Dailey's gone!
Fred Dailey, shill for Big Ag, is undergoing a "forced separation" at the hands of Ted Strickland, after 16 years. This is hardly unexpected; department heads generally turn over with a new party in power. But it's nice to see in print anyway. I hope Lee Ann Mizer goes with him, and that they both find suitable employment...like picking up dead chickens at Ohio Fresh Eggs.
I hope that Strickland is creative in finding a replacement, avoiding both raving environmental lunatics and CAFO fans. Personally, I'd like to see a Mennonite ODA head (I don't think the Amish would serve.) Chances are good that a Democrat ODA would quit persecuting cow-share arrangements, but we still need legislative solutions to farm-freedom issues.
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Posted by: jeffrey smith
Posted on: December 29, 2006 10:11 PM
Now here's something where Ohio beats Florida. We elect the major department heads: Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, and Commissioner of Agriculture. Katherine Harris was the last Secretary of State to hold cabinet rank. The demotion was not her fault, but part of the same re-organization that turned a mere Treasurer into a high falutin' CFO. And of course, the candidates for these offices are always people whom no one has ever heard of, even when they're running for re-election. If he were in Florida, Mr. Dailey would be overseeing consumer protection and wildfires as well as cows.
And I'm not at all confident that a Dem will stop harassing cow-shares. Unless he's a crypto-Green.