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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

20061212 MDA Secretary Lewis R Riley is retiring


Lewis R. Riley, Secretary of Agriculture, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz

Maryland Department of Agriculture Lewis R. Riley is retiring

December 13, 2006

My latest Tentacle column is up on The Tentacle web site: “Farmers' Friend Turning In Political Plow Shares.”

Farmers' Friend Turning In Political Plow Shares.”

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Maryland Department of Agriculture secretary Lewis R. Riley announced last week at the Maryland Farm Bureau Convention in Ocean City that he plans to retire in January.

In an interview with WTOP, secretary Riley cut to the chase; succinctly putting it, “I'll sum it up in two words: It's time.”…

As for his future plans, the secretary said, “I plan to become the hired hand now.”

Many will agree that the secretary will make one heck of a knowledgeable “hired hand.”

In a Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) press release, secretary Riley remarked, “I came out of retirement to serve under Governor (Robert L.) Ehrlich and I thank him for that opportunity. With so much accomplished for the benefit of agriculture in the past four years, I am eager to retire – once and for all – so that I can enjoy more time with my family and get back to working the land.”

Secretary Riley is certainly no stranger to agriculture and has worked tirelessly to make sure that agriculture remains the number one industry in Maryland.

Read the rest of the column here.

Kevin

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