General News

The private firm contracted by the Chapala government to collect the municipality’s solid wastes was forced to suspend service for the second time in less than a month when the landfill facility in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos once again denied access to its garbage trucks.

The wave of a criminal violence that has plagued the Guadalajara metro area throughout this year appears to be spreading to the normally placid shores of Lake Chapala.

“I did everything I could,” declared Mayor Javier Degollado in his closing remarks for his third and final report on government activities under his watch, delivered Friday, September 14, in the absence of more than half of Chapala’s city councilors.

Incumbent Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado is scheduled to deliver his final report on the activities of his administration before leaving office on September 30.

U.S. citizens who have requested their ballots using votefromabroad.org or fvap.gov, should receive their ballots (preferably by e-mail) within the next few days.

Autotransportes Guadalajara-Chapala, the bus company that transports passengers between lakeside and the state capital, recently relocated its Ajijic terminal to new digs situated about a half-block east of Calle Colón.

For well over a century visitors have flocked to Chapala to enjoy lounging on the shoreline of Mexico’s largest lake.

There’s nothing like a good dose of local pride to fire up a crowd.