Editor, Gazette-Journal: Shannon Taylor says she will fight to keep Virginians safe. She claims to be a skilled lawyer but the recent redistricting bill she helped write (setting up a 5th District for herself) was deemed unconstitutional. When elected Commonwealth Attorney of Henrico County, her progressive ideology proved to be much stronger than any concern for safety as she advocated for less incarceration and more diversity. She immediately fired seven county prosecutors to replace with diversity hires leaving the county understaffed. She will not say if she will keep young girls safe by banning boys in girls’ sports. As Henrico CA she worked with 11 other Virginia CAs to found the Virginia Progressive Prosecutors for Justice. Elements of their soft-on-crime platform include a requirement for all warrants to be served during the day and with sufficient announcement; ending mandatory minimum sentencing; ending cash bail; and abolishing the death penalty. This puts criminal rights ov...