Chapala Mayor Gerardo Degollado may be forced to take a time-out from his post by an order of the Jalisco State Congress aimed at obligating his government to pay off a long overdue labor suit won by a former city hall employee.

Full-tilt party time is on the horizon as Chapala and Ajijic warm up for lively Carnaval festivities that build up to a final blowout on Tuesday, February 28, this year’s date for Mardi Gras celebrations around the globe.

Initial rehabilitation of Chapala’s Parque de la Cristiania is due for completion around the end this month, city officials report. 

Chapala has scheduled a variety of special activities tied into the 100th Anniversary of Mexico’s Constitution, promulgated on February 5, 1917.

Work crews have made significant progress in clearing weeds and litter from the borders of the Chapala-Ajijic libramiento (bypass).

Internet speeds in the lakeside area tend to swing widely according to geographic location, this newspaper has discovered after some detailed investigation.