We’re frankly a bit skeptical of Mayor Nutter’s plan to tax lap dances in the city, but we have to admit that the arguments against […]
KYW Newsradio reports the city’s strip clubs go to court this week to challenge Mayor Nutter’s plan to collect an “amusement tax” on individual lap […]
CBS Philly reports: Philadelphia firefighters want to change the city charter, to require that city council approve appeals of labor contract arbitration awards. They hope […]
Mayor Nutter is a bit of an odd duck. He’s had a growing national profile ever since he took office here, and he’s never brought […]
In the past week, a number of people have asked me some version of the same question: “What’s up with Mayor Nutter’s Twitter account?” No, […]
Speaking of unexpected magazine covers, Philly’s own Mayor Michael Nutter has a byline on the front of the latest issue of Time Magazine, with an […]
Just imagine: 25,000 more jobs in the city two years hence. One hundred new jobs for low-skill Philadelphians each year. And much lower unemployment, with […]
Last week, Mayor Nutter announced his plan to fight poverty in the city called “Shared Prosperity Philadelphia.” It’s a broad plan with lofty goals: “strengthening […]
Philadelphia’s had a bad rap for so long (crummy sports teams, loutish fans, corrupt politicians and so much litter), many who live here have turned […]
On Independence Day, civil libertarians marched through the streets of Philadelphia to protest domestic spying by the National Security Agency. To many, recent revelations of […]
AP reports on Mayor Michael Nutter’s speech to the State Budget Crisis Task Force, meeting today at the National Constitution Center. Nutter said the federal budget […]
Michael Nutter is trying to impose a cigarette tax in Philadelphia to help pay for a school budget shortfall. (The bill has passed; he’s waiting […]
Mayors, they’re just like (some of) us. Mayor Michale Nutter’s Office confirmed that a lien was placed on Nutter’s Wynnefield home by the Common Pleas […]
AP reports that Michael Nutter was one of 18 big-city mayors to sign a letter asking the feds to keep food-stamp recipients from buying soft […]
There have been times lo these last five and a half years when Mayor Michael Nutter has seemed like a world-beater, when it’s felt like […]
