UNIVERSITY OF

VIRGINIA TRAGEDY

PUTS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

NEWS AGAIN, WITH

DEVASTATING

CONSEQUENCES

The University of Virginia homicide is the third prominent, Montgomery County-related domestic violence incident in the news over the last two weeks. Latest developments include the suspected killer claiming it was an "accident." Another sad reminder that we must promote a proactive agenda to combat domestic violence. In cases such as this, all of the victim services in the world are useless. The question is, what agenda items could have prevented a tragedy such as this? We must take action here in Montgomery County, where the General Assembly has failed year after year to do so at the state level. I very much look forward to advancing this domestic violence agenda during the campaign this year. I hope all of you will join me in this effort.

A top trending topic this morning on Twitter is #HappyBDayChrisBrown. But today is a day to remember the victims like Yeardley Love, not celebrate abusers like Mr. Brown.