Two top aides have resigned from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office in the past week.
Ferguson’s chief strategy officer Mike Webb resigned Wednesday morning following claims that he’d fostered a toxic work environment for some women in the governor’s office, The Seattle Times reports.
“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,” Webb wrote in a letter released by the governor’s office. “To be blunt, given the stakes of the work ahead, I cannot stomach that.”…