October 20, 2025 is the deadline to register to vote in the 2025 municipal election.
OUR ROADMAP FOR WRIGHTSVILLE
A Plan for Prosperity and Harmony
OUR ROADMAP FOR WRIGHTSVILLE
A Plan for Prosperity and Harmony
Meet the Candidates
Alexander Lehman
Candidate for Council
Chad Livelsberger
Candidate for Council
Eric J. White
Councilmember
Candidate for Re-election
Kathleen J. Abel
Candidate for Council
Michael A. Albert
Candidate for Mayor
Our Platform
As with any candidate running for Borough Council, our team agrees that Wrightsville is a nice place to live that has unique opportunities for the future. All the candidates up for election are passionate about this place they call home, where they will or have raised their children, or even if they’ve been here a short time. Every candidate wants to work with their neighbors to build common ground, have transparent leadership, and ensure a vibrant future for Wrightsville. We all want to revitalize Hallam Street and support small businesses. These are foundational qualities that drive an individual to run for Council in the first place.
The question is, “How are you going to accomplish what you promised?”
Well, we’ve got a plan based on experience, observation, education, and conversation. Our mission is to focus on factors that will make our local economy grow and remain stable, to secure Wrightsville’s position as a historical and outdoor recreation destination in Pennsylvania, and a top rated place to raise a family, build a career, cherish special times with grandchildren, or enjoy your retirement.
Our Platform
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water…
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water…
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water…
First, our current Council members are not out of touch, they are all – every single one – good hearted people volunteering their time, effort and expertise to support Wrightsville. Over the next few months, as some of the current Council move on and newly elected officials replace them, Wrightsville will not have changed, and continuity is critical. We believe in order to get where you want to go, you first have to know where you are.
New Council members will have a long way to go if they expect to do better than our current team. Recall the accomplishments of the current Council members:
- Acquired over $7 million in grants over the last 10 years, while holding the line on taxes for 8 years.
- Succeeded in bringing Wrightsville beyond the limitations of the archaic wards to the open voting of the precincts with no impact to the voting locations for residents.
- Worked with YCEA and a grant from DCED to add Wrightsville to the to the Trail Towns in York County. That marked the beginning of a focused effort to develop Wrightsville's connection to trails like the Mason Dixon Trail. Today Wrightsville has 12 Trail-town businesses, more than any other borough or township.
- Worked closely with PennDOT as they undertake a major project on the Route 462 bridge. Improvements include enhanced trail connections to the Mason Dixon Trail and Riverfront Park. These enhancements will include ADA-compliant access points including one of the first ADA-accessible kayak ramps in York County.
We respect the outgoing council members and hope to have their support as we go forward.
Our Secret Sauce…
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water…
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water…
Our plan is supported by the two years of work our Planning team has already done on the Hellam Hallam Wrightsville Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan (HHW Plan). These three municipalities are among the early adopters of the joint municipality approach to ensuring growth.
We consider ourselves fortunate to have Eric White on Council. Yes, he’s the one that’s in all the pictures, but he’s there, supporting his community and cheering on the volunteers. Eric grew up in West Hempfield Township. He’s lived in Wrightsville for more than 20 years and has always been dedicated to this place he calls home. He’s been a fierce supporter of Wrightsville, guardian of the financials, and unequaled at lobbying every level for the Borough.
Eric has been involved first hand not only with the long range strategy for Wrightsville, but also with the Route 462 bridge repair project, the River Front Park improvements, the Susquehanna National Heritage Area project, the Trail Town project, and with every major grant awarded to Wrightsville in recent years. He’s been instrumental in Wrightsville’s rise to fame in Pennsylvania’s outdoor recreation economy.
While it may not make him popular with some, he keeps a close eye on taxpayers’ money. He heads the negotiations for ambulance, fire and police protection contracts for Wrightsville.
But Eric doesn’t work in isolation. He works with engineers of every kind, and as many funding sources as there are. He is well known and highly regarded at county level agencies that support Wrightsville and has valuable relationships with legislators at the state level.
Eric also relies on many community members, none of whom, including Eric, want anything in return for what they do.
About Borough Council and Ethics
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water…
Wrightsville Isn’t the First Borough
An ethical protest is one rooted in promoting the well-being of constituents or advocating for the municipality's interests. As private citizens, elected officials have a First Amendment right to free speech and assembly. As public officials, they also have a sworn duty to avoid conflicts of interest, uphold public trust, and manage government affairs impartially. When protesting, officials must balance these roles carefully.
Having seen no specific statements as to how it would benefit our borough, it is our team’s belief that flaunting posters with clown faces pasted over our elected officials photographs and carrying signs with negative statements targeting elected Republicans did cross the line. Their protest was not preceded by publicly identifying any specific ways such protest would benefit Wrightsville. Nor did they document having worked with our state legislators directly to resolve a Wrightsville specific issue. As a result, such protest did nothing to support Wrightsville, and possibly even damaged relationships that are important to our opportunities for grants.
Furthermore, this activity does not support our opposing candidates’ claims to be representing all political parties.
Also important to note: It is profoundly unethical for Borough Council members to intentionally spread misinformation to cause division in the community. Such actions violate the fundamental principles of public service, which require that elected officials serve the public with integrity and work toward the common good. We won’t tolerate it.
Wrightsville Isn’t the First Borough
Wrightsville Isn’t the First Borough
Wrightsville Isn’t the First Borough
Wrightsville isn’t broken. It doesn’t need fixed. Our belief is that what we experience in Wrightsville is no different than in other similar boroughs among the 956 boroughs in Pennsylvania. Borough Council members are basically volunteers learning as they go to manage the Borough. Residents do their best to support their community, but sometimes they need direction or assistance.
Let’s not reinvent the wheel. It’s mind-boggling how much Pennsylvania and York County have to offer to assist small municipalities to be successful and work together. We must keep open minds, learn from our peers, and work through the inevitable challenges.
Then let’s do a good job of passing on what we’ve learned to the next generation of council members.
Our Invisible Foe
Wrightsville Isn’t the First Borough
Our Invisible Foe
One thing's for sure, we don’t agree that Wrightsville and its residents deserve damage to its reputation because of misinformation. For example, the disagreements such as whether we have wards or precincts was fierce but unfounded. Now that we have successfully voted in an election in our precincts, voters agree the only difference is having the ability to vote for 3 or 4 candidates instead of one.
By law, the Borough was forced to pay tens of thousands in legal fees because, with the support of two Council members, the mayor vetoed the change to precincts. Wrightsville could have used those funds to provide summertime meals for our children, to help pay for increased costs for vital services such as ambulance, fire and police protection, or to help residents in need with property maintenance issues.
Instead of being able to work out the differences without interference, Wrightsville’s reputation suffered when the local TV stations and newspaper covered the event as though it were a soap opera. We need our good reputation so that good people want to move to Wrightsville.
We have a plan to fight misinformation, the invisible foe.