The silence is deafening most days at the state NAACP office across from Virginia Union University.

Monday marks six months since King Salim Khalfani was ousted Feb. 18 as the executive director of the civil rights organization.

Still, there is no sign the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP is ready to replace its fiery former head or has any interest in doing so.

Carmen Taylor of Hampton, the current president who has led the effort to keep the state NAACP mum and ineffective, would only say, “Currently, I have no response,” when asked again Sunday about Mr. Khalfani’s replacement.

It is the first time she has answered a Free Press query since the executive committee formally fired Mr. Khalfani in March.

The executive committee that Ms. Taylor heads again took no action to replace Mr. Khalfani when it met in special session Aug. 2.

Instead, the 15 committee members appointed Linda Thomas, a former NAACP state president and current board secretary, as director of administration.

Her role: To respond to letters, emails and other communications the state NAACP receives.

The Caroline County resident will be paid $23 an hour to take on that role, according to an executive committee member.

Ms. Thomas, so far, has not responded to a Free Press request for comment. She was rarely heard from during her tenure as president from 2003 to 2007.

It is unknown whether she actually comes to the office where Mr. Khalfani led the NAACP’s advocacy efforts for 15 years. The lights are off most days, including Monday morning at 10:30 when a Free Press reporter stopped by.

Mary Easter, the retired office manager, said Sunday she volunteers on occasion, but her services are not requested very often.

As a result, the 130 NAACP adult branches, college chapters and youth councils that Mr. Khalfani oversaw are mostly on their own to do the people’s business.

“There’s not a lot of support from the state office at this time,” said Chesterfield NAACP President L.J. McCoy, whose chapter currently is involved in advocating for black-owned business participation in a big Virginia State University construction project.

The state NAACP remains rudderless as the next round of the Medicaid expansion debate nears.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe is considering executive action to provide coverage to an estimated 400,000 Virginians who cannot afford health insurance.

He has asked Dr. William A. Hazel Jr., secretary of health and human resources, to bring a plan to him no later than Sept. 1 to bypass the legislature to expand Medicaid.

The Republican-controlled House of Delegates has set a special session the week of Sept. 22 to discuss options to expand health coverage to more Virginians.

It’s unlikely the NAACP will have a presence in the important Medicaid discussion on Ms. Taylor’s watch.

The state executive committee is not scheduled to meet again until Sept. 20.