Va. lawmakers want to rename Fairfax Co. postal service facility after late congressman Connolly

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Va. lawmakers want to rename Fairfax Co. postal service facility after late congressman Connolly

A group of Virginia lawmakers hope to honor U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly by renaming a postal service facility in Fairfax County after him.

Connolly, a Democrat who died in May, was a member of the county’s Board of Supervisors. He served as chairman before wining his seat in Congress in 2008.

Democratic Rep. James R. Walkinshaw, who won Connolly’s seat in a special election in September after Connolly’s death, along with Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, introduced legislation in November to designate the U.S. Postal Service facility at 10660 Page Ave. as the “Congressman Gerald E. ‘Gerry’ Connolly Post Office Building.”