Former Gov. Doug Wilder weighs in on Parole Board controversy: The people of Virginia deserve a whole bunch of answers
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RICHMOND, Va. The day after Gov. Ralph Northamâs office released a statement from Virginiaâs top watchdog, declaring The parole board is not an autonomous agency: it serves and they all serve at the pleasure of the governor,â former Governor Doug Wilder said Tuesday, weighing in on the embattled parole board. âQuite frankly, I ll say this to you, if I would ve known nothing of it and this happened, I wouldn t investigate whether the parole board should be dismissed or gotten rid of, I would do it and then find out how it got to be this way.