With state and federal elections looming on the horizon in June 2018, December is the time of year when a crop of hopefuls jostle for position as political parties select their candidates for office.

When news of the September 19 earthquake reached lakeside, the point men for Chapala Sunrise Rotary’s relief effort, President-Elect Hector España and Past-President Walter Thornton, came up with a game plan.

While advancement on the Ajijic highway makeover chugs along at a snail’s pace, dimming prospects for completion by the projected November 20 finish date, the Chapala government is forging ahead on a variety of other public works programs elsewhere in the municipality.

Citizens have stepped up to the plate and responded en masse to Tuesday’s deadly earthquake by flocking to donation centers (centros de acopio) with medicines, food, water, blankets and other basic supplies.