Along the road to Harrisburg,
Barbara Hafer has always made
her opinions known loud and
clear. No fence straddling. No
evasive answers. And she’s
committed to agriculture. All the
way.
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WETLANDS MESS.
Casey’s Department of
Environmental Resources
harasses farmers, threatens fines
and court action and demands
expensive engineering studies.
Hafer supports wetlands
exemptions for farmers, and also
favors tax credits where tillable
land must be taken out of
production.
“We can prevent any net loss of
wetlands without running
roughshod over landowners,” she
says.
RESEARCH CRISIS. Casey cut
funds for ag research in 1990-91
budget by $1.5 million.
Says Hafer: “Research is the
life’s blood of Pennsylvania
agriculture. It needs more state
dollars for ag research, not less.’’
BOTTLING UP BOTTLE BILL.
Casey says “no” to bottle bill. He
opposed it in the 1986 elections.
He still opposes it.
Says Hafer: “Everyone wins
with a deposit law. Less litter for
farmers. More recycled metal and
glass for industry. A more
beautiful Pennsylvania for all of
us.”
PRESERVING FARMLAND.
Casey administration all but
killed program this past spring by
failing to develop the regulations
required by law. It was
Republican legislators who came
to rescue.
WHY WE NEED
BARBARA
HAFER
FOR
Barbara Hafer is trained and
ready to be Pennsylvania’s next
governor. Credentials include:
Pennsylvania Auditor
General.
Two-term Allegheny county
commissioner.
President of Allegheny
Prison Board.
Founder and executive
director of Allegheny
Center for Victims of
Violent Grimes.
Registered and graduate
nurse.
Says Hafer: “As governor, I
will see that the agricultural
department talks less and does
more to preserve our prime
farmland. And I will actively
encourage counties to get more
involved.”
UNDER FUNDED
SCHOOLS Casey
slashed funding for
public schools and forced
massive increases in local
property taxes the Bob Casey
tax hike.
Says Hafer: “Education
funding must keep pace with
inflation and the needs of our
citizens. Casey hasn’t done that. I
will.”
WHAT FUTURE FARMERS?
Casey eliminated all Future
Farmer funds in his 1990-1991
budget. Republicans restored
them.
Says Hafer: "It makes little
sense to preserve farmland and
then refuse to educate and
support our future farmers.”
DEER GLUT Casey has
taken a hands off approach to
deer herd management of PA
Game Commission despite
staggering crop losses.
Says Hafer: "Deer are costing
farmers big money. If deer are the
wards of the Game Commission,
then they must do something
about it. Now.”
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT -
State agencies under Casey have
ignored property rights in
wetlands and other actions.
Says Hafer: “As governor, the
state’s Number One industry will
receive more support from state
government and its farmers more
respect from DER, PennDOT,
Game Commission and other
agencies. Depend on it.”