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North Dakota Ag Commissioner's Calendar Shows Few Meetings with Farmers, Opponent Says
Records show Goehring met farmers four times and lobbyists eight times while his office billed Thompson $468 for 1,200 pages.
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North Dakota ag commissioner's calendar shows few meetings with farmers, opponent says
Vern Thompson, a Democrat, said Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is doing little for farmers. Goehring, a Republican, said he doesn't record every meeting he has in his calendar.
·Fargo, United States
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Thompson questions Goehring’s priorities following open records request into agriculture commissioner’s schedule
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota agriculture commissioner candidate Vern Thompson is questioning incumbent Doug Goehring’s priorities after obtaining records of the commissioner’s work schedule, which Thompson says show relatively few individual meetings with farmers compared to meetings with lobbyists and industry representatives. During a news conference Monday, October 12, Thompson, a former farmer, trucker and state legislator, outlined the result…
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