Where can a former politician always turn to for employment after a stint of public service? The answer, of course, is the corporate lobbying sector. Albo was hired this month by a powerful law and lobbying firm, Williams Mullen. Albo tried to reassure reporters with the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the fear of the revolving door is overblown. “People have this bad image of lobbyists — I’ve never thought that,” he said. “Particularly in a part-time legislature, they provide a very valuable service.”