Reid Gets Pushback On Dairy Commercial

Sen. Harry Reid is getting some pushback on his most recent TV commercial, the one in which he is credited with saving jobs at Anderson Dairy in Las Vegas.

In the commercial, Anderson chief David Coon says, "Federal regulations were driving us out of business. There was a lot of worry in the faces of our employees." The dairy employed 130 people.

But Reid in 2006 changed the dairy law "so that Anderson could compete. And save the jobs," according to the ad. And Coon says: "Because of Senator Reid, we continue to stay in business."

The law exempted Nevada dairy processors from federal raw milk pricing rules, in the process making permanent an exemption Reid had obtained in 1999 for Las Vegas, where Anderson Dairy was the only bottler.

But Ed Goedhart, a manager at Ponderosa Dairy at Amargosa Valley, and a Republican assemblyman, says the commercial tells only part of the story. While the exemption has been beneficial for Anderson Dairy because it does not have to pay federally regulated prices for raw milk, it has been less so for Nevada dairy farmers who raise and milk the cows.

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