How much Mayor Ford knew about his staffers talking to detectives is not clear. Towhey told police he did not tell Ford. Price was told not to talk to the mayor but he did speak to councilor Doug Ford (Price called him his “best friend”) to give him a “heads up” he was going to talk to police the day after the crack video story broke.
Doug Ford’s response: Ahh Fuck Dave.”
“He was not angry that Price was speaking to the police, he just really wanted to move forward and put this scandal behind them,” according to the police account of Price’s interview with detectives.