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    I guess "embargoed" means something different from what I thought it meant

    The Nutter transition team sent out a media advisory a while ago announcing that tomorrow the mayor-elect would be naming his new Managing Director. This one was a little different in that it specifically stated that the document was for "planning purposes only" and that the "INFORMATION EMBARGOED UNTIL PRESS CONFERENCE." I took that to mean they didn't want anyone talking about the fact that Nutter would be making the announcement.

    Silly, newbie "journalist." Since Heard in the Hall already announced it, I guess I misunderstood.

    Place your bets, folks. Who will it be? So far Nutter has mixed up his appointments with folks who have been in city government before and folks from outside of city government. In an almost Lincoln-esque move he even appointed a supporter of one of his rivals to be his Chief of Staff? Will he go that route and pick Jonathan Saidel as Managing Director?

    Maybe he'll go with experience. Could Phil Goldsmith be making a comeback or did the mayor-elect convince one of his more talented City Council At-Large colleagues to join him in the administration?

    Perhaps we're looking at someone completely different who has experience running a business or organization that comes close to the size of the City of Philadelphia. Judging from the salaries of the CEOs of Philadelphia's largest businesses, any one of them could take a few years off and probably be pretty financially secure.

    Trivia question. Can you name the last Managing Director to hold the job for every day of his boss's 8 years as mayor?

    (edited to add)
    I see that in the 9 minutes it took me to type this post, Wendy scooped me with the announcement. See next post.


    Comments (7)

    Anonymous:

    That'd be Wilson Goode


    Anonymous:

    Oh, EIGHT years... that'd be no one.


    Anonymous:

    ROFL, it was Hilly, waznit?


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