On Monday, the agenda for today’s Prince William Board of County Supervisor (BOCS) meeting became public, and one item on the agenda is especially troubling.

After last month’s Jail Board appointments, Supervisor Jeanine Lawson (R-Brentsville) proposed removing County Executive Chris Martino from the Jail Board to replace him with Supervisor Yesli Vega. There is no evidence that Martino was ever consulted about this idea prior to Lawson making it public. However, it seems that Lawson has decided to proceed.

Item 9A on the states: “Change Composition of the Prince William-Manassas Regional Jail Board to Appoint a Member of the Board of the County Supervisors in the Place of the Position of the Appointment of the County Executive; Appoint – Supervisor Yesli Vega to the Prince William-Manassas Regional Jail Board – Supervisor Lawson”

Below are exchanges between Vega, who changed her name on Facebook to “Veg RenYes” and several other users. These screenshots were taken during the 2019 election while Vega was running for Coles District Supervisor. These reports were originally published by Blue Virginia.

The language Vega used in the screenshots is incredibly offensive, using multiple slurs casually as well as referring to people monkeys. Nobody who acts like this should have any part in our criminal justice system.

At the time, several people released statements about Vega’s use of blatantly offensive language, including Dumfries Town Councilwoman Selonia Miles, who said, “It is disturbing that in 2019 there are still individuals who do not understand how deeply offensive and hurtful the “r word” and “n word” are.[…]”

Not only do these comments display that Vega is unfit to serve on the jail board, they show she is unfit to serve the people of Prince William County in any capacity. She never should have been elected, and given the current climate, she should resign immediately.