Another male fired and publicly shamed by Lightfoot..Won't explain why but leaked the words ethical concerns.......

Lightfoot dumps longtime City Hall spokesman Bill McCaffrey amid ethics dispute
The 15-year City Hall veteran raised ethical concerns with the new mayor’s office shortly before he was fired, a source close to McCaffrey said.

By Mitchell Armentrout@mitchtrout Dec 14, 2019, 12:34pm CST
City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St. Colin Boyle/Sun-Times



Longtime City Hall spokesman Bill McCaffrey was fired Friday after raising ethical concerns with Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office.

A source close to the ex-spokesman told the Chicago Sun-Times McCaffrey was abruptly escorted out of the city Law Department office, where he worked as the $126,504-per-year public affairs
director.

”Bill McCaffrey is no longer with the Office of the Corporation Counsel,” Lightfoot’s office said in a statement Saturday. “As this is a personnel matter, we will not be commenting further.”
Bill McCaffrey. Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times

Reached Saturday, McCaffrey declined to comment on his firing.

He had expressed concern about the Lightfoot administration’s approach to certain issues, though it’s not clear what those issues were, the source said.

In his role with the law department, McCaffrey had provided the news media with comments on lawsuits and other high-profile litigation involving the city, including the Laquan McDonald and Jussie Smollett scandals.

In some 15 years at City Hall, he also served as chief spokesman for a handful of other city agencies under three mayoral administrations dating back to 2006. That included stints with the former Department of Consumer Services, the Department of Buildings and Chicago Public Schools, plus serving as a top communications aide to former mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel.

“He was never shy to tell you if he thought the city was about to do something he thought was a mistake,” said a former city staffer who asked not to be named. “That might’ve rubbed some people the wrong way, but that’s honest feedback you need.”

McCaffrey’s ouster follows summer turnover at the top of Lightfoot’s communications team. The freshman mayor’s first communications director, Marielle Sainvilus, abruptly resigned in mid-August, barely three months into Lightfoot’s term.

Sainvilus was replaced by Michael Crowley.