The Washington Post, February 4th, 1999
They are comfortable in the corridors of commerce in the suburbs outside Washington, but the leaders of Northern Virginia's largest business advocacy group strap on their political armor when they venture 100 miles south to this capital city. They have to. The strategists of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce may not fully understand the ins and outs of power and coalition-building south of the Occoquan. But then again, not all the legislators who decamped to Richmond for the winter appreciate the statewide role played by the prospering county and its neighbors. For years, upstate and down...
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