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Pew Charitable Trust poll released yesterday showed that — though Mayor Michael Nutter’s job approval rating is at its highest overall since 2009 — residents are not pleased with how his administration is dealing with violent crime. According to Pew, 74...
Mayor Michael Nutter released a report Monday that indicates selling Philadelphia Gas Works could yield a profit of $146 million to $496 million under the best-case scenario. The sale would include conditions such as honoring current employee contracts...
Mayor Michael Nutter, left, greets runners at the start of the Philadelphia Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Philadelphia. View Photo »
I refuse to believe people in Philadelphia are so different, so much more murderous, so much more vicious ... Unfortunately, we got off to a really bad start.
Anti-crime initiatives very well may come to define Mayor Michael Nutter’s second term, which began last month. Though Nutter—who took first office in 2008 and was reelected in November—maintains a favorable reputation, most respondents credited his...
(CBS) — A new poll released this morning says Philadelphians give relatively high marks to Mayor Michael Nutter overall, but his approval rating on fighting crime is heading downward. The poll by the research arm of the Pew Charitable Trusts is the...
Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA A consulting company has recommended that Philadelphia officials consider selling the city's municipally owned gas company to a private entity. Mayor Michael Nutter released a report Monday that indicates selling...
A group representing Occupy Philadelphia address members of the news media on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Sunday "intolerable" conditions at the Occupy Philadelphia camp and a lack of cooperation among... View Photo »
Mayor Michael Nutter had set a deadline of 5 p.m. Sunday for the protesters to leave. On Friday, he gave them 48 hours to remove their tents so the city could begin a $50 million, 27-month park renovation that Nutter says will create 1,000 jobs.
Internet Essentials program, aimed at bridging the digital divide by providing low-income customers with discounted service, has been the subject of much praise, including from Mayor Michael Nutter at last week's Chamber of Commerce luncheon. But an...
The record is 211 in a dance line. That record was broken around 6 p.m. with 250 dancing through, and they were still dancing On the count of three let’s just say “Don Cornelius, we love you.” One, two, three, “Don Cornelius we love you!” Mayor Michael...
Michael Anthony "Mike" Nutter (born June 29, 1957) is the Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is Philadelphia's third African American mayor, and Philadelphia is currently the largest city in the United States with an African American mayor. Elected on November 6, 2007, he was sworn in on January 7, 2008. Nutter is a former councilman of the... Full Article
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter pays his respects to boxing great Joe Frazier as he lies in repose at the Wells Fargo Center, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Philadelphia.
View Photo »Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter greets President Barack Obama as he arrives at Philadelphia International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, before traveling to Yeadon, Pa.
View Photo »Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter smiles as he leaves a polling station after casting his vote on election day in Philadelphia Tuesday Nov, 8, 2011. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to send Nutter to a second term in office. Nutter is the overwhelming favorite over little-known...
View Photo »Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter exits a voting booth after casting his ballot on election day in Philadelphia Tuesday Nov, 8, 2011. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to send Nutter to a second term in office. Nutter is the overwhelming favorite over little-known Republican challenger...
View Photo »Mayor Michael Nutter, right, accompanied by Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, left, makes remarks during a news conference in Fairmount Park, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Philadelphia. Nutter discussed plans to build a new horse stables at the location for the police department's...
View Photo »Mayor Michael Nutter speaks during a ceremony marking the completion of an affiliation agreement between the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, in Philadelphia. The natural history museum will now be known as the Academy of Natural Sciences of...
View Photo »Mayor Michael Nutter, left, and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is seen during a news conference Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in Philadelphia. A woman convicted of murder decades ago for beating a man and locking him in a closet to die of starvation is now behind bars in another heinous...
View Photo »Vice President Joe Biden, followed by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, arrives for a roundtable discussion on the impact of budget cuts on their ability to effectively police their communities, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Philadelphia.
View Photo »Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter and Republican challenger Karen Brown are seen after a mayoral election debated at the WTXF Fox 29 studio, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Philadelphia. The debate is scheduled to air Friday, Oct. 7, on Fox 29.
View Photo »Philadelphia's Mayor Michael Nutter looks on during a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Nutter is in Brazil attending the launching of the Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS) in the South American country, ain initiative aimed to create a...
