Give Michael Nutter this: You always know exactly how he feels.
The Philadelphia mayor is quickly gaining a reputation for saying precisely what’s on his mind. That in itself is unusual for an elected official, let alone a politician. They all too often speak in code and political double-speak.
In short, Nutter can at times be brutally blunt. We sometimes refer to it as the “wince factor.” Sometimes you cringe when Nutter speaks his mind.
A few weeks back we castigated the mayor for his choice of words after still another shooting of a Philadelphia police officer. Nutter told the gathered media exactly how he felt. He was ticked. Except that’s not the word he used. In fact he used one of my least favorite words in the English language. It’s a common term for relieving yourself. But it’s also often used to denote being upset. It’s just not very often used by the mayor of a major city at a widely disseminated press conference.
Nutter dropped another juicy sound bite Thursday in talking about the city’s preparations for today’s parade to honor the World Champion Phillies.
The city is expecting more than a million people to line the parade route along Broad Street.
Officials want everyone to have a good time, but they do not want a repeat of the actions of some neanderthals who went on vandalism sprees in the wake of the party after the Phils’ win over the Rays Wednesday night to win the World Series.
Nutter made how he felt crystal clear.
“You can be joyous; you cannot be a jackass,” Nutter said. “That kind of idiotic, destructive behavior will be no accepted in the city of Philadelphia.”
Well said, mayor.
The Philadelphia mayor is quickly gaining a reputation for saying precisely what’s on his mind. That in itself is unusual for an elected official, let alone a politician. They all too often speak in code and political double-speak.
In short, Nutter can at times be brutally blunt. We sometimes refer to it as the “wince factor.” Sometimes you cringe when Nutter speaks his mind.
A few weeks back we castigated the mayor for his choice of words after still another shooting of a Philadelphia police officer. Nutter told the gathered media exactly how he felt. He was ticked. Except that’s not the word he used. In fact he used one of my least favorite words in the English language. It’s a common term for relieving yourself. But it’s also often used to denote being upset. It’s just not very often used by the mayor of a major city at a widely disseminated press conference.
Nutter dropped another juicy sound bite Thursday in talking about the city’s preparations for today’s parade to honor the World Champion Phillies.
The city is expecting more than a million people to line the parade route along Broad Street.
Officials want everyone to have a good time, but they do not want a repeat of the actions of some neanderthals who went on vandalism sprees in the wake of the party after the Phils’ win over the Rays Wednesday night to win the World Series.
Nutter made how he felt crystal clear.
“You can be joyous; you cannot be a jackass,” Nutter said. “That kind of idiotic, destructive behavior will be no accepted in the city of Philadelphia.”
Well said, mayor.
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