Guerra announces city council run

Conrado M. Guerra has announced his candidacy for the District 1 seat on the Las Cruces City Council, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting.

Guerra waited to make his announcement until after filing day for the Nov. 6 election. Though I asked, he has not provided the information to me, so here it is from the Sun-News:

A resident of Las Cruces for 44 years, Guerra is 71, a retired insurance agent and a U.S. Army veteran. He’s focused on “decision making through common sense,” the newspaper reported.

“I understand that being on the city council for the City of Las Cruces is a great responsibility,” Guerra said. “The City of Las Cruces has grown rapidly and wise decisions need to be made; for instance, wise planning and zoning for the city’s future growth. With common sense and faith, we can accomplish future growth for the city.”

Guerra was born in El Paso. He grew up in La Mesa before joining the Army in 1958 and serving in Korea. Guerra has an associate’s degree in advance insurance education from Northwestern Missouri University.

He and his wife Alicia have been married 44 years and have three children.

The other candidates in the race are incumbent José V. Frietze, activist Ron M. Gurley and former Doña Ana County Commissioner Miguel G. Silva.