In today’s mayoral race, I will be voting for Michael Nutter, and I encourage you to do the same.

Like many others, I’m troubled by Nutter’s “Stop and Frisk” proposal. But I’m voting for him for a few important reasons:

1. As my councilman in the 4th District, he was responsive to constituent concerns.
Nutter showed up on a regular basis to the meetings of my dinky little neighborhood association. He’d listen to concerns voiced by members of the community . . . and then he’d go out and get things done.

2. He has taken tough, and sometimes unpopular, stands.
Pushing on through countless setbacks, Nutter got the votes he needed to pass the smoking ban. And he did so by outmaneuvering his longtime adversary, Mayor Street, into a corner.

3. He’ll fight against the pay-to-play political culture of Philadelphia
As the Inquirer noted, “Nutter was the stubborn Don Quixote who brought his windmill down, forcing City Hall to confront the shame its chronic corruptions had spawned.”

4. Nutter is the only candidate who has children in the public schools.
This alone, I think, is reason enough to vote for Nutter: he is invested in the city itself, and is committed to solving its problems. Plus, how can you resist this commercial?

5. He is, as Joey notes, the smartest guy in the room.
And isn’t it about time that we had a man of real intellect running this city?

I hope you’ll join me today in voting for Michael Nutter, a candidate who has the vision, experience, character, integrity, and intelligence to lead this city towards a brighter future.

Update: YEAH!

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