Since practically the day of his primary win, Michael Nutter has consistently denied that his thoughts have been focused on anything except his general election campaign.
Hogwash.
For one thing, there are the rumors: About a certain current city department head or two who have already been told they would be part of a Nutter Administration. About at least one outside professional who has turned down an invitation to join the new mayor. About a certain former City Councilman who wouldn't mind returning to City Hall - this time on the 2nd floor.
But brush all that aside. Those are just rumors after all.
HERE is the proof.
Over at Nutter campaign headquarters on Friday was a little diagram on a dry erase board of a certain flow chart. At the top was one box that said "mayor" with two lines, one drawn to another box saying "MDO" and the other to a box that read "deputy mayor." From the "deputy mayor" box was one line drawn to a box that said "DHS Comm."
The dry erase board was on a wall just behind Nutter as he met with reporters Friday. When it was pointed out to him, Nutter just smiled and asked this: "Do you have any recommendations?"
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