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daunting task of implementing his policies in an atmosphere that will likely be super-charged with partisanship now that the State Senate and House of Delegates will be almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.
Gilmore demonstrated in his campaign, centering on repeal of the car tax, his ability and determination to single-mindedly pursue his goals and stay focused even when some, including this columnist, believed he should broaden the scope of issues he addressed. I hereby declare myself and others politically wrong and Gilmore right.
Even so with his landslide election stemming from the car tax pledge he has an opportunity to demonstrate that he is far more than a onedimensional politician who knows the music to only a single song.
I think Governor Allen has been one of the best chief executives of modern times, but I also think he made a big mistake on inaugural day 1994 when he made one of the most fiercely partisan speeches I’ve ever heard — and I’ve been present for 10 starting with the inaugural of J. Lindsay Almond in 1958.
I had written Allen to suggest that most inaugural speeches are quickly forgotten but that he try to make his memorable by invoking the memory of his hero, Jefferson, whose old district he had represented in the House of Delegates. Instead, Allen made it memorable by the broadside he launched against
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