Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 17, 1992 TAG: 9201170525
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ROB EURE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Medium
WILDER REPORTS TRAVEL
Official business and his erstwhile presidential campaign took Gov. Douglas Wilder away from Virginia more than one in three days during 1991, according to his state financial disclosure report released Thursday.Despite a record-setting year for out-of-state jaunts, Wilder's travel budget in 1991 was slightly less than his reported expenses for the previous year, when his dinner-circuit and talk-show travel was nearly as extensive.
While spending all or part of 147 days away from home, Wilder rolled up $85,257 in expenses last year, of which $40,427 was paid for by Virginia taxpayers.
Once Wilder's presidential exploratory committee was formed in March, he began billing much of his travel to it. He ran up $21,433 in presidential expenses - much of which was paid to the state for use of state airplanes or helicopters.
In 1990, Wilder was on the road 102 days, spending $85,652.
Although Wilder's travel pace was sometimes breathtaking last year, he made an effort to sleep in Richmond as often as possible. He stayed away only 55 nights, and 28 of those were on lengthy trade missions - to Europe and Taiwan in June and to Japan, Korea and Hong Kong in October.
Easily his most frequent destination was Washington, D.C., where he often mixed official and political business. Wilder made several appearances on talk shows such as "Meet the Press" and "This Week with David Brinkley," and attended a celebrity roast for conservative columnist and now Republican presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan.
Wilder took the state helicopter to see two Washington Redskins games, trips for which he personally reimbursed the state.
Wilder also disclosed stock holdings in the Richmond Marriott Hotel, which he valued at less than $50,000, and in the building that houses his former law firm in the city's Church Hill section. Missing from the report was any account of a trust Wilder created in 1986 to manage several other pieces of real estate.
He listed several gifts of art, including an "ornate gold framed picture of King Tut, Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt," given by Dr. Mohammed Abed of Richmond and valued at $400. Wilder reported accepting gifts totaling $3,060.
\ BEYER/TERRY\ HIGHLIGHTS OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
\ DON BEYER
Financial: Vice president, secretary and treasurer of Don Beyer Motors Inc., Falls Church. Liabilities and stocks valued at more than $50,000.
Trips: Travel paid for by United Co. of Bristol for an appearance at United Way of Southwest Virginia, $819; by Hazel and Thomas law firm for trip to Richmond Cerebral Palsy, $991; by Philip Morris U.S.A. for trip to Washington, $1,381; by Coca-Cola Co. for trip to Charlotte, N.C., $3,424.
\ MARY SUE TERRY Financial: Stocks in Piedmont Bank Group valued at less
than $50,000.
Trips: Travel paid by Jewish Community Federation of Richmond for trip to Israel, $3,975; by the state for trips to National Association of Attorneys General meetings in Washington, D.C.; Seattle; and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., $3,247; by Emory & Henry College for trip to deliver a commencement address, $2,045.
Gifts: Include membership in the Jewish Community Center's Health Center, given by the center and valued at $595; a sports pass at Wintergreen Resort in Nelson County, given by the resort and valued at $1,355; and a Montblanc Pen, given by Randolph Macon Women's College and valued at $250.