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C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

Brigadier General Flora page 4

Summer 2016

4 From Saigon to Brigadier General 6 Opioid Crisis Inspires Community, Health Care, Government Collaboration 7 Restoration of Rights Facts

FLORA

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

M c Auliffe

EDWARDS

NORMENT

Restoration of Rights page 7 page 8 page 9

Issues Opiod Housing Hurricanes Energy pages 6, 10, 11, 12

MURRAY

MORAN

JONES

MARTIN

On The Web www.vccqm.org

Communicator page 13

On the Cover Governor Terry McAuliffe announces rights restoration executive order on April 22. Cover photo by Michaele White

ATWOOD

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 – Ads@CapitolSquare.com • 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.

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