Editorial: Nutter's Entourage

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, August, 2008

Mayor Nutter needs to travel lighter to the Democratic National Convention in Denver - several staffers lighter. The Democrats' big party begins Monday. The mayor is taking along five city aides. Nutter is using campaign money to pay his expenses, but thinks city taxpayers should pay for his aides.

That's wrong. Political party conventions are just that - political. Nutter isn't traveling to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, or a symposium on urban planning. He's attending a four-day political bash to nominate the Democratic Party's presidential candidate. It's great fun, but it's not primarily about city business. Traveling with Nutter will be spokesman Doug Oliver, senior adviser Terry Gillen, special assistant Jordan Schwartz, and two bodyguards. Nutter has said he...