Focus on first years and veterans

BY CAT SMITH

Staff

     This year, a record of over seventy delegates received the senior honor chords at opening ceremonies. Almost all of the Presiding Officers, including Governor Alex Fahnlander, Attorney General Alyssa Nieves, and Editor-in-Chief Emma Joslyn, will be leaving us behind this year.

     “I will miss all of the people who have made my time in YIG so special and memorable,” says Sullivan Representative Austin Lee from the Lee County delegation.

     However, many will have memories to take with them. Their time in YIG has created new friends, responsibilities, and experience. Supreme Court Firm K from the Suncoast delegation said that winning Outstanding Law Firm last year was “pretty good because it was our first time in Supreme Court.”

     Though we will be losing many amazing veterans, fresh faces are also in abundance. This State Assembly also has the greatest number of first years in recent years. While they’re working hard to learn the ways of Youth in Government and their respective branches, they are also busy having fun and making memories of their first State Assembly.

     Bowen Senator Isaac Flores says his favorite memory was “the firework bill, where fireworks are allowed in residential areas. It was hilarious.”