The South of Iowa blog reprints a letter sent to him via Rob Sand, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture candidate and Democrat Denise O'Brien's campaign manager.
An excerpt:
In 1987, like so many farmers during the farm crisis, Denise and Larry [Harris, Denise O'Brien's husband] were working off the farm to make ends meet. Larry hired a neighbor to take care of some steers and he moved them to that hired hand's farm.
When Larry learned that the steers were being mistreated, he fired the farmer and took the steers into his own care. The steers were not in Larry's care when the reported neglect took place.
These attacks on Denise's family just shows the Republican Party has no shame. This is one of the many negative attacks waged by Denise's opponents in the last few weeks.
A commenter on the South of Iowa blog points out the obvious:
If the calves were truly in the care of the hired hand, then why not file animal cruelty charges against that person instead of Larry Harris? Apparently, after looking into the situation, the Cass County sheriff felt that the ultimate responsibility for the situation fell to Mr. Harris...
Good point.
If the neighbor had neglected care of the animals, wouldn't Larry Harris and Denise O'Brien have also initiated some sort of lawsuit against the so-called hired hand?
When you think about it, considering the way DHS was managed during the Vilsack administration, Denise O'Brien might be a better choice for heading that office.
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