If you've been listening closely to Michael Nutter in the campaign (and we have, for a year and a half) then you've begun to notice something lately.
The candidate has turned from campaign talk to mayor-elect talk.
We've heard Nutter begin to voice the themes that (OK, we'll issue the disclaimer, IF he wins tonight) he's going to voice as mayor.
Some of those are: A large-scale call to public service. More open government. And a burnishing of our civic pride.
They could be summed up as "a new day," a phrase he's been using a lot lately.
I'll betcha money we'll hear those (IF he wins) in a speech tonight.
It's that civic pride message that I saw, yet again, in an invitation I just got from the Franklin Institute. It's for the launch of their new exhibit, "Identity, an exhibition of you." As much as I love the Franklin Institute (and I do), that would not normally catch my eye. What did was the speaker:
7:00pm
Michael Nutter
A special keynote address on
"The Identity of the New Philadelphia"
I'll blog after his speech (IF he wins) on whether he uses these themes in his speech.