Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Business owners realize that success depends in large part on the safety and security of the community they serve. Business owners also realize that the only candidate for Commonwealth’s Attorney who has the experience to protect our community’s safety and security is Holly Smith.

Gloucester needs to put our community into the hands of a Commonwealth’s Attorney who has a proven record of fighting hard in the courtroom for justice. Holly Smith has years of experience in prosecuting all types of crimes, including crimes of the most serious and violent kind. As our Commonwealth’s Attorney, she will hold criminals accountable. We can be confident that she will, because she has dedicated her entire legal career to doing just that.

Holly will not just bring that wealth of prosecutorial expertise to the job, she will also bring fresh ideas, tailored to our Gloucester community. Holly will educate our youngest citizens about crime preven...