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The Black Leadership Council (BLC) in Burlington asked the council last week to cut the city’s ties with the bank. BLC President, Pastor Rob Brown, said the bank didn t do enough for the Black community after former bank Vice-President Lisa Walsh made a racial comment on Facebook in November, 2020.
In the Facebook post, Walsh said she didn t want to be run by a minority slut Vice President, in reference to Kamala Harris.
F&M CEO Charles Walsh told this city council this week that Walsh was placed on indefinite leave after she made the comment.
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