BAD PRESS SOTAVENTO

While obviously trying to cater and appeal to people with money, the folks at the Sotavento apparently felt compelled to call the police on 3 young men smoking pot during the late afternoon on the beach near their installations. Why they couldn't have simply suggested the men go elsewhere I cannot fathom, but there are already way too many lives ruined and destroyed thanks to people like them collaborating in the persecution of folks simply for enjoying themselves while bothering no one. A totally victimless "crime" based on prejudice, lies and discrimination. They could have made a lot of different decisions besides calling the police, but they chose to make the worst decision.

I will not be announcing any further events on the property of this former hotel now condo project, and I will not be recommending them for anything until they demonstrate much better judgement than this. This is despicable behavior by the part of people working for the Sotavento.

DETIENEN A JÓVENES POR FUMAR MARIHUANA EN PLAYA LA ROPA

Could not agree more with the overall content of your post but you closed pretty strong, IMHO

I'm going to twist one up and walk down the beach to Sotavento. Think they will make that same call for a 72 year old gringo burning one?

We applaud your decision

This was the subject of prior posts,

I did not realize how the "BIG BUST" occurred, besides probably ruining the lives of these young men for doing nothing harmful, I agree with Robb, the owners of the property exercised a complete lack of judgment. Doubt they would have called the police on some potential gringo customers.

There is a dark warm place where these people deserve to go.

Thumbs up to you, Rob -- it was totally unnecessary to ruin the kids' lives over something that is not harming anybody else.

Completely agree, Rob! Thanks for the info.

Right on!
I won't have any when I arrive in Zih next week,
but I'd do the very same thing if I did.

¡Totalmente de acuerdo amigo!
Thought we might stop by their "Beach Club" when we arrive at Catalina next week,
but not any more. Our lovely classic on La Ropa will do just fine.

The Beach Club is not owned by the Sotavento. It is the same chef as Restaurante Angustina.

Hey folks, as you know I've been speaking out about the lack of humanity (and humility) of this management company for the past several months after they screwed my wife & I out of our place on the reserve list by randomly raising the price on our 5 year reserved unit.

They are all-in corporate business guys. They don't have souls and they are not in Z to be a part of the community, they are only there for only one reason: to make money! Always remember they all about the all about the Peso and not the People....!! So if a few kids are kicking back and enjoying the waves in front of their property their first instinct is to say "F them they are impacting our bottom line CALL THE POLICE immediately"..!! What happens to them afterwards is not our concern.

What they did does not surprise me. But what's ironic is that they are headquartered in Vancouver Canada WHERE POT IS LEGAL...!!

Please welcome them with closed arms...!!

APOLOGIES for the typos in my last post...
Here is my RE-POST so that you can read it coherently, and so that I can feel better for correcting the record.

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Hey folks, as you know I've been speaking out about the lack of humanity (and humility) of this management company for the past several months after they screwed my wife & I out of our place on the reserve list by randomly raising the price on the unit we reserved 5 years ago.

They are all-in corporate business guys. They don't have souls and they're not in Z to become a part of the community, they're only there for only one reason: to make money! Always remember that they're all about the Peso and not the People....!! So if a few kids are kicking back and enjoying the waves in front of their property their first instinct is to say "F them they are impacting our bottom line CALL THE POLICE immediately. What happens to them afterwards isn't our concern...!!"

What they did doesn't surprise me. But what's ironic is that they are headquartered in Vancouver Canada WHERE POT IS LEGAL...!!

Please welcome them with closed arms...!!

So, you got screwed. That's horrible.

Do you still come here and love Zihuatanejo? Sure hope so.

Thanks for the edit, it is a much better read now!

Ya, sadly they didn't honor our 5 year contract/commitment claiming that that was a promise by the previous owners; but yet they agreed to 90% of the other previous owner contracts/commitments (ya know the contracts that favored their bottom line) - we were going to sue but it just wasn't worth my time... So we will continue to rent.

... to answer your question: YES, we love it does there and generally come down every year for several weeks either late or early in the season...

Maybe drinks next time we are down there..?

Take care of paradise for us. Dan

Give us a yell when you return. We are always here.....