JOHNSON CITY’S PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HAS BEEN FIRED. TOM ALEXANDER HAS HELD THE JOB FOR NEARLY A DECADE UNTIL HE WAS DISMISSED FROM HIS POST LAST WEEK. CITY MANAGER PETE PETERSON SAID ALEXANDER’S LAST DAY WAS MARCH 14TH AND WOULD NOT ELABORATE ON REASONS FOR THE FIRING. ALEXANDER HAS ALREADY EXHAUSTED HIS AVAILABLE APPEALS THROUGH THE CITY’S CHAIN OF COMMAND DURING A RECENT PERIOD IN WHICH HE WAS SUSPENDED AND GIVEN ADVANCE NOTICE THAT HIS EMPLOYEMENT WITH THE CITY WAS IN QUESTION. ALEXANDER STILL SAYS THE MATTER IS INCOMPLETE.