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Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 03:16 PM Dec 2016

West Virginia official who called Michelle Obama 'ape in heels' fired

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"The director of a West Virginia nonprofit agency who called first lady Michelle Obama "an ape in heels" in a Facebook post has been fired and the institution put under outside management, state officials said on Tuesday.

Pamela Taylor, director of the Clay County Development Corp (CCDC), which provides services to poor and elderly residents, drew international condemnation after her comment last month about Obama went viral.

She resigned in November but was reinstated last month, prompting West Virginia to review its contracts with the nonprofit.

Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's office said the state had secured an agreement under which the Appalachian Area Agency on Aging will manage the CCDC for six months.

"Following the state's request for specific assurances that the CCDC is following anti-discrimination policies, we have been assured that Pamela Taylor has been removed from her position as CCDC director," Tomblin's office said in a statement."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-west-virginia-firstlady-idUSKBN14G1HH

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West Virginia official who called Michelle Obama 'ape in heels' fired (Original Post) Scurrilous Dec 2016 OP
"Now that Trump won, we can say whatever we want!!" Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #1
Look, Mommy! A racist! CurtEastPoint Dec 2016 #2
Because she herself is such a solid example JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #4
Somebody forgot to tell this asswipe that Mrs. Tiny Fingers louis-t Dec 2016 #5
Another post about this and another JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #3
I hope this is true mdbl Dec 2016 #6
Horrifying that such a person provides services to spooky3 Dec 2016 #7
 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
1. "Now that Trump won, we can say whatever we want!!"
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 03:20 PM
Dec 2016

- dumbfuck Trump supporters.

How's that working out for you, scumbags?

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
6. I hope this is true
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 03:26 PM
Dec 2016

Taylor should be fired and never rehired for a position of authority. She deserves to be marginalized permanently.

spooky3

(34,407 posts)
7. Horrifying that such a person provides services to
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 03:43 PM
Dec 2016

The disadvantaged. Maybe she can find a position in the Trump hotels.

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