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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Politicians as a group have a human tendency to look out for those who look out for them — and Governor L. Douglas Wilder is certainly no exception.
While it is true once someone is elected Governor or Senator or to Congress, that person is the representative of all the people within his or her jurisdiction no matter how anyone might have voted, is is also true that no elected public official can be totally divorced from political considerations.
When Gov. Wilder named Patricia Kluge to the board of visitors of the University of Virginia, it was hardly because of her academic background or unique ability to guide the policies of Mr. Jefferson’s school.
The bottom line was that her billionaire husband had pumped several hundred thousand dollars into Wilder’s gubernatorial campaign and the appointment was a political payoff.
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