Dear Sir,

WalMart in San Antonio Tlayacapan is preparing to install a sign. It will be 15 meters from the parking lot to the top of the sign. The sign itself will be 7.5 meters x 2.25 meters. You can see the huge base prepared for the sign behind the bus stop at WalMart on the carretera.

Dear Sir,

This letter is in response to the public coverage of erroneous stories recently circulated about the Love in Action Children’s Center. It has been falsely reported that Love in Action Children’s Center, located in Chapala, Jalisco, has been involved in practices associated with the alleged illegal Irish adoptions of Mexican children.

Dear Sir,

I for one am relieved the Community Awards have been postponed.  I was thrilled when I heard I had been nominated, but much less so when I saw I was ‘competing’ with Moonjeen King and her community centre in Tepehua.  How do you choose between needy, battered women and needy, battered animals?  They all desperately need our help.

Dear Sir,

Thank you for publicizing the efforts of the community of Melaque, Jalisco to educate the public about the need for better security.

Dear Sir,

At the “No to the Aqueduct” meeting held January 12 in Ajijic, the guest speaker focused 90 percent on the water supply and wastewater treatment ills of Guadalajara, rather then the future of Lake Chapala. In his presentation he raised the point of rainwater collection. While I would agree this could be a worthy pursuit for residential application, it is not very feasible for an urban area like Guadalajara.

Dear Sir:

We are sure that the objective of the Lakeside Community Awards Committee is to encourage enhancement of the quality of life at Lakeside by recognizing individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to such enhancement. We are equally certain that all those nominated by the Committee deserve to be recognized for their contributions. But while, according to the article about the awards in the January 14-20 Reporter, nominees in five categories "are unopposed and will not require votes to receive their awards," nominees in the other six categories are opposed, and they must compete against one another to garner votes. The article states that "this is the first time in several years that the winners in each category will be decided by public vote," although nominees in almost half of the categories are in fact exempted from that requirement. Will some nominees having to compete for votes enhance community life, or will that foster divisiveness instead?