Colonias irregulares regularizadas

I think you confuse the message. I appreciate that you are now sensitive to this issue, but I don't believe you comprehend its depth. Just because a "colonia irregular" has been "regularizada" does not mean that in the eyes of the community at large it is no longer a colonia that should not exist or be there. Each mayor for the past dozen years or so, since the major land invasion that occurred under Amador Campos (when I began to try to urge you and other folks to please steer clear of this local problem), during their campaign for office they have promised to regularize these "colonias" that should not exist, but then when they win they work only to regularize a very few, leaving the rest in the lurch on purpose for future political manipulation. So when the candidate seeks another office (since there is currently no re-election) or when one of his contributors seeks office (it's almost like a revolving door) they can go back to one of the colonias they regularized and say here we are, your saviours, with more free stuff for you, as in the current situation with the basketball court for El Barril. These impoverished colonias are the cannon-fodder. Meanwhile, as perhaps you and most folks can't help but notice, the rest of the town, including the parts where the majority of its taxpayers live and work, suffers acute neglect while these politicians play "friend" with the impoverished communities. So what seems like help isn't always what it appears to be, meanwhile the folks who really need and deserve help go neglected. That's why I urge you to avoid any and all politicians like the plague. The money and materials they "donate" is not theirs, and the folks they lead you to help are the folks whose votes they are seeking, not necessarily the folks who need help the most. When the rest of the community sees your photo posing with a former municipal "public servant" who is now a candidate whom they believe pilfered millions for his current campaign, they associate you as a pawn or lackey of his, and it won't take long until a cry arises among someone, pehaps the opposition party, to have you as a foreigner expelled from the country for meddling in politics, though you believe you have done no such thing. As we used to say in the Deep South: "all it takes is one awwshit to negate a hunnerd attaboys!"

I regret that what was intended as friendly advice has somehow turned into something much different. Emotions and passions run high among your supporters, but they also can run high among the locals who keep seeing politicians posing with you. It's just a matter of time until such photos come back to haunt you unless you take better care, and that would be a downright shame. Thus my comments here today. You can heed my warnings or not, but I wouldn't say anything if I didn't care about you and your organization.