Three top city officials stepping down after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s message: ‘If you ain’t with us, you just gotta go’

Three members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration announced their exits Thursday, days after the mayor delivered a warning about purging city officials who lacked loyalty to him.

Departing his cabinet are Jamie Rhee, commissioner of the Department of Aviation, and Jose Tirado, director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications.

Separately, Joe Calvello, the mayor’s chief strategy officer, stepped down this week less than a year after being hired to shore up his administration’s then-struggling communications effort and build out the freshman mayor’s long-term vision…

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