Catherine Lucey of the Daily News was there and brings back this report.
It was a regular love-fest between Michael Nutter and Al Taubenberger outside City Hall today. The Democratic and Republican mayoral candidates gave a joint press conference to slam Mayor Street’s recently revised five-year plan, which proposes to end reductions in the gross receipts portion of the business privilege tax in 2010.
“The five-year plan is a plan, not the law,” Nutter said. “If I am elected mayor of the city of Philadelphia we will continue the tax reduction plan.”
Taubenberger agreed, saying the gross receipts tax is “something we need to get rid of.”
(edited to add by Dan)
We also captured the historic moment of the Democratic and Republican nominees together on video. Here are some video highlights of the event. (requires QuickTime)
Just before the press conference began, Street walked by. He was still in the weather-proof rain gear that he had been wearing all morning as he sat in line to buy the new Apple IPhone. Street spoke to Nutter and Taubenberger for a moment and when he heard what the press conference was about, he walked away, saying jokingly “I’m not in that discussion!”
Nutter and Taubenberger also ribbed Street about the iPhone.
“Somewhere today someone will get killed or five people will get shot,” Nutter said, adding that he thought the mayor had more important things to do than wait in line for a phone.
Taubenberger said he would use an aide or a family member to make such a purchase.