VIRGINIA POLITICS

Youngkin retracts job offer to Indiana official to run Virginia DMV

By Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella
May 10, 2022 at 7:42 p.m. EDT

RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has retracted a job offer to a former Indiana state official to run the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles after the chosen candidate was the subject of an exposé in the Indianapolis Star about allegations of drinking on the job and making inappropriate comments.

Peter Lacy, the former commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, was in line to take the same role in Virginia under Transportation Secretary W. Sheppard Miller III.

“Secretary Miller spoke with Mr. Lacy this morning. Mr. Lacy rescinded his acceptance and the Secretary concurred with that decision. He informed Mr. Lacy the Commonwealth rescinded the offer of employment,” Youngkin (R) spokeswoman Macaulay Porter said in an email Tuesday. ... She declined to comment further.

The appointment had not been publicly announced but was posted Monday on the Indy Politics website. After the Indianapolis Star posted its story about Lacy on Tuesday, the newspaper followed up with the news that Lacy’s Virginia job offer had been rescinded.

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By Gregory S. Schneider
Greg Schneider covers Virginia from the Richmond bureau. He was The Washington Post's business editor for more than seven years, and before that served stints as deputy business editor, national security editor and technology editor. He has also covered aviation security, the auto industry and the defense industry for The Post. Twitter https://twitter.com/SchneiderG

By Laura Vozzella
Laura Vozzella covers Virginia politics for The Washington Post. Before joining The Post, she was a political columnist and food writer at the Baltimore Sun, and she has also worked for the Associated Press, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Hartford Courant. Twitter https://twitter.com/LVozzella