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VOL. 3 ED. 13 • AUGUST 22TH, 2016 • NO BAD NEWS
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With crowded back to back events on our beach two weekends in a row, it feels like there will never be anymore solitary beach walks. But there will be soon.
So You Think It’s Easy To
Throw A Sand Castle Fiesta?
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BY REN DRAKE HILL
BY DANIELLE WILLIAMS
The Baja Sand Committee
makes plans for their big annual
hoopla all year round, but less
than two weeks before the Baja
Sand weekend, the tempo of
preparation goes into overdrive,
one step short of hysteria.
At a strategy meeting at City
Hall on August 10, co-chaired by
Victor Loza, Baja Sand president
and Fernando Serrano Garcia,
General Secretary for the city,
the final details were hashed out.
It seemed to be an improvement
over last year when, for the
first time, Baja Sand became
a three day event and showed
some signs of unpreparedness. This year the meeting
was attended by representatives of all
the key support agencies, men who had the
authority and resources to provide support in all areas.
Perhaps the most crucial, because
they have to get to work right away,
is Zofemat, the federal coastal zone
guys. They are responsible for bullCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
The USBC, (United Society of Baja California), is
having a bump-up
the membership drive
September 1 to December 1.
For those of you new to town,
or living under a rock on the
mesa, USBC is a social club that
provides useful information for
the English-speaking community
in Rosarito. If you are too busy
to attend every social or charitable meeting in town, USBC
offers representatives from local
community service, charitable,
and social organizations in the
Rosarito area to share their calendars of events.
Contrary to popular belief,
the USBC is not merely a social
club for the ancient, with monthly potlucks, (every 3rd Saturday
of the month), and tours of local
eateries. Other fun stuff includes
cruises, whale watching, a day at
the races in Del Mar, and gambling/shopping junkets to San
Diego, to name a few.
Your $15 yearly dues help to
support the education and wellbeing of local youth through
several philanthropic ventures,
including scholarships to qualified college students. Six previous
college graduates earned teaching degrees, and two current
students on USBC scholarships
are studying medicine. School
supply drives for kindergartners
at the Anita Brenner school in
Primo Tapia and Operation Wee
Feet which provides school and
athletic shoes to kindergartners
are two additional causes USBC
initiated.
USBC meets at 10:00 am on
the first Saturday of the month
at the Rosarito Beach Hotel, and
features speakers who cover topics of concern to expats. Yearly
dues (tax deductible now due to
their 501 (c)(3) tax status) helps
to support more than 20 local
charities.
“The Communicator,” USBC’s
monthly newsletter keeps you informed of everything important
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August 22th, 2016
Que Pasa in Baja?
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BY OLIVER QUINTERO
Wine parties ending. The official wine parties ended this past
weekend with the classic “paella”
competition on Sunday. About
90,000 visitors came to enjoy the
33 different events on their 26th
anniversary.
Hans Backhoff, president of
the wineries association, said
during the inaugural event that
the most important challenge that
the local wine industry faces now
is to meet the growing demand
for Mexican quality wines. He
said that their plan is to be able to
double their actual wine produc-
tion in a maximum of 10 years.
He emphasized that our local
valleys should stay focused on
producing quality wines instead of
volume because our area doesn’t
have the needed resources to
produce volume. He mentioned
that our valleys produce about
3.6 tons of grapes per acre while
countries like Argentina or Chile
yield around 9.1 tons per acre.
This, he explained, is not necessary a bad thing since most of the
time a lower yield of grapes equals
higher quality.
Don’t miss them next year! It’s
a great opportunity to start drinking early in the day, every day,
without being frowned upon. At
least for two weeks, you will have
to figure out something else for
the rest of the year.
Fine for firecrackers. Local
law enforcement in Ensenada will
now be able to fine people lighting
firecrackers without a permit if a
new law is passed. The new law
establishes that in order to burn
firecrackers you will need a permit
from the ecology office located in
city hall and that you can’t do it
after 10PM or 11PM if there are
no houses around. In order to get
the permit, you will need to bring
an official ID to prove that you are
over 18, a receipt for the fireworks
(so authorities can crack down
on illegal sales) and mention the
name of where you plan to light
them up.
