montpelier, following a small swearing in ceremony of Vermont’s constitutional officers, Governor Phil Scott delivered remarks to the Vermont General Assembly to highlight the beginning of the upcoming legislative session.