To: Governor Glenn Youngkin, Attorney General Jason Miyares, and Members of the Virginia General Assembly

One week ago, I sent a letter that laid bare the shameful truth about this Commonwealth’s failure to protect its most vulnerable citizens. I told you that someone had died—not peacefully, not naturally, but after suffering neglect and abuse at a licensed, state-funded facility—harm that directly contributed to a decline in health so severe it robbed him of the chance to return home and live under the care of his daughter, as he had for the four years prior.

And what has changed?

Nothing.
No response.
No emergency legislation.
No accountability.

You had time last week to lower a flag. You probably had time this week to pose for another press release or sit through another lobbyist-sponsored luncheon. But once again, you did not have time to act.

You’ve made it painfully clear that when the elderly don’t matter, we’re all just waiting in line. And when the wolves write the rules, no one should be shocked when grandma goes missing.

The only thing more consistent than your silence is your incompetence.

At this point, many of you are more likely to pass gas than to pass a bill that protects people from abuse and neglect. The legislature has become a place where priorities go to die—unless they come gift-wrapped in PAC donations and corporate lobbying dollars.

So let me ask plainly:
Are you even capable of doing your jobs?
Because right now, it looks like a clown car crashed into a committee hearing and no one noticed.

Two months of emails.
Confirmed abuse.
Another life lost.
And the people elected to lead are still fumbling with the steering wheel—or worse, pretending the crash never happened.

You can’t claim ignorance anymore. You can’t hide behind bureaucracy or pretend this isn’t urgent. You are now knowingly complicit.

The truth is simple: If you wanted to fix this, you already would have.

You still have a choice. You can continue to deflect, delay, and deny—or you can finally do the bare minimum of what this office demands: pass meaningful elder care legislation. Enforce real oversight. End the abuse. Stop the fraud.

Because until you do, history will remember every single one of you not as stewards of public service, but as co-conspirators in one of Virginia’s greatest moral and financial failures.

We’re watching. We’re documenting. And come election season, we’ll make sure the voters know exactly what you did—and what you refused to do.

Sincerely,
Victoria Jackson
Constituent | CNA | Long-Term Care Advocate
Author of Dale’s Law: The Virginia Long-Term Care Quality and Nursing Admissions Reform Act of 2025