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Robb aides look ahead
RICHMOND—In the fall, a young politician’s fancy turns to finding a new job. In the administration of Gov. Charles S. Robb, at least a dozen people already have left or made plans for the end of his term—generally outside of government.
“I’ve been a newspaper reporter and in politics, and now I want to learn how business operates,” said George Stoddart, the governor’s press secretary who will become assistant to the chairman of Circuit City in February.
Governors in Virginia can’t succeed themselves. On Jan. 11, a new governor, either Democrat Gerald Baliles or Republican Wyatt Durrette, will be inaugurated.
Stoddart, a former political reporter for the Winchester Star, will serve out Robb’s four-year term. So will chief of staff David McCloud, who will become operating vice president of the Center for Innovative Technology. Others already have left, most of them for business or the half-private world of academia.
Tim Sullivan, executive assistant for policy and planning, is now dean of the law school at the College of William & Mary. Charles Sydnor, once Robb’s speech writer, is president of Emory and Henry College.
Judith Johnson, executive assistant for cabinet support, went to Systems Management American Corp. in Norfolk. Robert Grey was an Alcoholic Beverage Control commissioner who just joined the Richmond law firm of Mays, Valentine.
Former Secretary of Administration Wayne Anderson is teaching at George Mason University. John Casteen left the office of education secretary to become president of the University of Connecticut.
Mines in ‘rough shape9
WISE — Safety inspectors from the United Mine Workers union found small coal mines in southwest Virginia in “rough shape” during checks that are part of a three-state inspection program.
Robert Phillips, a safety inspector with UMW District 28, said Friday his team inspected five coal mines this week, all small lease mines with 50 employees or less.
“Every mine we’ve been to has had several different types of violations, some of them serious, some of them not so serious,” he said. “But they’ve all been in
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