The candidates for Texas Agriculture Commissioner who aren't Sid Miller agree on one thing ...
agree on one thing: The two-term incumbent is a farcical figure who needs to go. Miller's tenure has been marred by a close political consultant's recent indictment for bribery in a hemp license scheme, racist slurs, taxpayer-funded out-of-state jaunts , and other transgressions. Even his own partisans decry his messy track record, and East Texas state Rep., R-Hillister, a House committee chair last session, is giving up his seat after six terms to try to take Miller down in the primary.
Healthy school lunch programs, one of the more important things the Texas Dept. of Agriculture oversees, depend on smaller fruit and veg operations' success."About 80-90% of the fruits and vegetables we consume come from the Great Valley of California," explains Hays,"which is teetering on environmental disaster. We're putting all our fruit and vegetable eggs in one basket.
One of Miller's many puzzling moves was to file suit against federal legislation that would provide debt relief to thousands of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers that have been historically discriminated against by the."It amazes me to watch Republican leaders leave our federal tax dollars on the table or set it on fire," says Hays, but even when implemented,"a lot of these federal ag programs are incredibly hard to navigate.
Hays has more direct experience than Ireson with the work of TDA, having worked with Republicans to draft the state's 2019 hemp legalization bill,,"where I really came to understand how much Republican legislators distrust and dislike Miller. That bill was written with safeguards against Sid." She was the, an abortion legal aid nonprofit, in 2001.to endorse Ireson, on the grounds of political viability.
Though the TDA is not particularly well-funded, both candidates see many opportunities to creatively address gaps in rural infrastructure."I do not have the answer to a lot of my questions that I raise," says Hays,"but I want to be the ag commissioner that will not only be able to understand them, but also figure out ways to address them."
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