Nutter: Dumped or duped? (The Next Mayor)

It looked like payback time in West Philadelphia’s 52nd Ward last night.

At a meeting of ward committee people, Michael Nutter, former City Councilman who resigned to run for mayor, was voted out as ward leader and replaced by his second-in-command, ward chairman Steve Jones.

Or was he?

Nutter claims the meeting was unauthorized and the vote illegal. He’s still the ward leader and will soon call a legitimate meeting to validate his position, he declared.

Although no reason for the ouster was given at the meeting, it is most likely yet more painful fallout from a feud between Nutter and Democratic party power Carol Campbell, who won Nutter's vacated Council seat in a Nov. 7 special election.

Nutter tried to have the election to fill his seat put off until next spring, outraging Campbell, who has long been a Nutter supporter.

He made no such request for the other Council candidates running in the special election.
In a letter to Democratic Party boss Bob Brady and Council President Anna Verna in September, Nutter said time was needed to allow residents to meet the candidates and air the issues.

“I’ve been very supportive of Michael,” Campbell said at the time. “This shows him void of integrity, void of charater and honor.”

Last night, Nutter said, “There was an unauthorized meeting that a person who was upset with me held.”

He said there is a detailed process for holding such a gathering and it was not followed. He said only ward leaders can call such a meeting and that there was not proper notification in advance as to what the meeting was about.

He added that Jones has a “personal beef with me.”

“There will be a properly called meeting by me to address any of the issues or concerns caused by this activity,” he said.

Jones told party committee members at the meeting last night that it had been properly called and advertised.

Expect this hot potato to land squarely in Brady's lap.

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sandy4kr

Carol Campbell, commenting on honor? This is the same portly pol that was arrested a few years ago for unethical behavior. Now she's a councilwoman, what a joke! The taxpayers already had to flip a $46,000 tab for her personalized van due to her diasability (obesity).

She must have a lot of dirty pictures because Philly pols and officials kiss her arse.

Posted by sandy4kr | November 30, 2006 10:35 AM

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