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Life in limbo
Due to Richmond experiencing a city-wide crisis of no running water, legislators, lobbyists and staffers are in limbo the day before the legislative session is scheduled to begin.
The General Assembly Building and Capitol Building are both closed Tuesday, which canceled a number of press conferences and meetings on the day that lawmakers and groups typically use to try to gain publicity on legislation they are pushing this year.
Instead, lawmakers and staffers are meandering around, staying in their home or in their hotel rooms and waiting to hear what is next.
“I am just pacing around my hotel room pantless,” said one person, who referred to themself as the most important lobbyist in Richmond. “Thankfully, with water pressure, but this shit is weird. What is life.”
