The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
While the Chapala municipal government will maintain 2017 rates for next year’s property taxes (predial), business licenses and other municipal fees, the autonomous water utility, Sistema Municipal de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado (SIMAPA), will increase their annual charges for water and sewage services by a hefty 7.38 percent.
In what remains as a messy transition from state to municipal authority over local streets and highways, officers from Jalisco’s Secretaria de Movilidad (SeMov) have been spotted patrolling in La Floresta and other points now outside their assigned areas of control.
As the Christmas Season goes into full swing this weekend, lakeside residents have multiple options to soak up special events and traditional customs that are bound to raise holiday spirits.
Don’t call the national 911 hotline for help in an emergency, advises a lakeside businessman who was involved in a recent highway accident.
The heavily populated hillside overlooking downtown Chapala will be adorned for the Christmas season to depict a nativity scene of monumental proportions.
Ajijic has thrown its hat into the ring for Pueblo Mágico status.
After a 10-month lull, reports of multiple animal poisonings have put Ajijic pet owners on alert again.
