There are so many events during Pennsylvania Society weekend that the Waldorf can't hold them all. Nearby hotels take the spillover. That's how Michael Nutter wound up at the Benjamin on East 50th for two events.
First was a $250-a-head fund raiser (closed to the press). Next, Nutter was the featured speaker the annual Chester County Chamber of Commerce business and industry leadership reception.
Chamber chief Rob Powelson praised Nutter as “one of the guys who gets it. Every CEO who meets him is impressed.”
This quote gives more ammunition to Ray Murphy over at the liberal Young Philly Politics site, who's been bashing Nutter for being too pro-business and thus not sufficiently liberal.