Clay, West Virginia, Mayor Beverly Whaling commented, "Just made my day Pam."

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Petitions followed calling for both to resign.

Whaling turned in her resignation Nov. 15 and the Clay Town Council accepted. Taylor was placed on leave.

The Gazette-Mail reported that, according to the letter from Clay County Development Corp. Acting Director Leslie McGlothin to the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services, Taylor is scheduled to return to her position Dec. 23.

Robert Roswall, commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services, said in a Nov. 14 letter that "any discrimination of staff or the customers (they) serve" may lead to a loss of state and federal funding for the organization.