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Hoodwinked

A heated session of the Chapala city council was underway when I bailed out of the room to answer my cellphone.


Far from the sounds of silence

A couple of weeks ago an acquaintance sent an email asking: “Do you have the dates in November when Ajijic does its big celebration, including ten nights of rockets? I’ve never been here for that and I’d like to have a heads up of the dates.”

Head-scratching over the debate

While  NBC news anchor Lester Holt was fine tuning topics to pose for discussion at this week’s presidential debate, I buckled down to draw up my own list of pressing questions regarding the much anticipated Clinton-Trump face-off.

Informe memories as time marches on

Over two decades of covering the local news for this newspaper and 25 years of residence prior to the job, I’ve had the opportunity to watch 15 of Chapala’s presidentes municipales (mayors) come and go, each with his own distinctive personality and style of governance.