PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: The top staff aide to Gov. Corbett is leaving the administration for a new job.
Corbett said Thursday he would nominate his chief of staff, William F. Ward, to fill a vacancy on Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Ward will be replaced by Stephen Aichele, a lawyer from Chester County who currently works as Corbett’s chief counsel.
The governor made his announcement in a prepared statement that gave no hint of the political turmoil that was said to have preceded the moves. He said a judgeship had been a lifelong goal for Ward, 60, a former state and federal prosecutor and longtime Corbett friend and confidant who, like the governor, hails from Allegheny County… (more)
EDITOR: We deduce that the real powers that be want someone smarter than Tom Corbet running the governor’s office. A good move for them, but not necessarily for us.
