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Meet Carol Aichele
By JANE GILVARY, For The Bulletin
Carol Aichele has been a Chester County Commissioner since 2003, having been re-elected in 2007, and she received more votes than any other candidate on the ballot in both elections. She was Chester County Chair for the recently victorious Judge Joan Orie Melvin’s campaign for State Supreme Court. She volunteered for Governor Dick Thornburgh’s first gubernatorial campaign in 1978. She’s been a Republican State Committee member since 1990 and a Chester County Committeewoman since 1988. Ms. Aichele also served for six years as a member of the Tredyffrin-Easttown school board, two of those years as president. She is an established vote earner, especially in one of Pennsylvania’s largest swing counties. And she happens to be a major candidate for Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Aichele announced her candidacy for Lt. Governor in June of last year, stating that she’d “spoken with people statewide, grass-roots folks, and the response has been really very positive. People said they found that I’d be a very positive balance to the ticket.” Positive would certainly be a good word to describe what she’s done for Chester Countians in her seven years as county commissioner.
Despite a severe recession nationally, Chester County’s economy has actually grown and Chester County taxes are among the lowest in the Southeast region, much to Ms. Aichele’s credit. Forbes.com recently rated Chester County as one of the top ten counties in which to raise a family, a quality-of-life rating that Ms. Aichele is proud to have helped create. She states, “The Forbes rating underscores what Chester Countians have known for some time, and that is that Chester County is a great place to live. I’m happy to have been part of making Chester County what it is today.”
In terms of helping her constituents keep more of their hard-earned money in their wallets, Ms. Aichele helped to eliminate pay raises for elected officials—a decision that was unpopular among her fellow civil servants and politicians, but one that taxpayers really admire. This saved Chester Countians more than $7.7 million in tax dollars. Ms. Aichele can also take credit for Chester County boasting one of the lowest unemployment rates in Pennsylvania.
So, what is Carol Aichele’s vision for Pennsylvania? Since announcing her candidacy last June Ms. Aichele has spent time on the road visiting with voters all over the state, including Erie, the Poconos, Pittsburgh, and, of course, Philadelphia. This month alone Ms. Aichele visited Warren, Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Allegheny and Indiana counties to hear from voters and garner support from local and state GOP caucuses. In a message on the Pennsylvania GOP’s Web site site Ms. Aichele explains that what voters are telling her is that “To get Pennsylvania back on track, we need to limit government spending and make private sector job creation number one priority.” In a statement on her campaign Web site carolaichele.com she writes, “We stand on the threshold of a new chapter in Pennsylvania’s history, one of smaller, more efficient government, lower taxes and economic prosperity for all. I hope that I can earn your support so that together we can create a new beginning for Pennsylvania and give our families the government they want and deserve.”
So, what do others think of this life-long Republican, Cornell University graduate, wife of a Navy veteran, mother of three, and grandmother? The Philadelphia Chapter of Women in Transportation awarded her their coveted Woman of the Year award for her work as a civil servant and a private citizen, and the Chester County March of Dimes awarded her their Woman of Achievement for Public Service award in 2002.
Ms. Aichele is among the three frontrunners for the GOP nomination. The other two contenders are Rev. Joe Watkins from Philadelphia and Jim Cawley from Bucks County. Like Joe Watkins, Ms. Aichele would bring a certain balance to a Tom Corbett ticket, since Mr. Corbett is from Western Pennsylvania and she’s from a Philadelphia suburb. Mr. Corbett, the GOP frontrunner for Governor, is unambiguously pro-life. In a telephone interview, Ms. Aichele stated that she maintained right-of-center views on abortion and she supports Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act, a law that puts severe restrictions on abortions performed in Pennsylvania. Ms. Aichele indicated that she wouldn’t do anything to weaken existing laws in this area. She also stated that she is against partial birth abortions.
