Lynchburg City Council Incumbent Scorecard | Misjuns, Reed & Taylor Policy Record

CITY COUNCIL INCUMBENT SCORECARD

Lynchburg City Council
Incumbent Scorecard

TAXES AND SPENDING

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Equalize the real-estate rate at $0.767
Oppose the $1.025 real-estate / tax swap
End tax increases without a vote
Oppose the lodging-tax hike
Oppose water-bill rate increases
Reduce the car-tax bill by 25%
Oppose $8M amphitheater after the price doubled
Oppose $12.5M library, $10M pool, & $12M Vassar roundabout

LAW AND ORDER

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Fully fund courts & Commonwealth's Attorney
Fully fund Fire and EMS
Fully fund police, sheriff, and 911
287(g) agreement to partner with ICE

EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Oppose the FY2027 $44.9M public school appropriation
Parental rights — oppose board members who don't support school choice

AMERICAN CULTURE

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Require a recorded public vote on city-manager pay and evaluations
Did not take the gavel with Democrat's votes
Fair committee assignments for Republicans
Defund taxpayer-funded DEI in city government

WEAPONIZATION OF GOV'T

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Oppose censure and fine of political opponents (Aug. 13, 2024)
Oppose censure and fine of political opponents (Nov. 28, 2023)

SECOND AMENDMENT

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Reduce the concealed-handgun permit fee (2023)
Reaffirm Second Amendment sanctuary (Feb. 10, 2026)
Second Amendment sanctuary city (Jan. 10, 2023)

HEALTH AND MEDICAL FREEDOM

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Policy against open-air drag shows (Sept. 23, 2025)
Abortion-clinic buffer zones (Feb. 12, 2026)

BIG TECH AND SURVEILLANCE

ISSUE	MISJUNS	REED	TAYLOR
Revoke Flock now and remove gear by October (Sept. 8, 2026)
Oppose Flock Safety license — cameras and acoustic sensors (Nov. 28, 2023)

Sources & Methodology

This scorecard is built from City of Lynchburg minutes, official meeting video, the adopted budget, the City Code, the Code of Virginia, and contemporaneous news. YES means the limited-government / Republican-platform side of the recorded action. Reed’s absence on the February 12, 2026 clinic-buffer vote is omitted from her denominator. The June 30, 2025 $0.84 real-estate compromise is not scored. This is a voter-information document for Republicans for Liberty. It is not an official City of Lynchburg publication.

Official Record
City of Lynchburg. (2025). FY2026 adopted budget (FY2026–FY2031 capital improvement program).

Lynchburg City Council. (2023, January 4). Minutes — election of the mayor.

Lynchburg City Council. (2023, June 27). Minutes — DEI.

Lynchburg City Council. (2023, December 12). Minutes — amphitheater after the price doubled.

Lynchburg City Council. (2025, January 28). Finance Committee agenda item 11 — DEI / equity spending.

Lynchburg City Council. (2025, June 10). Agenda packet — $0.767 equalization substitute; $1.025 real-estate / tax-swap motion; lodging-tax substitute.

Lynchburg City Council. (2025, June 23). Special meeting video — advertised $1.025 hearing.

Lynchburg City Council. (2025, June 24). Minutes.

Lynchburg City Council. (2025, July 8). Minutes — reconsider O-25-055 / strike the perpetual tax-rate clause. Search the date on the CivicClerk portal.

Lynchburg City Council. (2025, September 23). Minutes — policy against open-air drag shows.

Lynchburg City Council. (2026, February 12). Meeting video — abortion-clinic buffer zones (Reed absent).

Lynchburg City Council. (2026, March 10). Meeting video — 287(g) / ICE.

Lynchburg City Council. (2026, May 12). Meeting video.

Lynchburg City School Board. (2025, November 11). Legislative priorities discussion [Video].

Lynchburg Planning Commission. (2025, December 10). Approved minutes — 1,000-foot clinic buffers.

City of Lynchburg. Concealed handgun permit fees.

City of Lynchburg. City Code § 2-42 — recorded majority required for employee raises of $100 or more.

Code of Virginia. § 58.1-3321 — Truth in Taxation / lowered rate after reassessment.

Code of Virginia. §§ 18.2-308.03 and 18.2-308.010 — concealed-handgun permit fees.

News and contemporaneous coverage

Gordon, B. (2023, January 9). Lynchburg mayor chooses council committee assignments. The News & Advance.

Hand, M. (2025, September 26). Obscenity ordinance attracts questions about ‘lewd police’ in Lynchburg. The News & Advance.

Hand, M. (2025, December 6). Mayor removes Misjuns as chairman of city council’s finance committee. The News & Advance.

Hand, M. (2026, March 18). Council rejects Misjuns’ call for LPD to enter formal agreement with ICE. The News & Advance.

WSET. (2023, January 10). City Council votes to make Lynchburg a Second Amendment sanctuary.

WSET. (2023, November 29). Council formally censures Councilman Martin Misjuns.

WSET. (2024, August 13). Council votes to censure Helgeson and Misjuns.

WSET. (2026, February 11). Council reaffirms 2nd Amendment sanctuary status.

WSET. (2026, July 15). Council delays discussion on performance evaluations.

WSET. (2026, September 9). Localities that have suspended or reduced Flock cameras.

Cardinal News. (2026, February 10). Agenda: Second Amendment sanctuary resolution and abortion zoning.

Cardinal News. (2026, February 16). Abortion opponents pack council meeting for zoning vote.

The Center Square. (2026, March 11). Lynchburg backs cooperation with federal law enforcement.

WFXR. (2026, September 4). Council votes to end use of Flock technology.

Restoration News. (2026, September). Senior city staff get hefty raises without public votes. Includes the August 14, 2024 city-manager employment agreement.

City of Lynchburg. (2023, November 28). Council meeting video — Flock Safety license roll call.

Meeting portal
All other roll calls: Lynchburg CivicClerk.