Local councilwoman Ana
Daniela Garcia said that the measure is set to try and avoid accidents between minors, which have
been recurrent this past years,
especially around Christmas.
This could be a good measure,
unfortunately we all know that it
will just give local police another
reason to extort money from tourists and locals. We don’t need any
new laws, let’s just start by enforcing the ones we already have.
We made it to the finals. Since
2013 the federal government announced their list of 44 priority
destinations for tourism and we
got in there with two cities: Tijuana and Ensenada. This meant
that we would get more support
from the federal government in
order to develop tourist infrastructure and promote our cities.
Well now it seems that our folks
from the mainland shaved the
list a little further choosing only
15 of those destinations with the
most potential to grow to focus
their efforts on, we made it into
that list as well with both cities!
This is great news since it means
that our tourism industry will
keep getting that much needed
extra boost. Don’t worry about
Rosarito, people will still have to
stop for snacks somewhere.
The toll road is on fire. Not literally, I mean that we have a bunch
last year. Officials said that about
2.2 million cars have used the road
during this period.
This increase is making it even
more important to start building
the much promised alternate road
that would connect the toll road
from around Bajamar all the way
to the free road. If traffic keeps
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road each day. The federal roads
and bridges office (yes, we have a
whole government branch for that
in Mexico) announced that the
toll road has been seeing a steady
increase of traffic, growing about
12% from January to June this
year compared to the same period
down to China again, the free
road wouldn’t be able to handle
the traffic by itself.
“Improve your hotel” comes to
Baja. This new federal program
that came to life earlier this year
was presented in the wine museum to Baja hotel owners and auCONTINUED ON PAGE 5
What’s Going On
In This Country?
Thugs otherwise known as
teachers. The education strife
in the south of the country has
hijacked about 500 trucks and
buses. They kick the people off
the bus, telling them to continue
on foot, they usually kidnap the
driver and they vandalize the
buses. They hijack trucks and
steal the cargo.
The cost to the local business
owners is in the neighborhood of
US $27 million, which includes
the cost of the vehicles and the
value of the cargo they were carrying when hijacked, said Juan
Pablo Castañón, president of the
Business Coordinating Council.
Students at teacher training
colleges in the state have also
been involved. Yesterday, they
burned at least three vehicles
in order to block highways in
the municipalities of Zamora,
Zacapu and La Piedad.
The students are demanding
automatic job placements after
finishing college, and refusing
to take a competency test. The
government is trying to stop the
practice of inheriting or
buying a teaching position when they are
not qualified to teach.
An estimated
200,000 small businesses have been
affected as highway
blockades have been
erected in the two
states for the past
three months. Last
weekend three more
fancy tour buses were
hijacked at a toll booth.
Both Coca Cola and
Walmart have pulled out
of the area because their trucks
are continually being hijacked.
Who doesn’t like avocados?
Americans' love for avocados
is fueling the deforestation of
central Mexico's pine forests as
farmers rapidly expand their
orchards to feed export demand.
That has led farmers to wage
a cat-and-mouse campaign to
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VERDUGO
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butterfly, the deforestation is
more than just an academic issue.
Authorities have already detected
young men scale a section of the
border wall like they were Spiderman. They zoomed straight up
like the wall wasn’t even there.
It makes you think building any
wall is stupid and a waste of resources.
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year Mexico, the United States’
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the forests, planting young avocado trees under the forest canopy,
and then gradually cutting back
the forest as the trees grow.
"Even where they aren't visibly cutting down forest, there
are avocados grow-
small avocado plots in the monarchs' reserve where farmers have
cut down pine forest.
Worse, Tapia Vargas said, a
mature avocado orchard uses
almost twice as much water as
fairly dense forest, meaning less
water reaches Michoacan's legendary crystalline mountain streams on which
the forests and animals
depend.
"More than anything
else, it is economic pressure," Vargas said. "They
have seen that planting
avocados is more profitable than planting corn,
or other crops, or even
the forest."
