In order to be fully transparent in the on-going mayoral crack scandal, Mayor Rob Ford’s staff has apparently ordered all staff emails and electronic records destroyed.
From the Toronto Star …
The electronic records, which may reveal knowledge of discussions of the video scandal, were ordered destroyed this week. Sources say people who were told to delete the records are balking at the order.
One source the Star spoke to was alarmed at the potential loss of “evidence of attempts” to locate and retrieve a video of Ford smoking crack cocaine and making homophobic and racial slurs.
The records in question were held on the City Hall server and belonged to departed staff members Mark Towhey, George Christopolous and Isaac Ransom. Towhey was fired for telling the Mayor to seek addiction help; the other two resigned Monday after their communications advice was ignored.
Asked by the Star whether emails of Christopoulos and Ransom were destroyed, Ford’s acting chief of staff, Earl Provost, said, “I’m sorry, you should talk to Sunny about that.” Sunny Petrujkic is Ford’s acting press secretary.
If you’re just coming up to speed on this scandal, here’s one recent primer.
