Farouk For Governor

One of the major challenges that are faced by Texans is that the metropolitan and rural areas are far apart with regard to affordable healthcare, availability of high paying jobs, public education that is of a high quality, access to broadband and economic growth that would drive the increase of small businesses.

The Democratic Candidate for Governor in 2010, Farouk Shami, had great plans to reduce the evident disparities between the rural remote and the densely, more larger populated cities.

One of Farouk’s key development plans for the State of Texas if voted into office is to enhance access to digital broadband internet service statewide. This decision was made after an in-depth study carried out by Connected Nation, showed Texas’ unexploited potential that could be utilized if access to digital broadband was made easier. According to the study over 170,000 jobs stood to be gained.

Mr. Shami’s main plan is to use digital broadband to improve the access that public schools have to tools of learning and knowledge all over the world. By using digital broadband in Texas’ educational system, Mr. Shami will be easing access to the K-12 education system and thus closing the gap that holds rural Texas at the back. This he considered, would be the most, essential factor in building a work force that had sufficient skills and knowledge to make Texas self-sufficing.

Another reason why Farouk Shami wanted to enhance the ease of broadband access was because he believed that the internet played a key role in the growth of small businesses. For instance, by using the internet, small businesses will be able to reach a wider demographic through online advertisement campaigns with an effectiveness that was unprecedented before the internet became a major player in American businesses. This might lead to small businesses serving as vendors and subcontractors to larger manufacturing firms. This would lead to greater economic activity.

Farouk argued that broadband was necessary when large manufacturers were planning on establishing new processing plants in rural areas. This is because the internet, serves as an efficient communication system facilitating communication between the processing plant and the company’s home office. In addition, it makes communication between the head office and the company’s worldwide affiliates easy.

Finally, Mr. Shami believed that digital broadband would enhance agriculture. Since agriculture is the largest industry in Texas, Farouk Shami believed that this was the best way to expose farmers and ranchers to new trends and market prices, including weather forecasts that were long range.