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next time you plunge your chip
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ests contain much of the win- to gauge limits of Mexican athtering grounds of the monarch letes. “I hear that Donald Trump
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goods. This was surpassed in volume only by Canada and China.
Since NAFTA’s enactment in
1994, trade and investment between the U.S. and Mexico have
mushroomed at a spectacular
rate. U.S. exports to Mexico have
risen from $41.58 billion in 1993,
the last year before NAFTA, to
$235.7 billion in 2015 — an
almost six-fold increase. Over
the same period, U.S. imports
from that country have risen
from $39.91 billion in 1993, to
$296 billion in 2015, an increase
of more than seven-fold. Since
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exports to the U.S. and Canada
have grown more than five-fold
from $53 billion to $319 billion
in 2015.
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SCORE Coming to a
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BY REN DRAKE HILL
Our once sleepy little town
has hit the big time. The Rosarito
Beach 20th SCORE Desert Challenge is coming to Rosarito to
race a 32.8 mile course through
the desert, foothills, and around
El Coronel Mountain, south and
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level to a 2000 foot elevation and
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of the four race SCORE World
Desert Championship.
200 teams from five countries
will race in one of the following
classes: cycles, cars, trucks, quads
and UTVs. Since entry fees are
the lowest in 20 years, racers are –
well – racing to sign up. In order
to be included in the draw-start
lottery, the deadline for online
registrations is September 7.
However, online entries will be
accepted until September 10,
and on-site registration at the
Rosarito Beach Hotel (the official
Race Headquarters), will be accepted beginning September 10.
Unlike most races which have
qualifying heats for start position, racer’s names will be drawn
for start position of the Desert
Challenge. For registration
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Racers must be 18 years of age
and members of SCORE. Membership is available online at the
SCORE website, and on-site at
the Rosarito Beach Hotel. Entry
fees range $645 - $1090 (US),
depending on the race class. This
includes race fee, insurance, land
use fees, administration, data
logger and tracker. They don’t
want you getting lost out in the
cactus.
This year’s event will be televised by CBS for a “CBS Sports
Sunday” special to air on CBS
Sports Network (CBSSN) on
November 13.
Official festivities will start
on Thursday, September 15 with
a Manufacturer’s Midway to be
located on the beach and along
the road from Papas and Beer
Beach Club and Benito Juarez
Boulevard. That’s a public relations term for a buncha booths
set for people to sell race stuff.
Several sponsored pre-race parties will last late into the nights.
Check future Gringo Gazettes for
specific dates and times.
There is no course map available until just prior to the race.
Each class will race four laps in
two two-lap sessions of the 32.8
mile loop course. Cars, trucks,
and UTVs will race Friday and
Saturday, and cycles and quads
will run together, (this could get
ugly), on Sunday. On Friday and
Saturday race teams will gather
at Papas and Beer, and after prerace interviews, parade from the
beach, down Benny Juarez
Boulevard to nine miles
south or Rosarito, the official start/finish line, just off
Highway 1.
As many as 150,000 spectators are expected to cheer the
guys on. To protect the safety
of the riders and observers, and
the privacy of the ranch owners
whose land will be torn up and
powered through, spectators are
only allowed in the designated
area set up at the start/finish line.
Just a few months ago a youngster
was killed when a car went off
the track and into the crowd, so
expect to have to stand well back
from now on.
There will be food and beverage vendors for your physical
needs.
Want to get involved? Volunteer applications are available
online for those who are eager
to spend up to four days in the
summer sun, and not content
with merely standing around the
race course.
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a federal zone? Some 12 police
posts around the perimeter are
planned. A representative of
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dozing tons of sand for the 28
sculptures.
A large amount of fresh water
has to be provided at each sand
station, in barrels, to combine
with the glue that keeps the sand
in place. A source of electricity
has to be installed to light the
sculptures for the night time
festivities. Sanitation in the form
of trash cans and restrooms need
to be put in place
Security of a perimeter of
half a kilometer is an increas-
promised the participation of a
yet to be determined number of
patrol personnel from city police. Gosh, these are sand castles,
not gold statues! Is security this
big an issue? Apparently so.
