Yahoo! News – Pa. Official Won’t Quit Amid Revelations
NEW CASTLE, Pa. – First, county Treasurer Gary Felasco hadn’t paid his property taxes for years. Then, his county cell phone number turned up on a Web site promoting sex parties.
The local newspaper conducted a sting: They called the number at “Jeannie in the Bottle” and got directions from someone named Gary to an Ohio hotel where a swingers’ party was advertised. Outside, they snapped a picture of Felasco’s van.
A year later, Felasco is still Lawrence County treasurer – angering colleagues and befuddling residents.
“He’s a bum,” said County Commissioner Steve Craig, a fellow Democrat. “He’s got no business being in public office.”
…Dozens of courthouse employees also signed a petition asking him to leave.
But he has refused – even though the commissioners and others in the courthouse say he often doesn’t come to work.
Well, he’s got to keep his job. His chance to become former Illinois Senator Jack Ryan’s Entertainment Coordinator fell through.
