State Worker Resigns Following Offensive E-mail

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A temporary state worker has resigned after sending an offensive e-mail from his state computer.

The e-mail sent by Blake Graves contained several pictures with off-color remarks at the bottom of each, including two that poked fun at individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Asians.

Graves worked in the office of Democratic Rep. Karen Camper of Memphis, who was unaware Graves had sent the e-mail.

Republican House Speaker Kent Williams of Elizabethton said Graves was asked what he wanted to do, "and he wanted to resign."

The e-mail follows a similar incident reported this week in which a state employee of a Republican senator used a state computer to send a racist e-mail about President Barack Obama. That individual was strongly reprimanded but remains employed.

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