State fire commissioner Tim Solobay stepped down Sunday with the resurfacing of a sexual harassment claim filed six years ago by Rachel Moore, who worked as an aide to Solobay when he was still a state senator.
At the time, he denied Moore’s claim that he slapped her on her rear end in his Harrisburg office, but on Sunday, he tendered his resignation to Governor Wolf.
“What’s happening in Harrisburg today demonstrates that Harrisburg is not immune to some of the issues that’s been happening, whether it’s in Hollywood or many other state capitals,” Dana Brown, a Chatham University political science professor, said.
Solobay becomes just the latest to be embroiled in misconduct allegations.