Professional sand sculptures
from countries such as Colombia, Perú, United States and
Mexico will be building their
master pieces. There will be
about 340 volunteers among the
expected 20,000 guests enjoying
the food and drink booths, the
music, and the arts and crafts
for sale.
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USBC MEMBERSHIP DRIVE...
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happening in the community,
and the online and print membership directory keeps you
in communication with your
friends, and offers a useful list of
local services recommended by
the membership.
Membership forms are available at local mailrooms, from
any USBC board member, and
printable online from the USBC
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com/ United Society of Baja. For
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QUE PASA IN BAJA?...
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thorities last week. The program is
focused on bringing cheaper loans
of up to 3.3 million USD to micro,
small and medium hotel owners
with the objective of improving
hotels, as the name suggests.
The program is financed by
private banks but it’s backed up by
the government owned Mexican
bank for the foreign commerce
BANCOMEXT, this means that
you don’t have to put up your first
born as collateral and allows you
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I love all kinds of architectural buildings, and I
love to repair everything
that needs repairing. Of
course, then again, if I
think deeply about it, as
the accountant, seeing
the way taxes and paper
work are handled in my
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to have a preferred interest rate of
9.5% (because that is preferred for
Mexico) with up to 10 years to pay.
About 20 hotels from Baja
have already applied for the loans,
let’s hope they get it so we can see
20 less dog kennels around here.
Kudos to our tourism authorities for making programs like this,
we really need to step up a notch
in hotel quality around here…
well maybe a few notches.
Baja wants film cluster. The
state economic development office is driving an initiative to create a film industry cluster in order
to get more business for them. An
official from the state government the way in organizing the sector
shared with Rosarito tourism and with the objective of developing
business representatives the ben- the local film industry and atefits of creating such cluster
tract bigger internaand talked about the
tional productions”
benefits that the IT,
said Ivan Martija,
If God wanted
aerospace, wine,
from the ecome to touch my
medical prodnomic developucts and medical
ment office.
toes, he’d have
tourism clusters
Juan Bosco,
put them on my
have seen since
from the Roknees.
they were created.
sarito economic
“I am very happy
development counthat local businesscil, said that the most
people of Rosarito
a r e important tasks would be to lobby
interested in strengthening the for better tax breaks for producfilm sector on a statewide level. tion companies, that would allow
The economic office can help lead Baja to compete with countries
Ask a Mexican
1. Carlos Hernandez.
Living in Baja for 20
years. Manager for 20
rentals in a commercial
plaza. I would love to
be independent, have
my own maintenance
office for houses and
offices. I love my work.
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country, I think I’d rather
continue as an employee.
2. Ernesto Yepez. Living in Baja for six years.
Warehouse manager at a
general supply supermarket. I would like to have my
own business. In two more
2
years I will have moved to
Veracruz, my native city,
with my family. Now that I
have experience concerning business, I could start
with my kids a fish supermarket. I do really love to
interact with the clients.
I am sure that business
would be very successful
working all together in
one of the best places in
Mexico.
3. César Alejandro
Aguayo. Living in Baja
for 16 years. General store
employee and mainte-
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nance for 60 service vehicles. I love to challenge
myself. I would soon like
to own my own business.
I would sell vehicle parts
for race cars. I myself race
buggies. I started with motorcycles, so I know that my
business would be a great
like Australia or New Zealand that
offer such breaks.
This was the main issue that
production companies cited when
about 500 million USD worth of
productions pulled out from our
state to film elsewhere.
We’re not just a tourist state.
The industrial activity in Baja has
seen a steady grow for the last 20
months, we are already on the
second place of growth on the
northern border. Interestingly
enough the sector of the industry that has grown the most was
mining which grew 15% followed
by manufacturing with a 6.4%
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This Week’s Question is:
Where would you rather be working?
success. I have expertise in
both areas: maintenance
and racing.
or a soda, or whatever they
needed to make their wait
better.
our government always
promises with five or six
steps, but in a radical way.
