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Michael Anthony Nutter (born June 29, 1957) is the Mayor-elect of Philadelphia. Elected on November 6th, 2007, he will be sworn in as Mayor in January 2008. Nutter is former councilman of the 4th Council District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which includes the neighborhoods of Wynnefield, Overbrook, Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and parts of North Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, and West Mount Airy. He has also served as the 52nd Ward Democratic Leader since 1990. Image File history File links Ballot_box_current. ... This article is about the political process. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 456 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (609 × 800 pixels, file size: 487 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... List of mayors of Philadelphia, arranged chronologically. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... January 2008 is the first month of the year and has yet to occur. ... John F. Street is the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. ... City Hall from postcard, c. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... List of mayors of Philadelphia, arranged chronologically. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... // Current City Council Members Main article: Philadelphia City Council The current City Council sit until the next election, scheduled for 2007, with those elected taking office in January 2008. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Wynnefield is a predominantly African-American middle-class neighborhood in West Philadelphia. ... Overbrook is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Roxborough is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA February 10, 2006 Manayunk is a neighborhood in the northwestern section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. ... East Falls at Ridge Avenue and Midvale Avenue The East Falls section of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania East Falls is a neighborhood in the Northwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Map of Philadelphia County with North Philadelphia highlighted. ... West Philadelphia is a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ... For other uses, see Mount Airy. ...

He and mayor John F. Street have been known to clash over policy and reform. On June 27, 2006, Nutter announced his resignation from the city council to run for mayor.^[1] John Franklin Street (born October 15, 1943) is the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City Hall from postcard, c. ...

Background

Michael Nutter was born and raised in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia. He attended and graduated from Saint Joseph's Preparatory School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. Prior to his public service, Nutter worked as an investment manager at Pryor, Counts & Co., Inc., specializing in municipal finance. He was first elected city councilman in 1991. ^[2] Cobbs Creek is a predominantly Black American neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States . ... Saint Josephs Preparatory School, founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1851, is a Catholic, urban, college preparatory school for young men. ... The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is a business school at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. The school was founded by Joseph Wharton, who also was one of the founders of Swarthmore College (founded in 1864), in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the United States. ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ...

In 2001, Nutter was appointed to the Board of City Trusts, which manages all money or other property left to the City of Philadelphia. The Board administers over 110 separate trusts for a wide variety of charitable purposes, the most significant being Girard College and the Wills Eye Hospital. ^[3] Girard College in an illustration from an 1871 publication Girard College is a private philanthropic boarding school on a 43 acre (170,000 m²) campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. ...

Nutter also serves as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority Board. He was appointed to this position in February 2003. As chairman, he crafted a pivotal labor-management agreement which was signed July 2003, and he is now spearheading a $630-million expansion project for the Center. ^[4] The Pennsylvania Convention Center is a multi-use public facility designed to accomodate conventions, exhibitions, conferences and other events. ...

Nutter worked with administrators from the Philadelphia School District, city representatives and community leaders to revitalize the schools and to resolve housing issues in the East Falls section of the city. ^[5]

Policy

Nutter supports reducing and/or repealing the city's Business Privilege Tax and Wage Tax. Using the information and recommendations developed by the Tax Reform Commission, Nutter has pushed for a gradual elimination of the Business Privilege Tax (BPT) since 2004.^{[citation needed]} On four occasions, bills were approved by City Council, but were vetoed by the Mayor. He also drafted legislation that reinstated reductions to the city wage tax after the Mayor introduced a budget that would have halted them.

