The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Chapala government has flunked a comprehensive test of its transparency performance, ranking in next to last place among 22 Jalisco communities evaluated by the Citizens Collective for Transpearent Municipalities (CIMTRA).
Ajijic voters favored Jesús “Chuni” Medeles Córdova as the candidate of choice in the June 5 referendum for the position of town administrator (delegado). Medeles racked up 635 votes among the 1,344 valid ballots cast in Sunday’s election. He defeated his closest rival, Cristina Gómez Padilla, by 114 votes. Alejandro Martínez Velázquez placed a distant third with 188 votes.
The Chapala government this week revealed a plan to remodel the central plaza of San Antonio Tlayacapan, by using four million pesos from the state’s Regional Development Fund (Fondereg) to carry out the work.
Local fashion designer Alma Gutierrez showed off her talent for creating flattering outfits for real women of every size and shape at the Lake Chapala Society’s May 28 Spring Fashion Show.
Students from the University of Guadalajara’s School of Architecture swarmed the premises of Chapala City Hall on Friday, May 20 to exhibit 100 design projects to build or enhance public facilities in the town.
Social activist Esther Solano has launched a movement to collect signatures calling for the state congress to initiate a juicio politico (impeachment proceeding) against Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado for allowing the massive butchering of local trees.
The temporary closure of Calle Morelos over the past two weekends has generated inconveniences, complaints and opposing views concerning the operation of the Andador Axixic, a series of pedestrian-friendly outdoor dining and shopping festivals put together by local merchants with the apparent consent of the municipal government.
The Chapala government has finally moved the pieces to hold an express public referendum on the selection of delegados (administrators) to serve in the towns of Ajijic, Atotonilquillo, San Antonio Tlayacapan, San Nicolás de Ibarra and Santa Cruz de la Soledad. The voting process will take place Sunday, June 5, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the central plaza of each locality.
Mexican real estate and investment firm Sun-Star Group, led by real estate developer Omar O’Rourke Martinez and his partner Thomas Wahl, issued a press release this week confirming they have “executed an agreement” with Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group for the development and operation of a Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa at Lake Chapala, with “an option for additional territories.”
