Two things:

(1) People deserve to know the real reasons James was fired. Not just hear you sling some personal attacks (I can see where the community gets its toxicity from now) on someone. If anything, James was the only thing keeping the shit show that has been the last two days of this event afloat.

(2) You should apologize for your mistakes. If hiring James was a mistake. Apologize. Also, how about apologizing for THE WORST PRODUCED EVENT we have seen in years? You may be trying to fix things but damned if you aren't trying to do it in a way that looks terribly unprofessional and uncaring towards the community and your own employees.

Edit: Yikes, already getting replies from people telling me I must be entitled because somehow calling your own employee an ass is a totally legitimate way of communicating with your customers from a billion dollar company. I expect comments like "He's an ass." from 5-year old kids not a fucking CEO. I am not fiending for some sort of TMZ drama or Barbara Walters behind the scene tell-all over here. Just pointing out how this is equally unprofessional if not entirely unnecessary. If you want to stay silent on your reasons, then shut the fuck up and don't post shit. Don't do it like this.