He has also been a voice for ethics reform in the city. In September 2004, as councilman, Nutter introduced legislation creating an independent Ethics Board. In addition, he proposed changes to the City's Ethics Code to provide for routine training and education of all City officers and employees, the issuance of advisory opinions, the adjudication of violations, and the imposition of civil fines. These measures were adopted at the end of 2005. On May 16, 2006, voters approved the Ethics Board ballot question with over 81% voting “Yes,” and was installed November 27, 2006. ^[6] is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nutter also sponsored "The Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law," mandating smoke-free environments in all public places, which eventually was signed into law by Mayor Street. ^[7]

Nutter's "Philly First" program, which took effect on July 1, 2004, gives preference to Philadelphia businesses in all competitive bidding on City contracts greater than $25,000. ^[8] is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In January 2005, the City announced a library reorganization plan in which twenty branches would shift from full-day service to half-day service, and that many head librarians had been laid off. Library supporters rejected these changes and petitioned the Mayor and City Council to restore service and staffing levels. Then-councilman Nutter called for an investigation to evaluate the Library System and explore alternatives to find additional funding in order to restore service.^{[citation needed]} City Council rejected the Administration's cut, funding was restored, and by the Fall of 2005 all library branches had full-day service, Saturday hours, and a head librarian.

He supports having the City of Philadelphia declare a "Crime Emergency" in selected areas of Philadelphia.^{[citation needed]} This would station more officers in certain areas of Philadelphia, limit the ability to gather on public sidewalks, impose a curfew for all residents, and limit the ability to travel in certain areas. The proposal includes a warrant-less police search technique known as "stop-and-frisk." Nutter claims that this approach is sufficiently similar to one that was found to be Constitutional by the United States Supreme Court in 1968 in Terry v Ohio.^[9] Holding Law enforcement officers may stop and frisk someone for weapons if they have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has taken or is about to take place and the subject is armed and dangerous without violating the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. ...

Nutter supports the eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America from their headquarters on the Ben Franklin Parkway. In a televised debated on NBC 10 Live @ Issue he said, "In my administration, we will not subsidize discrimination." ^[10] Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center The Cradle of Liberty Council (525) is a Boy Scouts of America council created in 1996 with the merger of the former Philadelphia Area Council, covering the city and county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the former Valley Forge Council, covering both Delaware County, Pennsylvania... For the Boy Scouting program within the BSA, see Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America). ... Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a scenic avenue that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia. ... This is a listing of local programs and newscasts for WCAU. NBC 10 News Today - 5:00-7:00 a. ...

2007 Mayoral Race

Main article: 2007 Philadelphia Mayoral Election

Nutter has positioned himself as a reformer.^[11] On April 27, 2007, The Philadelphia Inquirer announced that it would endorse Nutter for the Democratic primary.^[12] Nutter has also been endorsed by the Philadelphia Daily News^[13], Philadelphia magazine^[14], The Northeast Times^[15], Philadelphia City Paper^[16], Philadelphia Weekly^[17], Philly for Change^[18] (a local affiliate of Democracy for America), The Daily Pennsylvanian ^[19] (the University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper), the Penn Democrats^[20], and Clean Water Action.^[21] Nutter won the May 15 Democratic primary election with 37% of the vote in a five-man field. The City of Philadelphia will hold Primary elections for the Democratic and Republican Parties on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of a two Knight Ridder newspaper duopoly daily for the Philadelphia area. ... The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that began publishing on March 31, 1925, under founding editor Lee Ellmaker. ... Philadelphia (usually called Philadelphia magazine and often incorrectly written as Philadelphia Magazine or refered to the nickname Phillymag) is a regional monthly magazine published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Metrocorp. ... The Philadelphia City Paper, a free weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was established in 1981. ... Philadelphia Weekly (PW), is a free alternative newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, published every Wednesday. ... Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. ... The Daily Pennsylvanian is the independent daily student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ...

On November 6, 2007, Michael Nutter was declared winner of the mayoral election in Philadelphia with only one percent of the votes counted. In an historic landslide, Nutter won with 86% percent; his opponent, Al Taubenberger, had 13% percent of the vote.

One of the most successful commercials that Nutter ran during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the 2007 Philadelphia Mayoral Election featured his daughter, Olivia Nutter. During the polical advertisement, Nutter's daughter discusses the daily activities of her father and mentions that Nutter was the only candidate with a child attending Philadelphia public school.^[22] The campaign was a major success and was seen by many political commentators as effectively humanizing the candidate.^[23] The City of Philadelphia will hold Primary elections for the Democratic and Republican Parties on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. ...

External links

• Campaign Website
• Olivia Commercial

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