Mayor Nutter breaks with his predecessor Monday night by briefing City Council on his 2009 budget three days in advance of Thursday's budget presentation. In a dinner at Morton's Steakhouse (now there's a way to bump up attendance), Nutter is to give Council a peak at the budget. Mayor Street was known to brief Council on his budget a half-hour before he presented it; last year, he didn't show up, and Council President Anna Verna left after waiting around for his staff. Nutter will pay for it with mayoral campaign funds.
NOTE: Nutter stopped eating red meat in 1977 after a summer of eating steak sandwiches and learning about meat and the digestive system. But in an aside today, he did offer praise for Morton's salmon.
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