Well On Its Way To Endorsing Steve Beshear For Governor, Louisville Courier Journal Endorses Republican James Comer For Kentucky Commissioner For Agriculture.
Editorial | Endorsements for 2011: James Comer for ag commissioner
This is the first in a series of endorsements in races for Kentucky statewide offices contested in the Nov. 8 general election.
Voters are presented with a clear and easy choice in the race for Kentucky’s commissioner of agriculture, and James Comer, the Republican candidate, is it.
It’s as if Mr. Comer of Tompkinsville has been preparing for this job his whole life — Kentucky state FFA president, a Western Kentucky University student who majored in agriculture and government, a graduate who returned home to work on the family farming operation and to start his own (cattle, managed timber, mixed hay), and a citizen who ran for a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives, where he has served six terms.
The Democratic challenger, Robert Farmer (or “Farmer Bob,” as he bills himself), is a Louisville marketing executive (not a farmer, and no relation to Richie Farmer, the outgoing incumbent now running for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket) who tries to cast that experience as superior to Mr. Comer’s. He is not persuasive as a candidate or in these arguments, and those who might otherwise be tempted to vote a straight Democratic ticket dominated by Gov. Steve Beshear would deprive themselves of the opportunity to help elect the person better suited for this job.
And that is, without hesitation, Mr. Comer.
His clearly articulated platform includes commitments to expand the markets for the state’s agricultural products and the bio-fuels industry (including a push for industrial hemp), grow rural economic development, come up with programs to help young farmers succeed, create an office of urban agriculture, allow the equine industry to be part of the Kentucky Proud program, and promote agri-tourism (a Thoroughbred Trail) in the state.
James Comer promises to be active, informed, accessible and transparent — all of which the office and the department truly need after Richie Farmer’s terms in office. Voters should help him deliver on those promises.
This is the first in a series of endorsements in races for Kentucky statewide offices contested in the Nov. 8 general election.
Voters are presented with a clear and easy choice in the race for Kentucky’s commissioner of agriculture, and James Comer, the Republican candidate, is it.
It’s as if Mr. Comer of Tompkinsville has been preparing for this job his whole life — Kentucky state FFA president, a Western Kentucky University student who majored in agriculture and government, a graduate who returned home to work on the family farming operation and to start his own (cattle, managed timber, mixed hay), and a citizen who ran for a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives, where he has served six terms.
The Democratic challenger, Robert Farmer (or “Farmer Bob,” as he bills himself), is a Louisville marketing executive (not a farmer, and no relation to Richie Farmer, the outgoing incumbent now running for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket) who tries to cast that experience as superior to Mr. Comer’s. He is not persuasive as a candidate or in these arguments, and those who might otherwise be tempted to vote a straight Democratic ticket dominated by Gov. Steve Beshear would deprive themselves of the opportunity to help elect the person better suited for this job.
And that is, without hesitation, Mr. Comer.
His clearly articulated platform includes commitments to expand the markets for the state’s agricultural products and the bio-fuels industry (including a push for industrial hemp), grow rural economic development, come up with programs to help young farmers succeed, create an office of urban agriculture, allow the equine industry to be part of the Kentucky Proud program, and promote agri-tourism (a Thoroughbred Trail) in the state.
James Comer promises to be active, informed, accessible and transparent — all of which the office and the department truly need after Richie Farmer’s terms in office. Voters should help him deliver on those promises.
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