Habla con la gente.

Lo hago TODOS LOS DÍAS.

Odd that many locals are thankful for the changes JSA has made.

As always, one has to view any change based on their experience versus a believed to be collective thought.

Yes, and a little less than half the USA wants a president with 76 federal indictments against him who likely sold the USA out to Russia and Saudi Arabia, and they believe the current president is the more corrupt of the two.

I assert no collective thought. No idea why you would make such a comment. And the public was never consulted on any project including the current one.

Many "locals" aren't locals. The hillside invaders whom he has helped remain on the lands they stole and to get title to them are of course beholden to him. Poverty and a lack of education makes people easily manipulable. So does the ability to "pardon" or give huge discounts on the local taxes one pays and to threaten those who criticize him. He's bought off all the local newspapers so that they publish only praise for him, but I'm not for sale.

What changes are you referring to? Paving 3 meters more of the downtown beach and cutting down its most beautiful trees? Putting so many restrictions on our most popular beaches that almost no locals feel welcome at them anymore? Allowing the bars to continue driving local families from downtown Zihuatanejo? Doing zero zip zilch nada nothing to get local crime under control? I just don't get the feeling you're keeping up with local events, especially those that can't be discussed in public. And being a foreigner, you're not exactly someone with whom locals will be frank and honest any more than Cubans will be honest with tourists on their island. Speaking a little Spanish isn't enough reason for local residents to open up about extremely sensitive local matters.

Even if "many locals" support the apparent acts of corruption and self enrichment of the current mayor, I don't.

As always, one has to view any change based on their experience versus a believed to be collective thought.

The mayor is on a mission to pour as much of his company's cement as he can, and now he says he's going to extend the Paseo del Pescador design inland. This does not sound like something we need or want. He seems unable to attend to any other problem that doesn't involve pouring cement.

Do Hizonner's plans include extending the Paseo del Pescador around the south end of Playa La Madera, to connect with Playa La Ropa? I'm guessing La Casa Que Canta wouldn't be thrilled.

I'm guessing he got too much pu$hback when he suggested that idea to the folks at Casa Que Canta, though he suggested it a couple of years ago. No, he wants to tear up all the paving stones we call adoquín on the pedestrian streets downtown beginning in January, the peak tourist season. That would be Calle Cuauhtémoc for 2 blocks, the entire Calle Pedro Ascencio, the entire Calle Agustín Ramírez, and Calle Hermenegildo Galeana from Calle Ejido to Pedro Ascencio. It's a lot of damn cement he wants to pour, I guess using the same colored little paving blocks he used along the downtown Paseo del Pescador and the same stupid planters with the same ugly plants. It'll raise the ambient temperature by several degrees. The thing is, those streets look fine just as they are, and it will hurt businesses on those streets while construction is going on, same as it hurt the businesses along the Paseo del Pescador when he "remodeled" it. I wonder if any of those businesses have been consulted? Just as we get named a Pueblo Mágico, he wants to tear up what little quaintness remains of Zihuatanejo to make a few pesos for his and his wife's political ambitions. When he first took office, my wife and I only asked one thing of him: to please deal with the noise downtown. Downtown Zihuatanejo is louder during the night than it is during the day with bars thumping all around town and boombox cars blasting up and down the streets. But the problem has only worsened during his tenure as has public insecurity. We deserve better than this.

The mayor is on a mission to pour as much of his company's cement as he can, and now he says he's going to extend the Paseo del Pescador design inland. This does not sound like something we need or want. He seems unable to attend to any other problem that doesn't involve pouring cement.

Do Hizonner's plans include extending the Paseo del Pescador around the south end of Playa La Madera, to connect with Playa La Ropa? I'm guessing La Casa Que Canta wouldn't be thrilled.

Isn't the extension nothing more than connecting and improving the walkway towards La Madera?

The increased number of flights has increased the number of visitors for this time of year.

Some of our friends who happen to be meseros are glad to see the increased number of visitors.

No, more people are bad. More building is bad. Making environments more modern bad. In fact, 1990 Zihu good. [according to some]

For me, 1995 was good, my 1st year!

Isn't the extension nothing more than connecting and improving the walkway towards La Madera?

The increased number of flights has increased the number of visitors for this time of year.

Some of our friends who happen to be meseros are glad to see the increased number of visitors.

No, the walkway towards La Madera was the first section finished, and truthfully it was the only work that was needed due to the total lack of maintenance to the previous walkway. La Madera has also had cement poured and paving done that was totally unnecessary and in fact that left them with a more dangerous street and blocked views on their beach. No, the mayor has a vision of his future prosperity that has nothing to do with the well-being and prosperity of the community. I think that much is obvious. He has no solutions to any of our problems. He doesn't understand our niche in the tourism market. He just wants to pour cement and get paid for it. And he's also spent a fortune of the public's money on marketing the image of him and his wife so that they both can continue their political futures and fortunes.

Isn't the extension nothing more than connecting and improving the walkway towards La Madera?

The increased number of flights has increased the number of visitors for this time of year.

Some of our friends who happen to be meseros are glad to see the increased number of visitors.

No, more people are bad. More building is bad. Making environments more modern bad. In fact, 1990 Zihu good. [according to some]

The increased number of flights has increased the number of visitors for this time of year.

Some of our friends who happen to be meseros are glad to see the increased number of visitors.

The most recent update of Covid-19 stats released today is from 2 days ago when there were 42 currently active cases in Zihuatanejo, 1 in Técpan, 31 in Acapulco, and 100 in the entire state.

Wednesday night and Thursday felt a bit warmer than previous days. Still no rain though it was cloudy again last night and this morning as well as much of the day. There's a good chance of a tropical storm affecting us early next week. Stay alert.

There's a steady flow of tourists, many who appear to be the middle class tourists that we need, apparently arriving on the new flights from Monterrey and other inland cities. Let's hope this tendency continues. We're still a long way from having sustainable tourism, and it looks like we're currently overbuilding and losing too much of our main attraction.

The mayor is on a mission to pour as much of his company's cement as he can, and now he says he's going to extend the Paseo del Pescador design inland. This does not sound like something we need or want. He seems unable to attend to any other problem that doesn't involve pouring cement.

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