Like many other local inhabitants, I was astonished by Mayor Moy Anaya’s announcement that his administration is reviving the attempt to earn a Pueblo Mágico title for Ajijic.

The official holiday calendar marks the third Monday of this month as the day to commemorate the November 20, 1910, outbreak of the Mexican Revolution.

Lack of personnel was cited as the reason that the commander of the 14th Guardia National (GN) Battalion headquartered in Jocotepec has scrapped plans to assign a detachment of his forces to a sub-base in Chapala.

Mayor Moisés Anaya welcomed Gustavo Camacho, his counterpart from Pico Rivera, California, to Chapala November 10 to push forward on establishing an official sister city relationship between the two communities.

Last week’s activation of the statewide Covid-19 “emergency button” notwithstanding, the Chapala government is forging ahead with a number of public works projects.

While Jalisco health authorities have reported a modest downtrend in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus over the past week, Chapala has seen a significant uptick of the disease since the first of this month.