In a recent statement regarding who the Southeast GOP caucus will support, Ms. Aichele writes, “The words of the Southeast Chairman in the press release about the caucus meeting were carefully crafted to tell the rest of the state that the Southeast has not one, but two favorite candidates. I received considerable support, as did my colleague from Bucks County. At this point in the campaign, the Southeast Caucus has not gotten behind a single candidate, but has narrowed their support to two. I am honored and grateful for their support. The bottom line is this: The expression of dual support from the Southeast Caucus is gratifying to me personally and gives our campaign extra momentum.”
Ms. Aichele announced her candidacy for Lt. Governor in June of last year, stating that she’d “spoken with people statewide, grass-roots folks, and the response has been really very positive. People said they found that I’d be a very positive balance to the ticket.” Positive would certainly be a good word to describe what she’s done for Chester Countians in her seven years as county commissioner.
Despite a severe recession nationally, Chester County’s economy has actually grown and Chester County taxes are among the lowest in the Southeast region, much to Ms. Aichele’s credit. Forbes.com recently rated Chester County as one of the top ten counties in which to raise a family, a quality-of-life rating that Ms. Aichele is proud to have helped create. She states, “The Forbes rating underscores what Chester Countians have known for some time, and that is that Chester County is a great place to live. I’m happy to have been part of making Chester County what it is today.”
In terms of helping her constituents keep more of their hard-earned money in their wallets, Ms. Aichele helped to eliminate pay raises for elected officials—a decision that was unpopular among her fellow civil servants and politicians, but one that taxpayers really admire. This saved Chester Countians more than $7.7 million in tax dollars. Ms. Aichele can also take credit for Chester County boasting one of the lowest unemployment rates in Pennsylvania.
So, what is Carol Aichele’s vision for Pennsylvania? Since announcing her candidacy last June Ms. Aichele has spent time on the road visiting with voters all over the state, including Erie, the Poconos, Pittsburgh, and, of course, Philadelphia. This month alone Ms. Aichele visited Warren, Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Allegheny and Indiana counties to hear from voters and garner support from local and state GOP caucuses. In a message on the Pennsylvania GOP’s Web site site Ms. Aichele explains that what voters are telling her is that “To get Pennsylvania back on track, we need to limit government spending and make private sector job creation number one priority.” In a statement on her campaign Web site carolaichele.com she writes, “We stand on the threshold of a new chapter in Pennsylvania’s history, one of smaller, more efficient government, lower taxes and economic prosperity for all. I hope that I can earn your support so that together we can create a new beginning for Pennsylvania and give our families the government they want and deserve.”
So, what do others think of this life-long Republican, Cornell University graduate, wife of a Navy veteran, mother of three, and grandmother? The Philadelphia Chapter of Women in Transportation awarded her their coveted Woman of the Year award for her work as a civil servant and a private citizen, and the Chester County March of Dimes awarded her their Woman of Achievement for Public Service award in 2002.
Ms. Aichele is among the three frontrunners for the GOP nomination. The other two contenders are Rev. Joe Watkins from Philadelphia and Jim Cawley from Bucks County. Like Joe Watkins, Ms. Aichele would bring a certain balance to a Tom Corbett ticket, since Mr. Corbett is from Western Pennsylvania and she’s from a Philadelphia suburb. Mr. Corbett, the GOP frontrunner for Governor, is unambiguously pro-life. In a telephone interview, Ms. Aichele stated that she maintained right-of-center views on abortion and she supports Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act, a law that puts severe restrictions on abortions performed in Pennsylvania. Ms. Aichele indicated that she wouldn’t do anything to weaken existing laws in this area. She also stated that she is against partial birth abortions.
In a recent statement regarding who the Southeast GOP caucus will support, Ms. Aichele writes, “The words of the Southeast Chairman in the press release about the caucus meeting were carefully crafted to tell the rest of the state that the Southeast has not one, but two favorite candidates. I received considerable support, as did my colleague from Bucks County. At this point in the campaign, the Southeast Caucus has not gotten behind a single candidate, but has narrowed their support to two. I am honored and grateful for their support. The bottom line is this: The expression of dual support from the Southeast Caucus is gratifying to me personally and gives our campaign extra momentum.”
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