Youngkin describes his timeline for amending bill to remove masks in schools
Jay Jones provides commentary on Attorney General Miyares
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Commentary: Miyares has been anything but an umpire, and instead has acted as a hitter with a corked bat
by former Del. Jay Jones (D-Norfolk)
At the onset of President Nixon’s first term, his Attorney General John N. Mitchell said “watch what we do, not what we say.”
It’s been about a month since Virginia’s quadrennial transition of power and new administrations took the reins. Despite my open desire for the job and fierce Democratic allegiance, I genuinely wished the new Attorney General and his administration well - we’re all Virginians and the office can be a tremendous force for good. I know Jason Miyares and served with him for four years - in fact, he was the chief co-patron on the Ashanti Alert, my bill to create a missing persons alert for adult Virginians.
His victory was narrow (the slimmest of the three statewide races) and I had hoped that he would govern in a manner that reflected the closely divided nature of our electorate. I could not have been more wrong or more disappointed.