by KYW's Mike Dunn
Philadelphia City Council members are still shaking their heads: they got an early peek at Mayor Nutter's new budget when he treated them to dinner at an upscale steakhouse.
During the Street administration, city council members got an advance briefing on the budget usually an hour before Street made it public. For Michael Nutter's first budget, he took them out to dinner at Morton's Steakhouse on Walnut Street.
Nutter (in file photo above) was clear that he wants Council with him, not apart:
"I've said it a million times and I'll say it again: the eighteen of us -- seventeen council members and me as the mayor -- we have to work together on behalf of the citizens of this city and the region."
Nutter gave up red meat years ago but did not mind breaking bread with Council at Morton's:
"The salmon was great. But I did really enjoy the cheesecake, it was quite wonderful."
Nutter formally delivers his budget to City Council this Thursday.
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