Today she resigned.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/st-louis-circuit-attorney-kim-gardner-resigns-effective-june-1/
In her letter of resignation – a letter that could have benefited from being reviewed by someone with a good working knowledge of grammar and logic – she claimed that:
“I will forever remain a tireless advocate for all who call our beautiful city home. Public safety particularly in states where poverty and disinvestment exist, there is a coordinated intent on taking away the rights we hold dear – to live free from devastating gun violence, to control our own bodies, to have a voice in our communities – and they are willing to sacrifice democracy to do it. If we allow this to succeed, we may never get these rights back.
“The most powerful weapon I have to fight back against these outsiders stealing your voices and your rights is to step back. I took this job to serve the people of the City of St. Louis, and that’s still my North star.
“And so, it with a heavy heart but steadfast resolve that I am resigning my position as your Circuit Attorney, effective June 1st.
“Respectfully,
Kimberly M. Gardner
SAY WHAT? . . . She is going to fight back against her enemies! How? By resigning. Because, after all, when the going gets tough, the tough resign!
I wish I remembered how to diagram a sentence. The one that begins with “Public safety particularly in states…” is a doozy. It begins with a missing comma between “safety” and “particularly,” and ends with an assertion of what some undefined “they” are willing to do: “they are willing to sacrifice democracy….” But who are "they"?
I have a vague recollection of learning in law school that clarity of language is of great importance in the legal profession. A letter of resignation ought to be crystal clear. It shouldn’t raise more questions than it answers. Perhaps, when Kim Gardner wrote her letter of resignation, she was distraught about leaving the job she had been elected and re-elected to. And, therefore she dashed off the letter without too much reflection. Or perhaps she didn’t write it at all, but delegated the job to someone on her staff.