Since we have a state PAC we can use our resources to let everyone know 
who we have endorsed. I will check with the state and see if there is a 
value to this or if it is covered as one of those things that a C-4 can 
do.  National is always good to touch base with in order to disucss what 
to do about comunication regarding members of congress we have endorsed.

Donna Buell wrote:

> Sierra Club has endorsed Denise O’Brien for Secretary of Ag.  Let’s 
> help her get out the vote!
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> NY Times Editorial on Secretary of Ag Race
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> Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:52:55 -0500
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> New York Times Editorial
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> A Farm Race in Iowa
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> Published: October 10, 2006
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> There is a governor’s race going on in Iowa ­ Culver vs. Nussle, a 
> tossup ­ but the race to watch is the one for secretary of 
> agriculture. Both candidates support ethanol production, and who 
> wouldn’t when ethanol has given Iowa the lowest fuel prices in the 
> nation? But otherwise they are about as different as it is possible to 
> be and still be an Iowan for agriculture. Bill Northey, a Republican, 
> farms corn and soybeans and has been endorsed by the Farm Bureau. His 
> Democratic opponent is Denise O’Brien, who raises poultry, apples and 
> strawberries. She and her husband farm organically, and her campaign 
> vehicle is a green biodiesel school bus.
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> The candidates capture a real split in the farm world ­ in Iowa and 
> the nation as a whole. Mr. Northey proudly represents the industrial 
> vision of farming that has turned Iowa into the land of the two-crop, 
> corn-soybean rotation, a place where the chance to produce corn-based 
> ethanol looks like diversity. Ms. O’Brien has been unfairly accused of 
> belonging to “fringe” groups, and she is clearly not the Farm Bureau 
> candidate. “Organic” is anathema to the Farm Bureau. But she is a 
> reminder that Iowa would be better off with greater agricultural 
> diversity, stronger communities and a greater emphasis on the health 
> of its natural resources.
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> The sharpest difference between these two candidates concerns the 
> ability of counties and towns to restrict the siting of feedlots and 
> farm operations that concentrate huge numbers of animals. Mr. Northey 
> believes in a single set of regulations across all of Iowa’s 99 
> counties. Ms. O’Brien argues that factory farms should be regulated by 
> the state but that communities should be able to voice their concerns 
> too. After all, they are the ones who have to live downwind.
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