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Hey it's 4/20. I forgot what that means. It'll come to me... :smoking:

:hotface: 25°C was about as low as it got overnight, and the heat and humidity were ready and waiting to pounce as soon as we turned the fans off and walked outside this Monday morning. And they never let up. The weather isn't quite suffocatingly hot yet, but those days aren't far off. The rainy season has arrived early this year. There's a decent chance of rain for this Tuesday and Wednesday. Hopefully they'll bring some relief from the heat.

Tourists were few and far between today. Sales were null and the streets were mostly empty. But I did see a few books being sold at the Feria del Libro this evening. Good to see in a generation that walks around staring at their cellphones and taking pouty-lipped selfies!

I want to give a big shout out to our local panaderías. I think ALL of them are wonderful, and we have our favorite pastries at each one. How lucky we are to be able to easily walk to so many delicious bakeries. Such hard-working talented people at all of them!
https://www.zihuatanejo.net/restaurants.html

The mayor made a big deal this afternoon out of her whimsical new project of tearing down the port captain's offices, tearing up cement her husband laid a few years ago, and turning the pier entrance into another imitation of the main plaza, but larger, with much more hot cement and a few silly palm trees. A few million more pesos for her husband's cement company while we have so many real needs. Comments by locals about the project in the local social media have not been kind. Slowly but surely Zihuatanejo is being drowned in cement. Hurry and visit while we still have some vegetation left.

Tucked away at Marina Ixtapa in a very peaceful and secure part of Ixtapa are some extremely comfortable vacation condos. Ixtapa Paqus Properties offers luxurious vacation rental properties in an exclusive residential area with panoramic ocean views and access to pools, beach club, tennis and golf. (click to enlarge image)
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¡Cuidemos nuestro patrimonio!
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La Cancha Municipal de Zihuatanejo sin ninguna alma presente.
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Rob, I did message the mayor on Facebook and she replied! Her response to my questions regarding the necessity of this new project, plus ruining of more of what makes Zih so special was this “the construction project in that area does not depend entirely on the Municipal Government; it is coordinated with the State Government and the Port Authority”. I don’t think I believe her, but I did want to share with others what her response was.

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Rob, I did message the mayor on Facebook and she replied! Her response to my questions regarding the necessity of this new project, plus ruining of more of what makes Zih so special was this “the construction project in that area does not depend entirely on the Municipal Government; it is coordinated with the State Government and the Port Authority”. I don’t think I believe her, but I did want to share with others what her response was.

A typical non-answer from a politician. Yes, the Capitanía is the federal government. But the Capitanía didn't solicit the project. The municipal government did. What she's done is simply convince people in offices far away that this was a necessary project. Perhaps they'll receive a little something extra in their Christmas stockings for approving millions of pesos for her budget for her husband's cement. And the state is always happy to throw in some construction money to keep the local government happy and friendly. But oddly, the local community wasn't consulted, same as every other major "remodeling" project, and even when we are consulted, our voices simply have never mattered to this administration or the previous one. Also, the people who depend on the municipal government for services and favors (like free outboard motors to the local captains and owners of water taxis) aren't going to speak out. Everyone just nods their heads, smiles and says compliant BS. Not unlike the current U.S. Congress.

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SO when this project is finished and there is an event happening, how is that going to affect the comings and goings of people using the pier for it's intended purpose, like Las Gatas traffic?

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SO when this project is finished and there is an event happening, how is that going to affect the comings and goings of people using the pier for it's intended purpose, like Las Gatas traffic?

I guess they'll figure it out, but that's not the point. The point is there's no justification, no need for this project that overrides all of Zihuatanejo's other needs. It's an excuse for a billing the government for the cement the mayor's husband's cement company will sell for the project.

Not that long ago when the previous pier was damaged by age, earthquakes and huge swells, we had the small pier behind the port captain's office to use. Thank goodness, because there was nothing else available except picking up and dropping off people at the beach when the waves allowed, which during the stormy season is problematic. The small pier and the walkway behind the port captain's office do not appear in any rendering I've seen. Yet another strike against this unnecessary project in case something should happen to the pier.

If the Port Captain does not wish to use the building it has occupied since I arrived here 37 years ago, then the building should be LEASED OUT or REPURPOSED (free public bathrooms would be nice). Tearing it down to put in a new cement walkway and palm trees is simply a terribly stupid use of the area.