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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.
Taylor could not be reached for comment.
The nonprofit in Clay, West Virginia, a small town about 20
miles (32 km) northeast of Charleston, the state capital,
receives state and federal funding.
After the Nov. 8 election, Taylor went on Facebook to praise the
switch from Obama to former model Melania Trump, the wife of
President-elect Donald Trump, a Republican.
"It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified
first lady back in the White House. I'm tired of seeing an ape
in heels," she wrote.
Beverly Whaling, Clay's mayor, resigned after coming under fire
for replying to Taylor's comment: "Just made my day Pam."
The Charleston Gazette-Mail has reported that the nonprofit
received about $1.5 million in federal funding and $363,000 in
state funding in 2014.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Daniel
Wallis and Alan Crosby)
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