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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Rappahannock New* Special Writer
In 1989, so the story goes, Charlottesville billionaire John Kluge gave $100,000 to the gubernatorial campaign of Democrat L. Douglas Wilder.
Shortly afterward, Republican nominee J. Marshall Coleman called Kluge and suggested he donate a similar amount to his campaign.
Irritated by the call from Coleman, Kluge then gave Wilder another $100,000.
Fat cats like Kluge and others can afford the luxury of contributing heavily to their chosen candidates for public office. And in Virginia where the only limit of such contributions has been the sky that has often been the case.
Now an ethics panel chosen by Gov. Wilder, the man who took Kluge’s huge donation, has strongly recommended that sweeping changes be made in the way campaign financing is handled in the state.
The chief recommendation is that donations to candidates for governor, lieutenant governor or attorney general be limited to $10,000 from any individual or group. '
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