Tonight, Tampa Bay's largest veterans shelter and service center— New Beginnings of Tampa— is facing turmoil. Its owner and CEO allegedly fired nine veterans who worked for him, including all of the senior management. Meanwhile, he's facing accusations of racism. 10 Tampa Bay's Hannah Dineen spoke with those veterans who were terminated as well as the owner and CEO, Pastor Tom Atchison. The nine former employees say they'll never work for Atchison again. They said the tipping point was racist remarks directed toward volunteers that he made at a New Beginnings group birthday party in February, after which, they planned to resign. However, they said before they could resign, they were fired. Neonkita Frazier is a volunteer with the non-profit "Seniors In Service of Tampa Bay," which was a partner of New Beginnings. She was there when the remarks were allegedly made in February and said it was a habitual occurrence. "He would call us *******, he would call us **********, he'd say you're listening to ********* music, and then he'd say he was joking," Frazier said. "He used to leave money around us and we didn't bother and he'd say, you guys are the nicest ******* I've ever seen." In this case, the asterisks signify the n-word and other racist slang. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/veterans-fired-local-shelter-racist-comments-tampa/67-76b3b970-a5e6-40e7-9c64-c011c0d52caf ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay