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Okay well endorse someone

> Nutter said during Tuesday’s event that he intends to start a center for public policy at the University of Pennsylvania and is focused on addressing poverty and income inequality in the city.

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All the declared candidates just breathed a sigh of relief

Good.

He would've been my third pick behind Rhynhart and Domb, respectively.

I met him once. He’s a good guy. I don’t agree with him on everything, but he’s super smart, hard working, and seems like he really cares about helping the city. I’d vote for him again, but if his heart isn’t in it I guess it’s good he pursues other passions.

I don’t blame him. Whoever comes next has a lot of annoying shit to deal with and messes to clean up. Nutter can just go for bike rides and collect a pension rather than deal with any of that if he doesn’t run again.

He’s smart not to. The city is different this time around and it would only serve to tarnish his reputation

Haha public policy position at penn about income inequality

GOOD!

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Not to mention we'll be knee deep into a recession come election time. Woe unto whomever gets elected.

Magnificent!!

You guys have been getting stern neo-lib pipe for too long and it shows

The most expensive college in PA, interesting choice.

He dealt with the occupy performance art and the biggest recession that wasn't a depression and he steered the city through it.

I just wish the next mayor does the Obama thing and listens to their predecessors and cherry picks the best advice.

Also listen to Sam Katz, it works better if you hear an opposing point of view every once in a while.

Isn’t this sort of what the Netter Center already does?

i don't hesitate to shit on Penn kids, but to be fair UPenn does have a policy for offering up to 100% financial aid packages based on need for candidates that meet the guidelines. Essentially Penn can be almost free for those that come from the "bottom" income-wise.

you loved the netter center, now get ready for the even better netter-nutter center!

He was never thinking about running again.

We need better local journalism.

A unsubstantiated rumor of a rumor didn’t necessitate a clickbait article positing on the idea he might run again. Posters here drink koolaid hard.

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I wouldn't exactly call occupy a performance art. However, it lost its way and never made a cohesive argument at the end. I was there for a lot of those arguments, it was a shame how it ended up. Such promise squandered.

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Did Drexel cut their tuition in half or something?

Good, and frankly, it's a smart move for him and the Philly Dems.

Taking a cue from Former-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, there's a need to let younger and newer people take the lead in the party. The Democratic Primary field filled with at least a dozen people trying to get the nomination, many of whom at younger and haven't been in politics as long as Nutter. This keeps the field open, at least publicly. The biggest concern I have are him and Bob Brady pulling the strings to get their ideal nominees into the office instead.

Also, while a lot of people may look back at Nutter with aww, it's also important to note what the country was going through during his leadership along with a few things he did that haven't aged well. Overall, the nation was going through a relatively good upswing economically after 2008 (he got in right before The Great Recession), and crime nationally was on a downward trend. He also implemented "Stop-and-Frisk", a program he still supports. And he also instituted a "Crime Emergency", something that I don't believe was ever lifted.

He did a decent job, but him formally bowing out is the best thing moving forward.

Boo-urns

Penn has always been more expensive than Drexel, they're both up there though.

As with the WHYY article from two weeks ago, it was generally being framed as Nutter being pushed by either members of his inner circle or the larger Democratic party to consider another run — and all of that was substantiated.

It’s been two years of this prediction being “three months away”, like yeah I know many markets are messed up but this alarmism is simply not playing out.

Sounds like that’s basically a volunteer program which is different than a center for public policy which is essentially a think tank

It eschewed central leadership and instead relied on obscure communal rules to accomplish its goals-- is that an accurate representation?

r/philadelphia is devastated.

What a bummer. I don’t blame him either.

I waited on John Street (only waited on Street and Nutter, so I only have come into contact with them) a couple of years ago and asked him if he missed being mayor.

He said “You ever have a headache that lasts every day for years on end? One day, you just wake up and the headache is gone.”

I’ll take that as a no.

Nutter was a nice customer but GODDAMN a restaurant’s closing time meant nothing to him. Had to stay a couple extra hours every time he came in at 9:55 (10 PM closing).

I miss him.