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“I will take action if and when it’s appropriate having followed due process,” Wynne said Thursday, saying she was watching the crisis closely.

“I believe what is happening now at City Hall is interrupting the business of City Hall.”

The mayor’s brother, Councillor Doug Ford, was even more combative towards the premier.

“Wasting billions in taxpayers’ dollars, she has the nerve, hypocrisy, to come and criticize the mayor,” Doug Ford, who has long inspired to make the jump to provincial politics as a Progressive Conservative, told reporters. “My message to the premier: Get your own house in order. Get it in order for the taxpayer..you are running from an election, you are running from the people because you know you wouldn’t get reelected.”

Rob Ford refused to answer questions from reporters about the alleged crack cocaine video or the allegations of a coverup.

“Anything else?” Ford said a minimum of seven times to questions about the scandal.

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With four staffers departing the mayor’s office in a little over a week, the National Post takes a closer look at those who remain. Many are relatively young and inexperienced, or have links to the mayor’s other passion: football.

Earl Provost: The mayor’s director of stakeholder and council relations was promoted to acting chief of staff after Mark Towhey’s termination last week. Mr. Provost reportedly tried to help the mayor’s former Don Bosco football team last year by unsuccessfully urging Queen’s Park to fund millions of dollars in field renovations.