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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Rappahannock New* Special Writer
Despite the campaign rhetoric, anyone who expects Gov.-elect L. Douglas Wilder’s administration to be a du'ect extension of the RobbBaliles years is likely to be fooled.
It’s not that Gov.-elect Wilder won’t continue many of the centrist policies that got his predecessors elected and maintained their popularity. His appointment of veteran State Senate clerk Jay Shropshire as his chief of staff sends a signal to moderate conservatives he’ll stay in the mainstream.
But the Wilder style, a product of nearly two decades spent as a state Senator and lieutenant-governor, is far more populist and maverick than that of Charles Robb or Gerald Baliles.
Gov. Robb was a buttoned-down governor with conservative instincts and cautious ways. Capital reporters , knew him as a man who kept his guard up to avoid statements that might smack of controversy and ■ .sought consensus among General Assembly members.
Gov. Baliles surprised many observers with his bold initiative on transportation, but for the most part he operated in the traditional noni confrontational mannner of Virginia chief executives, though he leaves office with the enmity of many striking southwest Virginia coal miners who feel he betrayed their trust.
Enter Gov.-elect Wilder to lead the “New Dominion,” a politician who entered the legislature in the
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