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ing Jay Shropshire his chief of staff and the wrong choice in annointing Paul Goldman as the new chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party.
Mr. Shropshire, who is from Martinsville and is a protege of Speaker of the House A.L. Philpott, was clerk of the Virginia Senate for years and has been one of Wilder’s closest confidants during his years in the Senate and as Lt. Governor.
The new governor respects Mr. Shropshire’s intelligence and ability and, even most importantly, has abosolute trust in his political instincts.
Above and beyond that Gov. Wilder also gets a huge bonus in Mr. Shropshire, a man who is among the best-dressed personalities at the Capitol and who is an absolute stickler for detail.
That complements Gov. Wilder, who is one of those leaders who always has a clear view of the big picture but has the reputation of a politician who isn’t much on detail. People who have been around him for years says he has an intense dislike for paper shuffling and the various fluff that invariably crosses the desk of even the most important public officials.
With Mr. Shropshire as his chief advisor and guardian of the gubernatorial door, Gov. Wilder can focus on the grand scheme of things and be assured that he won’t be embarassed because someone forgot to dot an “i” or cross a “t”.
According to reliable reports, Mr. Shropshire took command of the ship immediately and made it clear to all staff that he expected to know about everything they were doing on the Governor’s behalf.
Said one source closely connected to the administration, “Everything and everybody goes through Jay. You can’t get near Doug without his permission. He’s like Haldeman was with Nixon.”
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