Update

Lizette Tapia of the municipal office of Ecología led a robust and very participative discussion by folks representing many different sectors of our community including several restaurant and hotel owners from both Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa as well as municipal representatives from different sectors of the administration including the Regidor de Turismo. Only one person spoke out in favor of banning dogs from the beaches. Everyone else spoke out against the current regulation, and so many folks spoke up in defense of our tourists and long-term visitors with pets that I really didn't have to say anything. But if you know me then you know that wasn't going to happen.

Lizette is going to contact us all for a follow-up meeting in order to decide on the wording for a proposal to modify the law.

Color me optimistic that we are going to get this fixed.