View Photo »Philadelphia Media Network CEO Greg Osberg, at podium, accompanied by Mayor Michael Nutter, center right, and others makes remarks during a news conference Monday, July 11, 2011, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Media Network, the owner of the city's two major newspapers, announced Monday...
View Photo »Mayor Michael Nutter, right, meets with baithers during the opening day of swimming Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Philadelphia. Thanks to a last-minute splash of private funds, city pools in Philadelphia will be opened this summer for overheated residents.
View Photo »Academy of Natural Sciences President and CEO George W. Gephart, Jr. , center, Mayor Michael Nutter, second right, and Drexel University President John A. Fry play with children in the audience during a ceremonial signing marking the completion of an affiliation agreement between the...
View Photo »PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 07: Philadelphia Mayor, Michael Nutter welcomes the train enthusiast crowd during Amtrak's National Train Day Celebration at Philadelphia's 30th St. Train Station on May 7, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
View Photo »Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, left, makes remarks as District Attorney Seth Williams, center, and Mayor Michael Nutter look on during a news conference Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in Philadelphia. A woman convicted of murder decades ago for beating a man and locking him in a closet...
View Photo »Vice President Joe Biden, right, listens as Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, speaks during a media availability after their roundtable to discuss the impact of budget cuts on their ability to effectively police their communities Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Philadelphia.
View Photo »Vice President Joe Biden, center, flanked by Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Charles Ramsey, left, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaks during a roundtable discussion on the impact of budget cuts on their ability to effectively police their communities, Tuesday, Oct....
View Photo »Republican challenger Karen Brown speaks to reporters after a mayoral election debated with Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter at the WTXF Fox 29 studio, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Philadelphia. The debate is scheduled to air Friday, Oct. 7, on Fox 29.
View Photo »In this Oct. 4, 2011 photo, Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter and Republican challenger Karen Brown meet with reporters after a mayoral election debate at the WTXF Fox 29 studio, in Philadelphia.
View Photo »Recording artist Jon Bon Jovi, left, Mayor Michael Nutter, right, and Cordella Hill, Executive Director of Covenant House Pennsylvania, center, takes part in a ceremony marking the opening of Covenant House's new facility Tuesday, April 19, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Covenant House...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama is greeted by Phildelphia Mayor Michael Nutter upon arrival at Philadelphia International Airport April 6, 2011 in Philadelphia. Obama is heading to Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania for a town hall meeting on clean energy and to New York City to deliver remarks at...
View Photo »Mayor Michael Nutter, at podium, accompanied by former board members of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, labor leader Patrick Eiding, left, Debra Brady, the wife of U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, Nellie Reynolds, and former Mayor John Street, right, makes remarks during a new conference in...
View Photo »Mayor Michael Nutter, left, and former board members of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, former Mayor John Street, are seen at a new conference in Philadelphia, Friday, March 4, 2011. The embattled board members of the Philadelphia Housing Authority resigned and ceded control of the...
View Photo »Mayor Michael Nutter makes remarks during a ceremony for the newly expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Friday, March 4, 2011.
View Photo »Brazil's Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira (L), Lisa Jackson (C), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter attend the Joint Initiative for Urban Sustainability (JIUS) at Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro August 16, 2011.
View Photo »Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter pays his respects to boxing great Joe Frazier as he lies in repose at the Wells Fargo Center, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Philadelphia.
View Photo »I refuse to believe people in Philadelphia are so different, so much more murderous, so much more vicious ... Unfortunately, we got off to a really bad start.
Mayor Michael Nutter had set a deadline of 5 p.m. Sunday for the protesters to leave. On Friday, he gave them 48 hours to remove their tents so the city could begin a $50 million, 27-month park renovation that Nutter says will create 1,000 jobs.
tremendously well planned and executed
Construction sites should be reflective of the diversity of the incredible city of Philadelphia
I'm not going to try to predict what's going to happen on Sunday at 5 p.m.
We cannot allow current conditions, including masses of tents and 24-hour-a-day camping, to continue
Obviously I'm hopeful that everyone will take this advice ... to gather their belongings ... I'm not going to try to predict what's going to happen on Sunday at 5 p.m.
They understand that the conditions on Dilworth Plaza can’t be replicated somewhere else and they are aware of the growing fiscal impact this movement has had on city taxpayers
We must hold City employees, retired and current, to the same, if not higher standard as we hold other Philadelphians who owe back taxes, liens or have unpaid City bills
