Vander Poel on jobs
Tulare County is the #1 Dairy County and the #2 Agricultural County in the United States, which means that we need to focus on strengthening our agricultural base and develop more industries that complement and complete agriculture. There are good opportunities for expanding exports as well as in food processing, which would help to create more jobs. Tulare County also needs to consider developing a 500 to 1,000 acre turn-key industrial park to attract new businesses to the County. Government needs to work with existing businesses as well to help them to expand their businesses. Growth is a good thing, it simply needs to be well planned to mitigate and address legitimate concerns. Talking to people throughout the campaign, I have heard many complaints that too many policies at the state level make California a difficult place to do business and many businesses and jobs have moved out of state as a result. This trend must be reversed.