its time for a change.

Too often, and for far too long: decisions about our lives are made behind closed doors for interests other than our own. It’s time to get our voice back.

I want neighborhood meetings where we discuss & decide together what matters most, and bring those decisions to bare at County Commission. Not me as a commissioner, but us as a District.

Government should be something we do together, not something done to us.

Our community is stretched thin with high rents, rising bills, and too few good-paying jobs. Too much of our money leaves Otero County instead of building up our families and neighborhoods.

We deserve a budget that works for us — right at the kitchen table — investing in our homes, our small businesses, and our future.

Prosperity means more than just getting by — it means creating a city where our kids can see a future. That takes affordable homes, fair wages, and communities coming together & coming first.

The future we want won’t be handed to us — we’ll build it together.

We have to expand the County Commission to 5 seats, as is the case for almost every county in New Mexico. Different communities have different problems and different solutions, different histories and different perspectives. Mescalero and Chaparral- two of our most ignored and politically snubbed communities- will have their own County Commissioners. Our own government.

Its time to say no to ego-driven politics, consolidation of power, and corrupt government. Community and Democracy are far too important to leave in the hands of a few career politicians.

We need industry here. Not some billionaire from El Paso padding their yacht fund, not a private firm that requires a decade-long tax break, and certainly not a private prison complex run by a private firm owned by billionaires.

We need industry that’s ours.

Otero County energy production- publicly owned and jointly developed between Otero County and Mescalero. Quality, dignified jobs. A robust electrical engineering pipeline at NMSU-A.

We aren’t lacking in sunshine, and I have been working hard with leadership in the Tribe to develop long-term plans for a Solar Farm coupled with Agriculture. Money in, not money out. Resources by us and for us. Investment for the people and the future of our county.