Disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford loses most of senior staff
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The majority of disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's senior staff now works for Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly.
According to TorontoSun.com, Ford -- who recently admitted to smoking crack cocaine -- arrived at City Hall Tuesday to find locks being changed on his staff administration offices.
He is losing 11 staffers, including Chief of Staff Earl Provost, the report said.
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“Do you want to stay or not?” Ford reportedly asked the group gathered for the last meeting of his full-sized mayor’s office staff. "We’re in a war."
A source told the Toronto Sun that a junior staffer told Ford, "thank you very much, but no."
Ford then had one-on-one meetings with certain staffers to try and prevent them from leaving.
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The staffing change comes one day after the City Council voted to strip Ford of his remaining powers and slash his budget.