Lt. Governor Bill Bolling ~2nd Annual Bloggers' Day~

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Took the opportunity to attend the "2nd Annual Bloggers' Day at the State Capitol" along with 25 other Virginia area bloggers in Richmond today that was hosted by Lt. Governor Bill Bolling...

The Lt. Governor conducted a quick introduction meeting before going to preside over the Senate session...

The Lt. Governors staff then provided the opportunity for us to view the Senate session in progress.

Afterwards the bloggers met with the Lt. Governor again to listen to speakers including a Senate member, a Delegate, and individuals specializing in voter programs and history with Virginia state government...

Senator Stephen Newman serves as Chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus and spoke of recent activities going on in the Republican Party in Richmond...

Delegate Jackson Miller represents manassas and discussed the importance of several local bloggers in his district. He took several questions and provided informative and interesting issues going on in his area...

Frank Atkinson is chairman of McGuireWoods Consulting and focuses on state and local government relations, economic development, privatization and public-private partnerships, education, and elections and voting rights. He provided interesting facts regarding voting history in different areas of Virginia and demographics....

Ron Butler is President of Creative Direct, LLC, a direct mail firm located in Richmond, Virginia specializing in voter contact direct mail. Creative Direct created numerous winning direct mailing strategies resulting in several impressive Republican victories...

The Lt. Governor and his staff extended and included invitations to bloggers from the "LeftSide" of the Virginia blog-world making it interesting to meet and talk with bloggers from the other side of the aisle...

Several of the bloggers said that they will be posting about today's activities in the next day or so. More to follow here as soon as I find some time after work to write more.