Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones took control of City Hall in January, promising an era of openness in the administration’s dealings with the City Council and reporters. “I’m going to take the muzzle off,“ he said, referring to employees who feared a backlash from Mayor L. Douglas Wilder if they spoke to council members or the news media.

Four senior aides to former Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder won’t be part of the new administration of Mayor Dwight C. Jones. Wilder’s press secretary, Linwood Norman, as well as Senior Policy Adviser Kim Neal, Policy Adviser and nephew Isaac Graves and Director of Minority Business Development Rita Henderson are no longer employed by the city, spokesman Michael Wallace said yesterday.