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By DEL. JAY KATZEN
This Wednesday the Virginia General Assembly convenes to continue the “work of the people,” initiated by such statesmen as Patrick Henry, George Mason and Thomas Jefferson.
Almost 380 years have passed since the House of Burgesses first met at Jamestown in 1619, but the most basic and most important precept of our state legislature remains unchanged: Virginia’s counties, cities, and towns, elect one of their own citizens to convey their concerns, share their ideas, and participate on their behalf in the formulation of public policy to advance the common good. This philosophy of governing, one in which the people control the agenda, truly embodies and emulates that which the jramers of our system envisioned sq/ong ago.
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