It’s amazing how often communications people turn out to be idiots who have no idea how to talk to other people. In this case, Ronnie Reese was Mayor Brandon Johnson’s communications director until he was fired last month. The mayor’s office isn’t talking but documents obtained yesterday reveal a series of allegations against Reese, who seemed to think he was untouchable because of his long personal relationship with the mayor.
Reese indicated to staffers that “he was ‘untouchable’ and couldn’t be fired,” one of the complaints stated. The records show that Reese kept his job for months even after a city human resources investigator notified the mayor’s chief of staff, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, of the formal complaints about Reese’s alleged behavior.
It turns out he wasn’t untouchable but he certainly was given a lot of leeway for a very long…
