PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: After a bruising budget season in which the administration was unable to score any major policy wins, Steve Aichele, Gov. Corbett’s chief of staff, is stepping down, according to two people in the governor’s inner circle…
The front-runner to replace Aichele as chief of staff is GOP strategist Leslie Gromis-Baker, the sources said.
Gromis-Baker, 53, has a long pedigree in Republican politics. She is most associated with former Gov. Tom Ridge, having served as political director of his 1994 campaign, manager of his 1998 reelection effort, and director of public liaison during his first term. Later, Gromis-Baker ran his political action committee, the Ridge Leadership Fund… (more)
