Apopka removes fire chief after reports of 'mooning'

City officials have removed fire Chief Randall "Randy" Fernandez over an incident last week at his predecessor's retirement party.

[Alec]

Are they joking with this???? All the corruption in Government this is what someone gets fired over. IMO the fire chief needs to grow up and the rest of them need to take the stick out of their a$$es!

[hmmmm]

the good ol' boy network will have this taken care of right away.

[Mr D]

Sometimes its worth it to moon someone , though.

[Ken]

Oh my gosh....is this now United States Of The Offended. You people need to get laid or something. What the hell is wrong with a little fun? GIVE ME A BREAK!

[axman]

Alec wrote:

Are they joking with this???? All the corruption in Government this is what someone gets fired over. IMO the fire chief needs to grow up and the rest of them need to take the stick out of their a$$es!

AMAZING !!! The City of Orlando Fire Dept was caught stealing $325,000 from FEMA and Nothing happen to that Fire Chief. Apopka should be ashamed, it was a joke.

[Harley Fat Boy Rider]

All those years of devoted time in obtaining his degrees and times of sevice only to be stripped away over a party prank. What a shame we live in a overly sensitive society!!!

[doug12342]

look it was a joke and men with Chief Fernandez's experience dont grow on trees. Give him a week off without pay and forget about it. We all screw up and this hurt no one except maybe the Chiefs pride.

[Justin]

I think someones wife just fired the Chief.
Maybe he should have bought them drinks first or something.

I also thought this was standard practice at these fancy shmancy dinners. All the rich people get drunk and start mooning eachother. Didnt Clinton get serviced in the white house and still kepts his job. This guy cant get drunk and show his ass.

[appreciative citizen]

dont fire him for this. firefighters like to have fun. it offsets the extreme things they have to endure on the job.
give him his position back, i'm sure he has earned it....

[appreciative citizen]

dont fire him for this. firefighters like to have fun. it offsets the extreme things they have to endure on the job.
give him his position back, i'm sure he has earned it....

[Shar]

Stuffed shirts fail to see humor in the world. How sad.

[Essency]

Let me get this straight. Fernandez was off the clock and at a private retirement party. His party prank produced zero complaints. He has over twenty years experience in the fire department and now a permanent mark on his record as he gets removed from his post.

Only in America.

[anonymous]

Which came first the butt cheeks, or the word of being fired?

[ADZ]

What a shame. People don't know how to have fun anymore because there so uptight. This man served his community long enough and good enough to become Fire Chief and now because of a dumb little thing that should have made people laugh this man will lose all he has given to the people. The only good thing about all of this is that all of those old tightwads will be dead soon and then maybe the younger, smarter people will show everyone how to enjoy themselves without being offended. Let me guess, some of those people will probably sue this man because they need money because there homes are going into foreclosure. Your all Pathetic. Hopefully, their homes will catch fire and traffic will be bad that day.

[tia]

You know.... I think he was fired because his back side was damanged...

It WAS CRACKED!

What a shame...people are so quick to react ...the wife who had a front row seat should have just lifted her blouse and flipped a TiT....

GIVE HIS JOB BACK...WHERE IS HIS UNION!!????

he not only should get his job back but they should give his the time he has been out back as well..

[Douglas]

Sounds like the religious right is acting here, since they cannot accomplish anything elsewere. Just walk down the street and see all the people who have their pants down around the bottom of their butts. That is in public everyday and I wish we could stop it somehow. This guy did something at a private party and it should not matter.

[sunnyd]

Way to go! All of these comments are GREAT! This is America where we are susposed to be FREE! He was off of work and at a party and does not deserve this treatment. I hope he sues the @@@l out of them! This is everywhere now; people getting fired for 'freedom of speech' and for disciplining children at school - hey does anybody see where this is going! All of our rights are rapidly being taken away because 'others' don't do it that way so we can't either! Hey that is susposedly why you are in this country - to be free. I'm glad to see a lot of people speaking up about stuff like this. Let's stick together and keep America Free.

[Katie]

OMG...

BIG EFFIN" DEAL!!!!!!!!!!

What the hell is wrong with people??

[far away]

THANK GOODNESS!!! I THOUGHT I SAW THE MOON BUT THERE WAS A CRACK IN IT!!!

[Typie]

When's the next party?