Nutter goes out to the ballgame(s)

POSTED: Monday, January 28, 2013, 11:59 AM

At first blush, Mayor Nutter isn't much of a sports fan.

He had a free box available at every professional sports event in the city in 2012, but the latest list of people who used the mayor's seats showed Nutter went to just nine contests all year - four 76ers games, three Eagles games, and one each for the Flyers and Phillies.

But the figures are wrong, according to spokesman Mark McDonald.

"People don't ask him for a ticket; they just let him in," McDonald said. "Then he goes up to the mayor's box and chums around with the folks who are there. It's a lot more than nine games, but not as many as he'd like."

The biggest recipient of seats in the city's boxes was the Mayor's Very Impressive Performers (VIP) program, which distributes tickets to Philadelphia school students in recognition of their academic performance. The program got 828 tickets last year, and has had a total of 6,848 since Nutter initiated it in 2008, according to the Mayor's Office.

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Miriam Hill @ 11:59 AM Permalink | 11 comments

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Comments (11)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:08 PM, 01/28/2013

He says he's at those games but he's really out bowling with a chubby blonde.

— Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:20 PM, 01/28/2013

waste of money

— discobiscuit

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:43 PM, 01/28/2013

Mr. Nutty is a big fan; of chubby women...? Does he have weight watchers meetings in his sky boxes, so he can score? Hubba Hubba Hubba!!!

— ricciaje

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:57 PM, 01/28/2013

i think it was with a good looking slim blonde that is in a very high position in goverment,thats why it was swept uner the rug by channel 29 fox news so they can have access to them.this guy will take fee ride anywhere he can get it on the backs of us taxpayers

— cityslicker

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:01 PM, 01/28/2013

I heard Nutter is trying to bring the Woman's Professional Bowling League here.

— LouDiamondPhillipsheadScrewdriver

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:33 PM, 01/28/2013

Who the heck would believe anything coming from McDonalds mouth? He is the official liar of Mayor McNuttbag!! 2 CREEPS!!

— wallycleaver

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:34 PM, 01/28/2013

Unlike the President, he does not feel he needs to be an entertainer as well and I'd admire that. He shouldn't be spending time schmoozing at free sporting events to "be seen".

— smarterthanyou

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:45 PM, 01/28/2013

Did he bring along his armed bodyguards? Just another hypocrite that wants to deny you your right to protect yourself while he has 24/7 armed protection.

— Taxpaying Voter

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:07 AM, 01/29/2013

The Mayors Office offers these tickets to deserving charities and fundraisers with an emphasis on children. These are not tickets going to political hacks. The spin that "Heard in the Hall" puts on this is just wrong and misleading.

— Earl J

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:36 AM, 01/31/2013

They don't ask him for a ticket? Isn't this the special treatment for insiders that is the essence of everything he's against (e.g. Parking tickets, L&I permits, tax payment, etc.)?

— anti-tax