City Fires First Head Of Office of Economic Opportunity

Mayor Nutter's staff, while announcing changes over at the Department of Commerce yesterday, left out one interesting detail: Michael Bell, executive director of the city's Office of Economic Opportunity, just got fired. We tracked down Bell at home a few minutes ago and he confirmed that he was fired yesterday. “I prefer not to comment," Bell added. "It’s just a whole lot of mixed emotions right now.”

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