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Category: Elections Elections
Published: 30 March 2018 30 March 2018

provencio photoGrant County, NM --- Cindy Renee has announced her candidacy for County Commissioner, District 2 at various Democratic Party Meetings and events, and she officially filed on March 13. County Commission, District 2, is made up of most of the Mining District where Cindy Renee was raised by her mother, Cynthia Provencio Jones, and Grandparents, David and Mary Provencio. Cindy Renee is a proud graduate of Cobre High. She received a double Bachelor in English and Art, a graduate certificate in Art and completed course work in Sociology at Western New Mexico University before transferring to Texas Woman’s University where she received her Master of Arts in Multicultural Women’s and Gender studies. Cindy Renee has spent most of her professional career at Western New Mexico University while pursuing her undergraduate and graduate degrees; she was the Program Manager of Operations and Special Events at Miller Library until she recently took a position with Upper Gila Watershed Alliance as the Gila Latina Community Organizer to engage and educate the community about Forest Planning.

“My passion has always been to serve my community in both my professional and personal life. I am very active in the Grant County Democratic Party and served for the past 2 years on the Forums Committee and most recently became the chair. I also became the President of the Young Democrats of Grant County and am working hard to recruit new members.”

Cindy Renee states why she is running, “I have known for a few years that I would run for public office though I thought it would surely be later in life. However, inspired by the current political climate and the encouragement of others I realized now is a crucial moment to be an advocate for my community and I cannot stand on the sidelines. My greatest desire is to use my skills and knowledge to reach back and serve the community that raised me.”

When Cindy Renee talks to constituents there are three big issues that are of major concern. The first is stopping the Gila River Diversion project that is a tax drain. “That money can and would be better spent on other water projects that would benefit more of the County than this diversion. The Gila River is one of the last free flowing in the West and should stay that way for cultural and economic reasons and for the endangered species that rely on it.”

The second issue is the effort to privatize the hospital. “Such moves have devastated other rural communities and would put our most vulnerable residents who already have limited access to health care at risk. Our health care and economic challenges are interconnected. If we diversify our economy, our county will be better equipped to retain health care providers. There are many innovative ways we can diversify our economy that will complement our mining industry. One of those ways is investing in the green energy industry. We can also revamp the way we do waste management. There are innovative things happening with recycling plastic such as making building materials to make affordable housing and repaving roads.”

“I have a lot of innovative ideas for the future of Grant County; nevertheless, I know collaboration with others is necessary to calculate what makes sense to pursue here in Grant County. Together we can generate the political will power to make innovative ideas a reality.”

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