The Latest Staples Sleaze
Staples’ Questionable Financial Dealings
Following revelations by nationally recognized political blog Burnt Orange Report that Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples escaped prosecution for assaulting his step-son, serious questions have arisen concerning Staples’ role...
Staples’ Donors Tied To Eminent Domain Land Grab
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples’ deafening silence on the Tar Sands Keystone XL pipeline—the pipeline project of TransCanada that will take thousands of acres of Texas land from its rightful owners through eminent domain...
Staples’ Failures Caused Child’s Death
The failure of Todd Staples to aggressively utilize the department’s regulatory powers to protect Texans from dangerous pesticides are directly to blame for the death of a two-year-old Lubbock girl.
“The fact that Todd Staples...
Agriculture Department Employees Not Provided Adequate Safety Equipment
The failure of incumbent Todd Staples and the Texas Department of Agriculture to provide appropriate personal protective equipment for its regulatory inspectors is a prime example of the type of endemic and disastrous problems the...
Eastland County Incident Demonstrates Need for Reforming Agriculture Department
An incident last year in Eastland County involving the Texas Department of Agriculture makes clear the need for reform and fully illustrates that it is time to replace incumbent Commissioner Todd Staples.
Last fall a peanut farmer...
Staples Weakend School Pesticide Rules at TDA
Texas students have become less safe from some of the most dangerous pesticides on the market under incumbent Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples.
Under Staples’ watch, the Texas Department of Agriculture seriously weakened...
Wasteful Spending: Staples Buys Toys at TDA Using Tax Dollars
Why is TDA Spending Tax Dollars
On 300,000 Polyurethane Toys
Todd Staples’ recent award bid at the Texas Department of Agriculture—a contract that could cost Texas taxpayers as much as $99,000—is an example of the kind of...
Court Documents Raise Questions About Staples’ Leadership, Show Intentional Mistruths To Media
Depositions and other documents from litigation pending against the Texas Department of Agriculture show that Commissioner Todd Staples is so uninvolved in the day-to-day operations of the Texas Department of Agriculture that he...
Staples Uses Taxpayer Dollars To Blitz Gas Stations And Cover His Incompetence
After two days of taking a beating across the Tyler/Longview media market over non-compliant gas pumps exposed by Hank Gilbert during a Monday press conference, Todd Staples sent multiple inspectors to Tyler to blitz the stations mentioned...
When Staples Had Opportunity To Raise Concerns About Toll Roads, He Did Nothing
Documents Highlight Staples’ Continued Pattern Of Saying One Thing, Doing Another
When given the opportunity to comment by the Texas Department of Transportation on a major transportation strategic plan that was heavily...
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