Gerardo Degollado turned into the prodigal son of Chapala’s political scene after retaking his seat on the city council following a one-year leave of absence.

Plans for renovating Calle Revoulcion, the site of Ajijic’s weekly tianguis street market, are on hold until the Chapala government receives a federal funding package that isn’t expected until August or September, according to Mayor Joaquin Huerta.

Under a presidential decree put into effect last month, the distribution and exploitation of surface water resources throughout the vast Lerma-Chapala watershed will henceforth be managed under a formalized set of regulations that ostensibly provide a legal shield for Mexico’s largest lake.

Staff from the Chapala Ministerio Público (MP or district attorney’s office) were back at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) campus on Wednesday, April 16 for the second round in the newly instated bimonthly outreach program designed for expatriates.

Expo Ganadera, Chapala’s first-ever stock show, opens Saturday, April 26 for a ten-day run featuring exhibitions of horses, cattle and other farm animals, special entertainment events and plenty of family-oriented activity.

The light and joy of Ajijic’s 11 Easter Sunday Masses flickered when Father Alfredo Arreola, the Roman Catholic parish priest, announced that he will soon be transferred to become the director of Tlaquepaque’s Sanctuaria de Nuestra Señora de Soledad.