Dear Sir,

With reference to the story in last week’s Reporter regarding the woman who was stopped in Chapala for not wearing her seat belt.  The facts seem quite clear: she broke the law, she got caught and she was rude and arrogant. To the woman I can say only, “If you insist on behaving like a complete idiot, please do not broadcast your Canadian origins. I am not you; I don’t even want to know you. You know that if you pulled the same stunt in Canada, you would quite possibly end up in jail.”  To Señor Magaña, on behalf of Canadians everywhere, I apologize and commend your restraint in not giving her what she so richly deserved.

Dear Sir,

On behalf of the majority of Canadians and Americans, I would like to apologize to Mr. Hector Magaña for the behavior that he had to endure as described in last week’s Reporter.  I believe that the behavior of that one individual does not portray the feelings and attitude of the majority of expatriates living at Lakeside. We feel comfortable being guests here in Mexico and respect the laws that we now live under.  Mr. Magana, please understand that the one individual who acted as she did does not represent the typical expatriate.

Dear Sir,

I would like to respond to the article “Lakeside traffic chief gets a dose of road rage.”

Dear Sir,

Re: June 2-8 edition of the Reporter, page 10.  Lakeside traffic chief gets a dose of road rage. As a retired police officer from  an unnamed Canadian city, it was with much interest and some concern that I read of the actions of a woman, identifying herself as a Canadian, toward the local traffic commandant. I am appalled by this person’s attitude toward the police, and I wonder if she displayed the same sort of attitude toward the police in her Canadian home.

Dear Sir:

My husband and I applied for IMSS through the Chapala office in May 2011.  We followed every instruction to the letter … completing applications, paying fees, getting blood, urine and ECG tests, keeping detailed records of every visit, and making multiple copies of every document.  Based on my ECG test, and saying that I had a heart problem, IMSS sent me to Tlajomulco to see a cardiologist who looked at the very same ECG printout and said, “I don’t know why they sent you to me.  This is perfectly normal.”

Dear Sir,

Some of the people who have chosen to live in Mexico need to get a life.  “Live” and “life” being the key words here.