Dear Sir,

Can someone please enlighten me? Why do some people go to programs at the Auditorio de la Ribera and spend most of their time using their phones to photograph the performance rather than actually watching it?

Dear Sir,

The events of Wednesday, February 11 should be a wake-up call for all expat motorists living in and around Lakeside.

Dear Sir,

Upon moving to Lakeside over a decade ago, we were pleasantly surprised to find many opportunities to participate in the various activities which existed here. The Lake Chapala Society was a good place to start, and we soon became members. LCS had the mandate of helping both the expat and Mexican communities.

Dear Sir,

A few weeks ago the Guadalajara Reporter published an article describing a 17-million-peso project that the Jalisco Culture Secretariat has allotted for the conversion of Lakeside’s  Auditorio de la Ribera into a mammoth cultural center, which will include, in addition to the auditorium, conference centers, classrooms, dance studios, lecture halls and possibly even a hotel.

Dear Sir,

I fully agree with Dale Palfrey’s recent column (January 11-17) titled “Flaming Mexico stinks.”

Dear Sir,

Marci Bowman makes many good points in her letter in last week’s edition, but I have a few caveats. Numerous breeds, such as German Shepherds, Rottweilers, and pit bulls – a group name which Wikipedia notes is “particularly ambiguous” – have in times as recent as World War II been “nannies” to babies left on a blanket in the yard while their mothers went to work.