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Milton Street’s 24% may haunt Nutter
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ May 19, 2011 04:49pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Marcia Gelbart |
| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
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"Although Mayor Nutter captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday, the nettlesome fact remains that a recent convict who owes nearly $800,000 in taxes snatched one of every four votes from a reformist mayor who four years ago drew crowds to City Hall just to shake his hand.
Nutter interpreted the 24 percent of voters who backed T. Milton Street Sr. as a reflection of an electorate angry with a shortage of jobs and rising costs, a ripple effect of the national economic crunch.
But one person with a different view is John F. Street.
Milton Street's younger brother and Nutter's Democratic predecessor in office has been questioning Nutter's leadership on many issues, including education, and said the voter support his brother had received was "not discouraging" as he weighed challenging Nutter in the fall election.
Now a registered independent, John Street said in an e-mail Wednesday that he would conduct "an options review" before making any decision.
Of that possibility, Nutter said at his victory celebration Tuesday night: "We'll see what happens."
Beyond John Street, several political observers and former elected officials said that while Nutter should not be overly concerned, since he carried 76 percent of the vote, he should pay close attention to the support he did not get.
"I don't think that you should dismiss the Street name as if it does not mean anything and dismiss Milton as if he does not mean anything," said W. Wilson Goode Sr., mayor from 1984 to 1992." |
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