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Virginia Capitol Connections, Spring 2017 3
Spring 2017
Volume 23 Number 2 • Editor–Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Assistant Editor–Hayley Allison • Publisher–David Bailey • Art Director–John Sours • School Distribution–
Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Advertising– • Printer–Wordsprint • Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 1076-4577) is published by:
Virginia Capitol Connections • 1108 East Main Street • Suite 1200 • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 643-5554 • Copyright 2017, Virginia Capitol Connections, Inc. All rights
reserved. The views expressed in the articles of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine, a non-partisan publication, are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher.
On the Cover
The view from David Bailey Associates, Capitol Place.
C O N T E N T S
VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE
On The Web
Carry
the Torch
page 6
EVERETT
Virginia
Legislative
Staff
page 19
Open
Government
page 5
RHYNE
A Republic
If You Can
Keep It
page 7 HYLAND
Fake News
page 4
MERRITT
TRANSPARENCY
4 Fake News
5 Open Government
6 Carrying on the Torch: Standing Up for an Open Government
7 A Republic If You Can Keep It
8 Legislating Ethics–Increasing Trust in Elected Officials
9 EVa
10 Procurement Transparency = Good Government +
Good for Businesses
ELECTION
11 Race to Replace McAuliffe kicks off with Party Primaries
in June
11 The Gerrymandering Jackpot – and Our Unconstitutional
System of Elections
FEATURES
12 Tom Hyland: Foundation in Truth
14 Now What?
14 The Extremes of Virginia
16 The Photography of Wanda Judd
18 Uniting Virginia Against Human Trafficking
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
19 Virginia Legislative Staff
26 Virginia Continues to Expand its Capacity to Honor Veterans
with Final Resting Places that Commemorate Their Service
and Sacrifice to our Nation
28 Democracy In Action
30 Transition
31 100 Years of Career and Technical Education and Looking
to the Future
32 VSCA Legislative Day 2017
33 Girl Scout Legislative Day in Richmond
34 Association and Business Directory