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Friday, November 13, 2009
Top Nutter Aide Resigns

Top mayoral aide Julia Chapman today announced she was leaving the Nutter administration.

Today was the last day for Chapman, who serves as Nutter’s legislative director. A press release put out after 6 p.m. did not detail her reasons for leaving or her future plans.

“I have worked side-by-side with Julia for the vast majority of my political career and her advice and support over these years has been invaluable to me personally, and to the City of Philadelphia,” said Mayor Nutter in a press release. “Julia’s hard work, intellect and support have been critical to any legislative success I’ve experienced for more than a decade.”

A longtime aide to Nutter, Chapman previously served as Nutter's chief of staff when he was a Councilman, a position she held for 11 years. As legislative director she had an annual salary of $137,042 this year.

But Chapman had some detractors in City Hall. Political insiders said her relationships with Council members had been strained and attributed some of Mayor Nutter's problems with Council to Chapman's management style.

Nutter’s spokesman Doug Oliver praised Chapman’s contributions.

“We’ve appreciated her service to the administration and her service to the city. She’s been a longtime staffer of the mayor and a friend,” Oliver said. “And other people’s criticisms notwithstanding, we hate to see her go.”

A replacement for Chapman was not immediately named.

Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 6:27 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
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Posted 07:53 PM, 11/13/2009
pain1964
Rats jumping off the ship
Posted 07:56 PM, 11/13/2009
Nickawampus Leroy
Rats deserting a sinking ship. President Obama's announcement today he was cutting domestic spending 5% spells bankruptcy for Philadelphia. She sees the handwriting on the wall.Maybe Nutter can sell Dr. BArnes' art collection????
Posted 10:31 PM, 11/13/2009
brian stewart
they must have told her she was under the new health plan, not the one the mayor is.
Posted 08:01 AM, 11/14/2009
rabbit23
Chapman famously nearly came to blows with Bill Green. why she was ever put in charge of govt relations when she does not have good relations with anyone in govt is beyond me.
Posted 03:52 PM, 11/14/2009
Pangloss
You're hare-brained, r-23. She didn't come to blows with little billy and if she had she'd have dropped him like a bag of phony reform that he is. Council is the home of anti-reform. They're all about saving their DROP, their cars, their imperial perks and hiding behind "the mayor won't cooperate." Chapman served her two years dealing with the weeny squad and had enough.
Posted 10:25 AM, 11/15/2009
mktstrfinancial
Agreed Pangoloss. Bill Green is more of the same, Nutter's not the reformed I thought he was but Bill Green is 10x worse. We need to get him out of there.
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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