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一 | JACKSON, Miss. -- One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over allegations of misspending welfare money has filed a separate lawsuit against Gov. Tate Reeves, saying the Republican is trying to protect political allies including a former governor.Austin Garrett Smith filed the suit Wednesday and described himself in court papers as “politically powerless.” Smith's suit says Reeves should sue Republican former Gov. Phil Bryant, who was in office when prosecutors say money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. was instead spent on projects pushed by wealthy and well connected people.“Reeves has actively shifted the focus of the MDHS lawsuit away from Bryant, despite overwhelming evidence of Bryant's involvement,” Smith's attorney, Jim Waide, wrote.Reeves press secretary Shelby Wilcher said in response to questions about Smith's lawsuit: “The State of Mississippi is fighting to claw back every single dollar that was misspent in the scandal that occurred before Governor Reeves assumed this office.”The Department of Human Services filed a lawsuit in 2022 against more than two dozen businesses or people, including Smith and retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. The ongoing suit seeks to recover more than $20 million of the roughly $77 million in welfare money that the state auditor said had been misspent between 2016 and 2019, during Bryant's second term as governor.Auditor Shad White said the misspending included $5 million for one of Favre's pet projects, a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi. Smith is a nephew of former Mississippi Department of Human Services executive director John Davis.The state's lawsuit says Smith received more than $426,000 of money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from 2017 to 2019 for purposes not allowed by the program. It says Smith was paid from “under the guise” of providing services for two nonprofit groups whose leaders had close ties to Davis and Bryant.Smith's lawsuit says that several defendants in the state's lawsuit, including Smith, have “little or no” property they could use to pay any judgment against them.Smith's lawsuit also says Reeves has improperly hired private attorneys to represent the Department of Human Services when that legal work should be done by the state attorney general's office.“Reeves has controlled the MDHS suit in order to advance his own political interests and protect his political allies,” Waide wrote.Reeves is seeking a second term in the Nov. 7 election. The Democratic nominee for governor, Brandon Presley, said Reeves is tainted by the welfare misspending that occurred when Reeves was lieutenant governor and had power to oversee how the Department of Human Services was operating. Presley noted that Reeves had received campaign contributions from central figures in the scandal and that the governor's brother, Todd Reeves, had sent text message to the state auditor asking White to praise Favre.“Tate Reeves is too ethically compromised to lead this investigation,” Presley said Wednesday.Reeves campaign spokesperson Clifton Carroll said in a statement: “It's no surprise that some of the defendants who are being sued by the Reeves administration are unhappy because he is aggressively pursuing this case.”。 11月24日上午，绥中县前卫镇三山村水果合作社内一片繁忙景象：包装车间内女工动作麻利地给苹果装箱，门口几辆货车准备往外地运送。合作社负责人康宁说，这样良好的态势，从11月初就已经开始，将一直持续到明年五一前后。这家合作社是2010年成立的，共有114户村民参加。14年来，多采用传统的经营管理模式，即村民栽种、采摘后通过传统线下方式售卖。虽然形成合力，但由于种植方法、果品质量等相对滞后，产生的效果不太理想。 2020年，32岁的康宁接手后，立足家乡资源，改变传统管理经营模式，从山东借鉴先进种植经验，取得了不错的成绩。“我们村有黄元帅、富士、乔纳金等多个品种苹果，以往都是通过在收获前十来天扒掉套袋和反光膜等方式，让苹果长得个头大、颜色光鲜亮丽。可这样一来，不仅苹果口感稍差，而且还对环境产生不好影响。”现在改变了传统模式，拿富士苹果来说，采摘时间比传统摘果时间要晚半个多月，且生长期间套袋、反光膜不再扒掉，这样节省了人工等费用，而且由于气温下降，果品含糖量逐渐升高，且口感甜脆，非常受消费者青睐。康宁说，没有扒袋的富士，颜色是白中略透着黄，客户形象地称为奶油富士。

二 | 通过四年实践，市场反响非常好。合作社成员每家秋后都能产10万斤左右苹果，整个合作社共有1000多万斤。从去年开始，康宁尝试通过线上直播的方式卖苹果。“起初，由于经验的问题，卖得不太好。经过一年运营，我各方面的技术都成熟了，到目前‘卖相’大好。” 从每天8时至17时，除了正常经营管理外，康宁均在直播卖苹果。由于他本着诚信为先、质量至上、服务暖心、价格公道的宗旨，每天能卖苹果5000斤左右。“一直能卖到来年五一，估计能卖千万斤，其他少部分合作社成员自行销售。另外，合作社从村民家收购的苹果价格略高于市场价，目的是让村民得到更多实惠。例如目前奶油富士的市场价格在1.7元至2元之间，合作社收购的价格则为2元至2.3元。” 同时，为了进一步增加合作社成员收入，合作社还建了四座恒温库，将苹果放入其中。经过一段时间冷却，果品质量会更加优质。由于一系列科学方法加持，不久前，合作社的果品入选绥中县优质果品展销会，得到与会者一致赞赏。 “年轻人有头脑、思路广，有开拓进取精神，当地党委政府积极鼓励像康宁一样的人，飞往更广阔的空间，从而助力乡村振兴。”前卫镇党委书记吴明说。

三 | 图为村民正在往箱子里分拣苹果。《日报》全媒体记者张宝程摄。

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