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Outside of City Hall, dozens of protesters called for Ford to resign, leaving messages on a wall in chalk.

On Tuesday, Ford told reporters “yes, I have smoked crack cocaine,” but couldn’t give any other details other than it was about a year ago in a “drunken stupor.”

He later vowed to continue on as mayor, run again in 2014 and apologized to his family and staff, who he had said he hid his “problems” from.

The Toronto Sun is reporting Doug Ford didn’t see his brother’s admission coming. The councillor had gone on a full offensive against Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair in the hours leading up the mayor’s crack cocaine statement.

Doug Ford said the mayor didn’t tell anyone about his plans to make the crack cocaine statement prior to it, and ignored his calls Tuesday morning.

The mayor promised Tuesday he had nothing else to hide, but few at City Hall seem willing to take him at his word with further court documents expected to be released in the near future.

Karen Stintz, who will run for mayor next year, said more information could yet be revealed about the troubled mayor.

Denzil Minnan-Wong, a member of the mayor’s executive committee, said he’s troubled by the possibility more scandal could be on its way.

Another senior staffer out

Barnett was one of the Ford staffers present during a boozy 2012 St. Patrick’s party at the mayor’s office. A recently released security email said Ford was wandering around City Hall with a bottle of brandy and was “very intoxicated.”

“We did our best at keeping him away from the public eye due to his condition,” Davood Mohammadi, the security guard, wrote in the email.

Barnett’s departure only amplifies the lack of senior political operatives in Ford’s staff. Many have personal connections to the Fords or have football backgrounds.

Carley McNeil, who left the mayor’s office in August, wished Barnett the best of luck on Twitter Wednesday.