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Virginia Capitol C onnections, Summer 2016 3
4 From Saigon to Brigadier General
6 Opioid Crisis Inspires Community, Health Care,
Government Collaboration
7 Restoration of Rights Facts
8 Restoration of Rights Counterpoints: Pro
9 estoration of Rights Counterpoints: Con
10 How the Virginia Housing Development Authority Helps
Grow Virginia’s Economy with Affordable Housing
11 Hurricane Season Preparedness:
Resilience is Shared Responsibility
12 Business Leadership to Secure Virginia’s Energy Future
13 The “Communicator of Achievement” Achieves
Impossible Dreams…
14 Reading the Tea Leaves: Do the Virginia Presidential
Primaries Offer a Clue to November’s Vote?
16 The Photography of Wanda Judd
18 The Great Unsettling
20 Capital Region Caucus Revived But Will It Continue?
22 Virginia School Divisions Showcase the Governor’s STEM
Academies and Governor’s Health Sciences Academies
23 All Schools Need To Be Charter Schools
24 My Political Hero
25 Veterans, Have You Had Your Benefits Check Up Lately?
26 Workplace Safety Violation Penalties to Increase
27 Virginia State Parks Look Back
28 In Memoriam
Thomas G. Baker, Jr.
Warren E. Barry
Frederick H. Creekmore, Sr.
Johnny S. Joannou
John C. Miller
Otho Beverly Roller
Jackie T. Stump
30 Association and Business Directory
Summer 2016
Volume 22 Number 3 • Editor–Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Summer Issue Editor–Jesse Siebentritt • 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 • 1001 East Broad Street • Suite 215 • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 643-5554 • Copyright 2016, 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
Governor Terry McAuliffe announces
rights restoration executive order on April 22.
Cover photo by
Michaele White
C O N T E N T S
VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE
On The Web
Brigadier
General Flora
page 4
Communicator
page 13
Issues
Opiod
Housing
Hurricanes
Energy
pages
6, 10, 11, 12
MURRAY
JONES
MORAN
MARTIN
FLORA
ATWOOD
McAuliffe EDWARDS NORMENT
Restoration of Rights
page 7 page 8 page 9