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By KAREN TIMMONS RYPKA Arundel Newspapers, Richmond Bureau
RICHMOND—To the folks back home, the annual gathering of the Virginia General Assembly may appear to stir up a lot of excitement and headlines, but—the awful truth—to most daily observers the charting of the state’s course is often, well, boring.
Surrounding the attention grabbing controversies is a heavy padding of droning and bickering over obscure issues and routine voting on questions such as whether the town of Podunk shall have five or seven council members.
The constituency is blissfully spared reports on such weighty matters, but assigned observers, aides, lobbyists and the legislators themselves must constantly be on their guard to prevent breaking decorum by falling
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