VCC Magazine Winter 2018

V irginia C apitol C onnections , W inter 2018 3 Winter 2018 Volume 24 Number 1 • Student Editor –Shelby Lee Ethington • Assistant Editor –Kristen Bailey-Hardy • 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 • 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. C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE On The Web www.vccqm.org 4 Delegate Watts 5 Making History is The Virginia Way 6 Delegate Ware 7 Good Government Requires Good Elections 8 People Vote, Acres Don’t 10 Governor’s Cabinet 11 Moneyball: A Winning and Frugal Campaign 12 2017 Money Race to Control the House 13 Education’s Secret Weapon 14 Building Schools and Businesses 15 Blueprint Virginia 16 The Photography of Wanda Judd 18 The Virginia Tobacco Commission 20 Thomas Jefferson’s Institute’s Economic Conference 21 Veterans and Defense Affairs 22 Reporting on the GA in the Digital Age 23 College Journalists Cover the Capitol 25 America, If We Can Keep It 27 Testimonies in Committees 28 Scenes from the 2018 Session 29 In Memoriam: Bill Crump, Jr. 30 Association and Business Directory Floor Speeches page 4 page 6 watts ware Elections page 8 Farnsworth hanna Education page 13 parker Military page 21 hopkins