Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has lost another staff member — the eighth to resign or be fired since mid-May, when the crack video scandal triggered an exodus from his office.

Carley McNeil, Ford’s events co-ordinator for the past 18 months, no longer works for the mayor, city spokeswoman Wynna Brown confirmed Thursday.

Three sources said Thursday that McNeil, who had the title “special assistant,” was fired and that the news came as a complete surprise to her.

City hall veterans were scratching their heads at the sacking of an experienced staffer who had remained loyal to Ford while others ran for the exit.

McNeil could not be reached for comment.

Neither Ford’s acting spokesman, Amin Massoudi, nor his chief of staff, Earl Provost, responded to requests for comment.

According to McNeil’s LinkedIn profile, she joined Ford’s office after earning a degree in psychology and sociology at Trent University.

She co-ordinated events such as Ford’s airport visit to welcome newly arrived pandas and his awarding of a key to the city to boxing legend George Chuvalo.

McNeil becomes the first member of Ford’s staff to depart since Chris Fickel, the aide who helped the mayor run his football teams, resigned in late June.

Fewer than half of Ford’s 16-person staff have worked for him for more than a year.

The exodus started at the top, with chief of staff Mark Towhey, whom Ford fired in the wake of revelations that Star and Gawker reporters had been a shown a video that appears to show Ford smoking crack cocaine.

Towhey was marched from City Hall by security after telling Ford he should seek help. Ford has denied smoking crack and said no such video exists.

Other who resigned since then include press secretary George Christopoulos; press aide Isaac Ransom; executive assistant Kia Nejatian; special assistant Michael Prempeh; and Brian Johnston, who handled council relations.

Ford is also, at the moment, missing his director of operations and logistics. The mayor suspended Dave Price in late June. Price had anonymously called a reporter criticizing a story about Price calling Ford’s weekly radio show as “Dave from Scarborough” and other pseudonyms before he was hired.

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The Star revealed last month that Price returned to his job but left again and has not been seen for weeks after uttering a homophobic slur to the CBC reporter who broke the story about his anonymous radio calls.

City staff say Price remains an employee. The mayor has refused to say whether Price was suspended or whether he continues to receive his salary.