Philly will have a new mayor come January

I am completely thrilled that Philly's new mayor is going to be Michael Nutter after November's general election and the swearing-in in January. He won the Democratic primary and in Philadelphia that means you basically have it in the bag, since the vast majority of residents are registered Democrats.

I was on Long Island visiting my mother and aunts, and cousin, the night of election day -- I voted before I left, of course. My grandparents' house, where I stayed, sits nearly empty and is on the market. Mr. Doodlebug had to call me several times to update me on the election returns. He was in DC on business and was checking the Internet regularly for results. I went to sleep very happy knowing that Nutter had secured the nomination, and therefore the job. He was by far the best candidate. I won't get into the personalities of the other four candidates. Lets just say they were either just as corrupt or just as arrogant as our current mayor, John Street.

I come from a political family and I know how exciting it is to win an election on which you've worked so hard. Nutter played by the rules and spoke articulately and intelligently about real issues. He had an actual, written-out plan for how to pay for his proposals and he knows his shit. I am thrilled for Nutter personally and for the city of Philadelphia. Hopefully now we'll be able to recycle corrugated cardboard and plastics on the curb. Maybe the murder rate will go down. Maybe our neighbor across the street who works for the City and wastes our tax dollars will get fired. By the way he came in fifth out of fifteen in his Traffic Court Judge race -- not good enough to become judge. He was also on the ballot as one of three Republicans, he won that race but will likely lose due to the aforementioned Democratic majority in this city.

Congratulations Nutter!