Our own Marcia Gelbart got a list of salaries for Mayor Nutter's top salaries. Some may seem high at first glance, but if anything, Heard in the Hall expected that Nutter would have to shell out even more to secure the services of well-traveled pros like Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and Managing Director Camille Barnett. Chief of Staff Clarence Armbrister is no slouch either: as the Inquirer's story today pointed out, he took a roughly 50 percent pay cut when he signed on with Nutter, and he was making that money at Temple University, not in the private sector.
Today's Inquirer also advances a story on the FBI probe of Christopher G. Wright, Councilman Jack Kelly's chief of staff. The feds seem interested in the ties between Wright and Northeast Philadelphia's largest property owners, Hardeep Chawla and his brother Ravinder Chawla, who have been longtime supporters of Kelly. Heard in the Hall's Jeff Shields first reported on the Chawlas' relationship with Kelly back in October, and the Daily News caught wind of the FBI probe yesterday.
The Chawlas and Wright seem very close. As Shields reports, they gave him $1,000 for Christmas in 2005. Wright acknowledged the gift, as required by city law, on his financial disclosure form.
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