Top Ferguson aide resigns amid hostile workplace allegations
Gov. Bob Ferguson’s top advisor and closest political confidant resigned Wednesday amid complaints that he fomented a toxic workplace that contributed to the departure of another key administration official.
“I deeply regret that the allegations of a hostile work environment have created an unhelpful distraction that impacts the team’s ability to do their work, as well as my ability to be effective in the near term,” Mike Webb wrote in his resignation letter released by the governor’s office.
“To be blunt, given the stakes of the work ahead, I cannot stomach that,” he wrote.
Webb was Ferguson’s chief strategy officer and earned $230,000 a year. He previously served as chief of staff when Ferguson was attorney general. And he was a key advisor on Ferguson’s campaign for governor as well as his past campaigns for attorney general.
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