VCC Magazine Spring 2020

V irginia C apitol C onnections , S pring 2020 3 Spring 2020 Volume 26 Number 2 • Editor-in-Chief –Bonnie Atwood • Assistant Editor – Cierra Parks • Student Editors –Hannah King • Publisher –David Bailey • Art Director –John Sours School Distribution –schools@capitolsquare.com • Advertising –Ads@CapitolSquare.com • 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 2020, 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. C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE On The Web www.vccqm.org 4 Mornings are very different now 5 General Assembly Opens a Door for Today’s Economy 5 Virginia Needs an all-mail-in ballot plan for the November Election 6 Two Cheers for Electoral Reform in Virginia 8 Use the SMELL test to sniff out ‘fake news’ 9 New Legislators Speak Up 10 Two Democratic Constants in a Sea of Historic Change 12 Reflections of a Veteran Lobbyist 13 My Rookie Year 14 Girl Scout Legislative Day 15 Virginia War Memorial Opens New Center 16 2020 Session Guests on This Week in Richmond 19 Pandemic Prompts Tents 20 House and Senate Administrative Assistants 21 2020 Session, Pocahontas and Capitol 22 Association and Business Directory 22 The First Citizen Award page 5 WATTS About the cover… Our cover was designed by Skylar Brement, a rising sophomore at the University of Virginia. She is majoring in Political Science and Environmental Science. page 8 SOUTH page 5 FARNSWORTH page 10 ALDERSON page 6 RUSH Legislative Staff Directory in summer issue