{"id":2197,"date":"2007-09-06T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/09\/former-county-commissioner-to-challenge-frietze\/"},"modified":"2007-09-06T07:58:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T13:58:00","slug":"former-county-commissioner-to-challenge-frietze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/09\/former-county-commissioner-to-challenge-frietze\/","title":{"rendered":"Former county commissioner to challenge Frietze"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner Miguel G. Silva has announced his candidacy to represent District 1 on the Las Cruces City Council<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The seat is currently held by Jos\u00e9 Frietze<\/a>, who is seeking re-election on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n

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Silva said in a news release that he views this election as pivotal to the city\u2019s current and future growth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLas Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> is experiencing growth and change at a rate the city has never before seen, and new things are happening faster every day,\u201d Silva said. \u201cAs the city councilor from District 1, I will work to ensure that the City of Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> becomes a showcase city in the southwest, and that District 1 becomes the strong, thriving heart of our great city by preserving our multi-culture and historic heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Silva said he will focus on a common-sense approach to maintaining a united vision to expedite downtown revitalization, enhance public participation in the annexation process and assure long-term infrastructure needs for District 1. He said he\u2019s also concerned about securing sufficient water for the future.<\/p>\n

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Silva is currently an adjunct professor at Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> Ana<\/st1:placename> Community College<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>. His experience includes being the co-owner of Silva Sanitation Inc. He was also the city\u2019s initial recycling coordinator and initiated the Town of Mesilla<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s curbside recycling program.<\/p>\n

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Silva has a bachelor\u2019s in journalism from New Mexico<\/st1:placename> State<\/st1:placetype> University<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> and is currently earning a master\u2019s in English. Silva said if he\u2019s elected he intends to be a full-time councilor.<\/p>\n

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Silva said he plans to use his experience with utilities \u201cto ensure that we are being charged fair and equitable rates,\u201d and said he also wants term limits for the mayor and councilors.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTerm limits provide the opportunity to enhance community participation in the governmental process,\u201d he said. \u201cThrough an enhanced participation process District 1, the City of Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and the private sector can all prosper together in creating a quality of life value that is acceptable to all sectors. And District 1 can play a key role in making this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner Miguel G. Silva has announced his candidacy to represent District 1 on the Las Cruces City Council. The seat is currently held by Jos\u00e9 Frietze, who is seeking re-election on Nov. 6. Silva said in a news release that he views this election as pivotal to the city\u2019s current and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}