Charlie Klestadt may be laid up in a hospital bed, but that’s not stopping the dedicated Cruz Roja Chapala volunteer from hustling for his favorite lakeside charity.

Chapala’s Instituto Tecnologico Superior (ITS) is undergoing a change of management with Gerardo Fabian Pantoja Ramirez taking charge as the institution’s general director.

In response to the public controversy over Chapala’s paid parking zone, Comers S.A. de C.V. executive director Francisco Espinoza de los Monteros called a press conference last week to explain the operating company’s point of view, asserting that Mayor Joaquin Huerta has opted for a political posture that caters to the whims of a small segment of the populace rather than looking at the system’s financial and social benefits.

Foreigners who want to avoid hassles with Lakeside area traffic police should be careful to obey the rules of the road, keep all essential permits and paperwork up to date and carry original documents whenever they get behind the wheel. 

Like Gerald Specht (left), dozens of expat residents contributed various types of plants and trees to the Ajijic Plant-In campaign coordinated by Harry Bublin (right), head honcho of town administrator Hector España’s expat advisory committee.

Prominent Jocotepec businessman Heriberto Ibarra Galvez died in a Guadalajara hospital on the evening of Tuesday, June 18, while undergoing treatment for a gunshot wound to the head sustained during a botched a kidnapping that occurred earlier in the day.