Douglas Wilder

Named 271 times. These are the 271 blocks the name was read from, in the order the paper printed them.

Jul 16, 1992 By PATRICK GRAHAM ...MICHAEL SCULLY Tim*s-I)emocrat Special Writers ALEXANDRIA — It wasn’t long after Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and billionaire Jack Kent Cooke sang a chorus of “Hail to the Redskins” that state lawmakers began throwing penalty flags. “I don’t have all the...
Jul 23, 1992 By SHARON KILPATRICK ...the General Assembly are mostly taking a “wait and see" attitude towards Gov. Douglas Wilder’s deal with Jack Kent Cooke to move the Washington Redskins team to Alexandria. “I’m in favor of a stadium being built in Virginia, but I...
Oct 1, 1992 on that committee. on that committee. Mrs. Lynch noted that botH President George Bush and Gov,' Douglas Wilder had proposeed cut^ in library funding. She said that Congress had put back most of Pres! ident Bush’s cuts, and library pa, trons need to...
Oct 15, 1992 caregivers to feel competent and ...at 8296747. Deadline to register is Oct. 15. Homemakers celebrate week Gov. L. Douglas Wilder has designated Oct. 11-17 as Extension Homemakers Week in Virginia. It will be celebrated with a variety of community service and educational programs throughout the...
Nov 4, 1992 Standard and Poor’s (S&P) revised its outlook on the ...on the state’s general obligation debt. In response to the news, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder said, “I am pleased to see Standard and Poor’s acknowledge all we’ve done to put our fiscal house in order and ensure Virginia’s fiscal stability...
Nov 18, 1992 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...the same time keeping up with the times. It happened in 1989 when Douglas Wilder became the first black ever elected governor of any state, a radical departure from tradition. Yet while Virginia was leading the way for the rest...
Nov 25, 1992 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...seat lead to 7-4. The minuses are the increasingly bitter words between Gov. Douglas Wilder and Ms. Terry'about the w ay the Wilder administration has handled the Virginia Retirement System, particularly its real estate branch, RF&P Corporation, as w-ell as...
Dec 16, 1992 By JEFF NELSON By JEFF NELSON ArC'om Newspaper* Stale Writer HERNDON — Gov. L. Douglas Wilder said last week that he expects broad support for new guncontrol measures during the coming General Assembly, though pro-gun forces are quickly organizing against them. " Wilder...
Dec 16, 1992 By JEFFNELSON ...will have to pull itself out with incentives to businesses, said Gov. L. Douglas Wilder in an interview with the ArCom Newspapers Editorial Board Dec. 11. Wilder said the state’s finances give the appearance of improvement but that he will...
Dec 23, 1992 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...role in the handling of a tape recording of a conversation between Gov. Douglas Wilder and a wealthy Tidewater supporter. > Robb’s attorneys have been working around the clock to try to persuade the Department of Justice to drop the...
Jan 13, 1993 By Patrick Graham Rappahannock News Special Writer One has ...predict,” said former Attorney General J. Marshall Coleman, who lost to Gov. L. Douglas Wilder in 1989. “All three men are strong candidates,
Jan 13, 1993 Williams ...of the Times newspapers last Friday, Williams criticized the administration of Gov. L. Douglas Wilder for failing to promote economic development throughout the state. “We’ve been soft-pickings for everyone,” said Williams, referring to the flight of , businesses from Virginia...
Jan 13, 1993 By Patrick Graham Rappahannock News Special Writer The 1993 ...session opens today, with lawmakers poised to battle each other and Gov. L. Douglas Wilder over gun control, abortion, highway funding and taxes. N. Facing the 140 lawmakers, will be Wilder’s proposals to raise state employee salaries, to require cleanerrunning...
Jan 20, 1993 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Cindy Mahan Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Cindy Mahan Gov. Douglas Wilder, right, leads Bill and Hillary Clinton and Tipper and A1 Gore out of Culpeper Baptist Church following services last Sunday. Cable and street lights intertwined
Jan 27, 1993 Politics as usual ...their defeat in November, 1989. That race for Governor between Marshall Coleman and Douglas Wilder was marked by personal attacks and the worst came from Coleman’s camp. The press release that drifted into this office took a pot shot at...
Jan 27, 1993 By PATRICK GRAHAM By PATRICK GRAHAM Rappahannock N*wa Special Writer RICHMOND-About 15 months ago, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder unveiled what environmentalists called a corAprehensive and visionary plan to clesm the air of Northern Virginia. But now after a year of intense lobbying from...
Jan 27, 1993 Age limits Age limits are dropped for farmers RICHMOND - Gov. L. Douglas Wilder signed an emergency regulation Jan. 15 returning Virginia’A minimum age to 16 for working with most farm machinery. 2, Wilder’s changes will be in effect for a year...
Feb 10, 1993 By PATRICK GRAHAM ...competing yet similar bills that would limit handgun purchases, essentially handing Gov. L. Douglas Wilder his most noteworthy victory of his last year in office. The Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday approved the one-handgun-a-month measure, after rejecting the night...
Feb 10, 1993 Arundel put Arundel put oh race panel Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder announced this week the appointment of news executive and horseman Arthur W. Arundel of The Plains to a new five-year term as a member of the Virginia Racing Commission. ^Lrundel, founder...
