Steven Latimer

I just returned from an open house hosted by the
Republican Party of Virginia.


The goal of the meet and greet was to meet party chair Jeff Frederick and RPV's new Executive Director, Allison Coccia. The open house was held at party headquarters at the Obenshain Center in Richmond.


Much to my surprise, there were no speeches. This was probably a good thing since political speeches tend to be repetitious. It was mostly a come-and-go crowd which was so large at times it was impossible to move about without bumping shoulders with someone.


I could go into detail about all the people I met, but the most interesting one was the conversation I had with RPV summer intern and VCU student Jon White. We spoke mostly of politics and VCU-related issues. Jon is a senior mass communications major and was in charge of signing people in to the open house.