The email arrived at 11:38 this morning – about 12 hours after Democratic voters chose Michael Nutter as their nominee for mayor. “Not that this will come as a surprise to anyone,” wrote Sam Katz to a reporter, “but I will not be a candidate for mayor in the general election.” Katz, a three-time candidate for mayor, raised that prospect late last month when he quietly changed his registration from Republican to “non-affiliated,” a move that set him up to run as an independent on the November ballot. But after Nutter’s win, Katz says he’s out. INQUIRER: All Is Well That […]

ALL EYES ON THE PRIZE: Michael Nutter taking the podium for his victory speech moments ago. Also pictured is wife Lisa, lower left with back to the camera, and daughter Olivia, beneath her father’s arm. GREAT MOMENTS IN DEMOCRACY: “No, no, that was yesterday. This is today. This is a NEW day.” — Michael Nutter, waving off a chorus of boos from the crowd at the mention of Tom Knox, during his victory speech. [Photo by JONATHAN VALANIA]

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KYW reports that Knox has conceded the race to Nutter…DEVELOPING UPDATE: Fattah concedes. UPDATE: Evans concedes. UPDATE: Brady concedes.

[googlevideo]-396422075784634969[/googlevideo] We are standing by live at Nutter headquarters and will be bringing you updates as they happen. In the meantime enjoy this last bit of election tomfoolery with anchorman Shawn Kilroy, a true son of liberty. Also, check out these excellent pix from the Inquirer photographer Tom Gralish, who tailed the candidate from morning to night on Election Day.

FISH STORY: The candidate explaining that all of the robbers were “at least this tall, possibly taller.”* They wore “Tom Knox for Philadelphia” T-shirts.But instead of lending support, they were looking obtain some. Two men strolled into the Knox campaign office at Frankford and Cottman in the Northeast just before 1 this afternoon, produced a gun and demanded cash. After getting an undetermined amount, they fled. No one was tied up or hurt, and the robbers wore no masks, police said. INQUIRER: You Just Can’t Make This Shit Up — Or Can You? THE NATION: “In 1986 Karl Rove was […]

PHILLY FOR CHANGE: Are You Ready For It?

Because he is The One to lead us out of the matrix of our own bullshit. Michael Nutter has got game: he speaks in complete paragraphs, with subsections A., B., and C. and attendant footnotes, which also have their own subsections A., B., and C. He has run a campaign of ideas — smart, principled, and aspirational — for solving just about every problem this city faces, while his opponents have offered the usual empty sloganeering, racial semaphore and coded entreaties to their respective bases. If that makes you a wonk or a nerd — well, you can call us […]

[Click image to activate Internet] DAILY NEWS: Knox campaign manager Josh Morrow said neither Knox nor the campaign had anything to do with the flier. “We would never, ever, do anything like that, and whoever did it isn’t doing us any favors,” Morrow said.

In fact, if we all try hard enough, we can envision an end to the decline in the city’s fortunes and a revival of political integrity and civic activism.This election could offer proof that there is a constituency for a Philadelphia that is neither corrupt nor contented. That we can be a city that draws new people and new jobs, an ancient urban place that is still brimming with vitality — with more to come. Hope is a fragile thing, but it’s out there, in the neighborhoods in the suddenly crowded streets of Center City, among the new and old […]