4. Maria Yesenia Zumaya. Living in Baja for
32 years. Cashier at a
super market. If I could
have the chance to move
5. Naharai Lerma. Living in Baja for 18 years.
College student. I would
like to work for the Supreme Court, and yes, I
6. Cynthia Flores.
Living in Baja for five
years. Secretary at a local business. I really do
not want to change my
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to another job, it would be
a receptionist in a doctor’s
or accountant’s office. I
like to treat people well
and provide good service.
Meanwhile, if a client had
to wait for an appointment,
I would like to entertain
them with a cup of coffee
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would like to be a judge.
I know that I am not a
corrupt person, and if I
applied justice step by step
to do great changes in my
country, we all would live
in a democracy. I would
love to make a change. A
real change, not in the way
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job. I love it. I have great
bosses: a Mexican and
a Gringo. They are extremely good to all the
employees. So if I maintain my loyalty to them I
have a secure future in it.
And I will continue to be
a happy person. ,
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August 22th, 2016
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Fish Report
Coronado Islands
The weather side of North
Island has been producing yellowtail. Slow trolling sardines
between Pukey and the Key Hole,
one boat scored five yellows for a
buddy and himself as of 11:00 a.m.
He reported that the yellows were
all ‘cookie cutter’ 14 pound fish.
He also added the wind was getting nasty and he was making a
dash for home before it got too
rough.
Ensenada
Inshore has been quiet. Perhaps it’s the excellent opportunities outside on the various banks
where yellowfin tuna, dorado and
Super Special!
BY GARY GRAHAM
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(being anchored on a tiny bank
first does not count) and they
must maintain at least a 600-meter’s distance from those local
operators.”
Both of these rules were violated when a San Diego boat
cut off a fish by running over a
Abonus 37 pound white seabass for David Sowards of Riverside, Calif.
added to the trip.
Local VHF radios buzzed and the remaining Sportfisher was surrounded
by a handful of pangas full of angry locals demanding they leave and
not return. See Gary Graham’s column to see what the brouhaha was
all about
each day! Added to that, they
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The San Diego fleet’s permit
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anywhere in Mexico. “Foreignbased fishing vessels cannot
interfere with local operators
pangero client’s line and then
refused to leave the spot. There
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the passengers on both boats,
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gas full of angry locals demanding they leave and not return.
The San Quintin pangeros
have now united and petitioned
the Mexican officials to ban all
American based vessels from the
small near shore banks they rely
on to make a living.
Word is the yellowtail bite is
excellent with guys scoring limits
of 12 to 25 pound yellows on the
mackerel and the iron -- both of
which is working great! Try hitting Ben’s Rock, The six and the
Breakers.
The yellows are biting at the
San Martin Island; there is an
excellent calico bass bite on the
plastics also.
Bahía de los Ángeles
While most of the Sea of Cortez is devoid of dorado of any size,
there are reports of some dorado
in the 15 to20 pound class in Bay
of LA, along with grouper and
cabrilla on some of the pinnacles.
Start early, with any luck you can
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at 2:00 pm. This is also known
as the launch of the 2017 Gorgeous Women of Baja calendars. These calendars feature
ladies, aged 60 - 80 from Tijuana to Ensenada.
The calendar, now an institution in northern Baja, is
based on the calendar featuring
the ladies of Rylstone, England
and Women’s International
several decades ago.
In past years the annual calendar unveiling was an informal presentation for the models. This year’s gala will present
the models and their intriguing
stories of life experiences in
a more public setting; stories
which range from bittersweet to
uplifting and inspirational, and
some with a touch of humor.
The 2017 calendar is a tasteful, artistic, and beautiful treatment of courageous women
who have decided to share
their narratives, or just knock
an item off of their bucket
list. The program includes the
chronological introduction of
models from both the Rosarito
and Ensenada 2017 calendars,
plus a few anecdotes from some
past calendar girls.
A $5 donation will provide
funds for the USBC, Katty Corner and St. Paco’s pet rescues.
You will also have the oppor-
Some calendar girls from previous years relive their glory
tunity to purchase calendars
for only $15 (instead of $20)
plus 50% of this purchase goes
directly to the Rosarito Theatre
Guild, so come prepared with
your Christmas list!
Models past and present,
will be available to autograph
your calendars. Caution: this
is probably not a kid-friendly
event as photos, while in good
taste with poses and props that
highlight the beauty of the
model, are mildly erotic.
