Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Dallas Morning News: Our recommendation in the Democratic primary for Agriculture Commissioner
This editorial is part of the Dallas Morning News editorial board’s slate of recommendations for the 2022 primary.Attorney Susan Hays believes the Texas agriculture commissioner seat could be the only statewide political office occupied by a Democrat after this fall’s general election. She might be right. Incumbent Sid Miller is vulnerable, with flagging support from his party and from the agriculture industry he represents. But if Democrats want to flip that seat or any other, they should choose the candidate who is capable of winning the broad middle. That would be Hays’ opponent, Ed Ireson.
Ireson, 34, is a Brazos County cattle rancher. He’s running on a platform focused on the next generation. The Texas Department of Agriculture oversees the school lunch program, and Ireson wants to create better collaborations between that program and Texas producers. Ireson said he reviewed the Houston ISD school lunch program and discovered that it relies heavily on a California distributor. “If the job is to promote Texas agriculture, why on earth are we outsourcing it?” he said.
He also wants to use TDA grants and incentives to boost infrastructure development in rural communities, particularly digital infrastructure.
“Our rural communities are being left behind,” Ireson said. He wants to boost digital access so that children in rural Texas don’t believe they have to move to the big cities for a better future.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2022/02/08/our-recommendation-in-the-democratic-primary-for-agriculture-commissioner/
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
