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It happens all the time in Virginia and elsewhere. Virginia governors, blessed with the power of a couple of thousand appointments to various boards and commissions, put old friends and supporters in positions that impact heavily on transportation, surface mining, fishing and hunting, air and water quality, agriculture, education and lots more.
Therefore, some of his fellow Democrats who are giving Gov. Wilder heat about patronage matters show a surprising naivete about how things really work — or else they are merely disturbed because the Governor is paying more attention to others than them.
A recent Washington Post story led off by saying Gov. Wilder and key advisors notably Chief of Staff Jay Shropshire, were drawing com
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