My name is Andrew Sanchez

Dear Guadalupe Voter, I would like to introduce myself.  My name is Andrew Sanchez, son of Cruz Sanchez with two sisters (Elaine & Delia Sanchez).   I’m the grandson of Salustion Sanchez and Francisca Sanchez.   Some of my involvement with Guadalupe has been a member of the Guadalupe Youth Build and Guadalupe Americorps soon after obtaining employment with the Youth Young Adult Program.  Other employment has been for the State of Arizona with the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections and Arizona Community Protection and Treatment Center. Most recently I have actively participated in the Citizens Public Safety Committee, Citizens Camera Crew and Arizona Centers for Empowerment (LUCHA). With your support as your town council member, I would like to address the following:   Education: With Guadalupe having so many youth under the age of 18 and of school age I believe the town should have much more involvement with our youth and encourage youth to get their high school diploma/GED and move to higher education in a college or university.  With your support, as a council member, my attempt would be to connect all of the town resources so every youth can succeed in school.  One vision has been for the Town of Guadalupe to have its own schools such as a High School so youth can have more pride in their town.   Housing: Housing has always been an issue in the town and being land lock makes it much harder for growing families to be accommodated.  As your city official we should address the issues and work closely with our partners in building homes where properties are available and encouraging/assisting resident with housing.  As your council member the vision continues to expand services and hope that all families in Guadalupe have their aspirations and needs met.   Public Protection:  With our town currently paying over one million dollars or 1/3 of Guadalupe’s budget to the Maricopa Sheriff Department and having no say in how these services are accomplished, my goal as your council member would be to work closely with our town officials to improve our police protection.   Government:  Many residents as well as I sometimes feel discouraged in involving with town politics but as your council member, I would love to improve the way town official communicate to town resident about things that affect us all and have more government transparency and be a role model for neighboring cities.   Youth:  The town is in a very good position to have many youth programs and have our youth involved in all sorts of educational experiences and with your vote I would work hard with all resources to move more programs in the Town of Guadalupe.  Please share your ideas. This could be one of our strongest town accomplishments.   Community Events:  With the current economic issues affecting all resident in Guadalupe, Arizona and  overall United States,  we as town officials and resident, should not be discouraged.  With your vote I would love to work with more community members to achieve the goal of hosting more events that would bring much needed revenue to the town of Guadalupe. Thanks for your time

Andrew Sanchez