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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - "State official linked to sex calls resigns"
Mark Alesia just posted this story in the Indianapolis Star website:
Gary Wilfert, senior state steward of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, resigned today after The Indianapolis Star inquired about what appeared to be calls to a phone sex service made from his state-issued phone.Joe Gorajec, executive director of the IHRC, initiated his own investigation after The Star’s inquiry. He declined to discuss his investigation or any discipline there might have been had Wilfert not resigned.
“I’m not going to get into any of the details,” Gorajec said.
Stewards are the referees of horse racing, enforcing rules and regulations at the track.
Acting on an anonymous tip, The Star made a public records request for Wilfert’s state phone records. The records appeared to show five calls to a phone sex service earlier this year.
State policy on the use of phones prohibits employees from accessing “materials that are considered pornographic, obscene, sexually explicit … ”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 23, 2009 05:01 PM
Posted to Indiana Government