Julio Diaz: "I'm not running for anything right now..."

I spoke with Julio Diaz yesterday and he informed me that while he fully intends to run for office in the future, he has decided to focus on work and family right now and not pursue the office of city council for District 1.

"I'm not running for anything right now. While the opportunity is tempting, I am going to focus on the military, my business, and my family right now" Diaz said in a phone interview.

Diaz said he's received a lot of calls, texts, and other messages following my last piece and he decided that he wanted to make his intentions for the short-term clear. "I want to see some good candidates get in that race. I don't want to interfere with anyone else who wants to run for that seat at this time. I thought it was best to make my intentions clear very early in order to give other candidates a chance to decide if they are going to run or not."

Having indicated that he is definitely going to run for an office in the future, Diaz didn't indicate what office he'd be pursuing. When I continued to try to establish what office in his area he was considering Diaz indicated that he was willing to move to another area to run for office so it is unclear what his exact plans are politically.

Diaz later sent me a message stating that he was going to continue to work on his graduate studies, family life and engage the business sector and elected officials on a range of issues in the mean time.