Mexico’s Ley de Migracion remains a topic of keen interest among lakeside area expatriates.

As increasing numbers of foreign nationals who reside in the lakeside area have obtained Mexican citizenship, so have they earned rights to acquire federal voter identification cards entitling them to suffrage. Some local political observers are wondering if that trend might bear some weight in the upcoming public referendum on the naming of town administrators.

According to John Keeling, organizer for the local annual Christmas bird count, the numbers of each species seen was down slightly from the averages of the previous six years.

A full day of religious devotions, communal feasting and unbridled revelry will keep Ajijic’s Barrio de San Sebastian awake on Sunday as the neighborhood pays tribute to its twice-martyred patron saint.

Lakeside area officers under the command of SVT traffic department chief Alberto Alvarez Ahumada implemented intense patrol operations throughout the recent holiday season, carrying out a strict crackdown on wayward drivers.

Alberto Alvarez has responded to expats' complaints of harassment and attempted shakedowns by traffic cops who threatened to confiscate their foreign-plated cars.