Official Will Keep Job After Controversial 'Joke'

[The Straight Story]

Official Will Keep Job After Controversial 'Joke'

POSTED: 6:21 pm EST January 5, 2006
UPDATED: 6:29 pm EST January 5, 2006

A city official in Deltona, Fla., who gave a presentation that contained a racial euphemism considered derogatory will keep her job despite several requests that she be terminated for the alleged slur, according to a Local 6 News report.

Last month, Deltona City spokeswoman Jeannine Gage was giving a presentation to the media that included some jokes about the city.

Some of the jokes in the presentation included phony city announcements, including one read by Gage announcing a fictitious mud-wrestling competition in the city. The competition was titled Hicks versus a derogatory name for Hispanics that rhymes with Hicks.

Former city commissioner Joe Perez said he listened in shock as Gage talked about two Hispanic leaders wrestling two other city officials who are white.

http://www.local6.com/news/5870708/detail.html

[peekaloo]

1. bunt.

[rzemanfl]

4. Two keys too far to the right. n/t

[peekaloo]

5. it's from a favorite Monty Python skit.

inability to recognize a hard C.

;-)

[rzemanfl]

6. Okay. n/t

[davidinalameda]

2. nice case of foot in mouth disease

:wtf:

[jobycom]

3. "The last thing I am is a bigot," Gage said.

"One of my problems is that I think I'm a comedian. It was all jokes. Nothing that came out of my mouth that day was serious. It was just for fun."

Maybe someone should explain to her that the definition of bigot does indeed include making racial slurs in an attempt to make white people laugh.