As Lake Chapala shows signs of a troubling decline, newly appointed general director of the National Water Commission (Conagua) David Korenfeld Federman, and Elias Chedid Abraham, his chief for the Lerma-Santiago-Pacífico region, may be forced to show their professional mettle. Both men boast strong academic backgrounds and administrative experience in water issues.

Property taxes

Impuesto Predial (property tax) on real estate located in the municipality of Chapala is handled at the Catastro (land registry) office located in the main lobby of the Palacio Municipal (city hall), Avenida Madero 202, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jocotepec will fall into the grip of two straight weeks of unbridled festivity starting next Monday as the townspeople renew their devotion to spiritual patron El Señor del Monte (The Lord of the Mount).

Mexican-American photographer Victor Hugo Casillas Romo capped a fantastic year when his image of Lake Chapala won third place in an international competition in December.

While you may have chilled out after all the Christmas and New Years festivities, little nippers at  lakeside are charging up for another dose of holiday cheer with the January 6 celebration of Dia de Reyes--Three Kings Day.

The democratic election of town administrators in Ajijic, San Antonio Tlayacapan, Santa Cruz de la Soledad, San Nicolas de xIbarra and Atotonilquillo has been put on hold until early 2013.