Feb 17, 1993 because Gov. L. Douglas Wilder endorsed it without first because Gov. L. Douglas Wilder endorsed it without first telling him. Nevertheless, the gun-related legislation, most of which is expected to become law, is winning bipartisan support. “Everyone is missing the point that these bills will do a lot to...
Mar 3, 1993 By PATRICK GRAHAM By PATRICK GRAHAM Rappahannock News Special Writer Will Gov. L. Douglas Wilder challenge beleaguered U.S. Sen. Charles Robb in 1994? From what Wilder has been uttering lately about his fellow Democrat, the nation’s first black governor sounds like someone gearing...
Mar 3, 1993 By PATRICK GRAHAM ...Republican lawmakers voted last month to enact a modified version of Gov. L. Douglas Wilder’s proposal limiting handgun purchases to one a month, they killed a potent campaign issue. For urban and suburban Republicans especially, Democratic and independent challengers could...
Mar 3, 1993 billion over the last two years, the report showed. ...the military personnel and shipbuilding industries of the NorfolkVirginia Beach area. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and other state officials are worried that Virginia’s economy may suffer dramatically under the defense cuts, as has California’s economy. Since 1991, California’s defense-dependent economy...
Mar 10, 1993 By BILL WALSH ...massive defense restructuring, he said. However, while speaking with reporters Tuesday, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder said one base was scheduled for closure in Northern Virginia and he believed it was to be Vint Hill. Gov. Wilder said he had received...
Mar 10, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK By JOHN GOOLRICK Rappahannock News Special Writer L. Douglas Wilder has been the underdog throughout most of his political career and the betting may be against him should be decide to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Charles S. Robb for the...
Apr 21, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...what had seemed to be an escalating feud between Terry and Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, one potentially harmful to her candidacy, has been mysteriously tamped down with Wilder opting to train his sights on Sen. Charles Robb. The Democratic ticket...
Jun 2, 1993 I he Virginia State Police recently released regulations governing ...new one-gun-per-30days-law, which goes into effect July The statute, proposed by Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and approved by the General Assembly this year, makes it “unlawful for any person not a licensed firearms dealer to purchase more than one handgun...
Jun 23, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...person of little charisma; Chichester was quoted as a 100-1 favorite to beat Douglas Wilder by noted analyst Larry Sabato; and it was felt O’Brien’s infectious smile and winning personality would carry the day against little-known House of Delegtes member...
Jul 7, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...Sue Terry must have been thinking at least a bit about the escalating Wilder-Robb war, one that may turn out to be her party’s Yugoslavia. When you can raise $150,000 in a single evening, as Ms. Terry did, and when...
Aug 11, 1993 By BILL WALSH ...a lengthy, two-part expose in the Richmond Times-Dispatch in early July, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder ordered an investigation into the VOF’s activities. The Richmond newspaper alleged that the foundation was offering “sweetheart” land deals to several county residents who had...
Aug 18, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK By JOHN GOOLRICK Gov. L. Douglas Wilder says he Wfill run for U.S. Senate next year as a Democrat and not an independent. While there is still a chance he may change his mind about that, perhaps the governor may...
Sep 29, 1993 To the Editor: This morning on C-SPAN a black ...the most discriminatory employer I have ever worked with. As governor, neither L. Douglas Wilder, his political appointees nor the other black elected state politicians have done anything to assure fairness in the Virginia workplace.
Sep 29, 1993 echelon advisors to Jim Miller, former director of the ...do both his prospective opponents, incumbent Sen. Charles S. Robb and Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who will either challenge Robb for the Democratic nomination or run as a third-party independent. And in the absence of an independent candidate who was...
Oct 27, 1993 By SHARON KILPATRICK By SHARON KILPATRICK Rappahannock News Staff Writer The race to succeed L. Douglas Wilder as Governor of Virginia has changed complexion completely during the campaign. The Democratic candidate Mary Sue Terry enjoyed an impressive early lead which has evaporated as...
Oct 27, 1993 Republicans ...expected of you to do. Four years ago the Rappahannock News endorsed L. Douglas Wilder and the voters of Rappahannock went for Mr. Coleman. We can only hope the voters view all the facts and make their own decision this...
Dec 1, 1993 and other services. Haymarket resident Isabelle Washington said the ...vacancy caused by the September resignation of former lieutenant-governor I’red Pollard. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is expected to name a replacement soon. Last week’s Prince William vote
Dec 1, 1993 Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder announced last week that Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder announced last week that the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority (VSBFA) will expand it$ Loan Guaranty Program to assisj Virginia companies by raising the maximum guaranty amount $250,000. :» “The expansion of this prograiti allows...
Dec 15, 1993 I—--1 But though Miller insists on a positive campaign, ...with high negatives. Since potential Democratic nominees incumbent Senator Charles Robb and Gov. Douglas Wilder have similarly high negatives, the nomination of North by Republicans Would wipe out the advantage of taking on an opponent with high negatives. Putting up...
Dec 29, 1993 Virginia farmers are gearing up for their annual budget ...and Consumer Service all face the loss of more funding under Gov. L. Douglas Wilder's final twoyear budget plan, released Dec. 20. The plan called for a .j-percent cut in Extension spending for each year of the biennium, reducing its...
Dec 29, 1993 the affected landowners were happy ■ with this proposal. ...his-; tory in western Prince William County near Haymarket. Both outgoing Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and incoming governor George Allen supported the Disney project, but opposition was quickly organized led by the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Goose Creek; Association and...