What's This?

Wait a minute....you mean the head of the Executive Branch of government gets to hire and fire those people who answer to the Executive? Blasphemy!

• Mayor Brandon Johnson says he should have “cleaned house faster” when he took office, and now plans to correct that mistake by sending people packing.

  “If you ain’t with us, you just gotta go,” the mayor said.

  Johnson’s ominous warning that heads are about to roll before the midpoint of his term came during an appearance Monday night at New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, 754 E. 77th St. It was the first in a series of appearances Johnson is calling his “Faith in Government” initiative.

  [...] The mayor’s office would not elaborate Tuesday on what Johnson meant. But speculation about whose days might be numbered centers around three holdovers from former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration, and its deputies and top aides: Chicago Park District Superintendent Rosa Escareno, Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee and Transportation Commissioner Tom Carney, recently elevated by Johnson.

  Other Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel appointees who might be vulnerable include City Colleges Chancellor Juan Salgado and Fire Commissioner Annette Holt.

If Conehead isn't careful, this could become a national trend. Next thing you know, someone might start pointing out government corruption and waste and pissing off tax payers:

• Riding roller coasters. Chowing down on fried food. Catching waves in the pool at Hurricane Harbor. Hundreds of Housing Authority of Cook County employees and their families could enjoy these activities and more for three years at Six Flags on the agency’s dime.

  The state’s second-largest housing authority, which was flagged by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as “troubled” in part because of an absentee board, low-grade property inspections, incorrect reporting on leases, high outstanding balances for tenants behind on rent and failure to submit financial reports on time, spent more than $60,000 on such trips.

Fun times.