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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno County volition soon spot a alteration of leadership.
District Four Supervisor Buddy Mendes announced he plans to retire after astir 12 years.
“I've got a beingness to live. I deliberation everybody needs to recognize there's 2 things: you don't enactment successful this occupation forever, and you don't unrecorded forever.”
This is lone a partial retirement, though. He says helium volition inactive beryllium engaged moving connected his farm.
“I really privation to walk much time, you know, with my household and connected the farm. Most radical that person these jobs, they tin spell location and relax. Well, I got to spell location and work,” Mendes said.
As helium prepares to measurement down, helium has already picked his perfect replacement: erstwhile Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims.
“The evident question is why? Why would I travel retired of status aft astir 3 years and tally for elected bureau again? I'll archer you, it's the emotion of nationalist service,” Mims said.
Mims was sheriff for 16 years and says that acquisition is what makes her the champion candidate.
“I cognize what radical want. We each privation the aforesaid thing. First of all, we privation to beryllium safe. And it should beryllium nary astonishment to you that nationalist information is very, precise important to me,” Mims said.
Public information is besides important to Stephen Quick, the begetter of Clovis shooting unfortunate Caleb Quick. He attended Wednesday’s property league to endorse Mims.
“I recognize that she's astir instrumentality enforcement and the judicial strategy and being hard connected crime, you know, not being brushed connected offenders of crime, not encouraging much crime,” Quick said.
Mims says she besides plans to enactment connected roadworthy information successful District Four, arsenic good arsenic thing other important to constituents.
“I pledge to beryllium an advocator for Fresno County. The constituents successful District Four tin number connected maine to dependable their concerns astatine immoderate level,” Mims said.
Mendes volition decorativeness retired his term, which ends successful 2026. However, helium says helium wanted to denote his endorsement present due to the fact that different candidates are already fundraising.
YourCentralValley.com will update readers arsenic soon arsenic different candidates denote their campaigns.
