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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Rappahannock New. Special Writer
After the ball is over, so the old song goes, many a heart may be broken.
And now that the historic inagural of L. Douglas Wilder, with all its accompanying revelry, is over, many a heart is about to be wrenched in Richmond.
First there will be the inevitable matter of disappointed job seekers. Oply a handful of those who volunteer to serve in the new administration either in paid positions or on various board and commissions can be chosen. «
That’s the way it always is no matter who is chief executive. In the wake of a successful campaign there are many thousands of people who believe their crucial contributions, whether in terms of money or effort, should be rewarded.
Yet the task of gently turning down most of the supplicants»may be thfe least of Wilder’s worries when it
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