all is quiet

This project was promised by the local government to be finished by December 19 so as not to affect the Christmas-New Year vacation season. I think it is quite obvious the work will not be finished by that date.

Today's papers are carrying a story to this effect.

The local hoteliers and restaurateurs are trying their best to keep the local and state governments to their word and honest (yeah, good luck with THAT), and they are calling for the project to be worked on 24 hours a day, since it seems the workers must get paid by the day since they are working at a snail's pace, and they apparently want the work to take as long as possible. Historically in Guerrero when projects go over budget no penalties are ever levied against the contractors, instead more money is awarded them. I suspect this is a common practice because of close ties between authorities and the construction companies that are often owned by politicians or their families or else influential political contributors.