The highlight of the program is watching the model’s
Books Donated to Local Library
The organization Friends of
the Library donated more than
50 books to the central IMAC
library in Rosarito last month.
Librarian Adolfo Lopez Mateos
received books who’s titles were
chosen by popular request of the
library’s patrons.
Friends of the Library is an
organization of unpaid volunteers who work with schools and
libraries in Rosarito to demonstrate to people of all ages how
reading helps improve life. They
are a a 501(c)(3) non-profit,
which means if you buy and donate books, you can write it off
your U.S. taxes. ,
expressions as she sees for the
first time, the pose chosen for
the calendar. It’s all kept a secret
up until show time.
Some of the calendar girls
will be the topic of a Huffington
Post article written by Dr. Sirena Pellarolo, who will report
about the healing effects of
becoming comfortable in one’s
own skin after living a debilitating life of low self-esteem and
self-worth.
Seating is limited so RSVPs
are strongly suggested at [email protected]. For
additional information, contact
Chuck Smith, calendar creator
at gorgeouswomenofbaja@
gmail.com. ,
Pictured: Irene O’Brien, Marsha Baker, Allan Browne, Jan
Schmauder, Ren Drake Hill, Rene Merino, Azucena Araujo
(librarian), Elizabeth Browne, and Armando Gonzalez.
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Emergency units of the Red
Cross and firefighters will also
be present
The mood at the meeting was
upbeat, and the bond between
all those present and the committee members was palpable. It
seemed to be a large team pulling
together.
One sand builder, retired
CPA Steve Kraft, is ready with
20 sheets of ply wood and more
than 100 2x4’s His idea is to build
the skeletons for the sculptures
- the tallest expected to reach
13 feet, before the artists arrive.
Anyone can watch this major production as it unfolds on
the weekend of August 27 and
28. Better yet, bring the artists
some snacks or drinks. You can
also sign up to volunteer at the
main event.
There will be an official unveiling on the eve of the event in
the form of a private showing. A
limited number of those holding
a ticket, (costing 200 pesos), will
be admitted to view the freshly
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Calendar of Events
All prices are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
ROSARITO BEACH
Every Sunday 4pm. Cultural Sundays in the park,
featuring local Mexican and American dancers and
musicians. At the IMAC in Abelardo L. Rodriguez
park, west of Banamex. Different themes every Sunday.
Sometimes food booths, other times vendors with food
carts. Facebook IMAC Rosarito. Free.
Every Sunday 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the IMAC Central
Park (behind the Banamex on Juarez) Dancing for
seniors, open to the public of all ages. Free. Salsa and
merengue (among others) tunes designed to not throw
out a hip. For information (in Spanish only) www.facebook.com/IMAC Rosarito
Every Sunday – 2:00 – 7:00 pm, Community Potluck
at the Alley Bar, down the road from Electra in Rosarito.
Free hot dogs. Bring any dish. www.facebook.com/
Every Monday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Beginning
Spanish at Club Marena clubhouse, taught by Susana
Schinkel. $6 donation. [email protected].
Every Monday, 10:45 am, duplicate bridge
at the Baja Gold Bridge Club, KM 42 on Tijuana
Ensenada Libre at the Rosarito Beach Christian
Church. [email protected].
Every Monday, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Advanced
Spanish reading/comprehension class at Club
Marena clubhouse, taught by Susana Schinkel.
$6 donation. [email protected].
Eden Restaurant, (next to Cruz Roja Thrift Store). Published and unpublished writers welcome! Bring samples
(3-7 pages) of your work to share. Marsh Cassady:
[email protected].
Every First Saturday. Noon-sundown. Open Studio
Art Walk, a free tour of galleries in Rosarito Beach Hotel
commercial center. Meet artists at work in their studios.
[email protected]
Every Third Wednesday (except December). 2-4pm.
Bingo at Oceana Grill & Cafe, Blvd. Benito Juárez #90724. Great prizes, 6 different games. Benefits Flying
Samaritans. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org. Susan
Smith, 661-100-6066, U.S. 858-240-2360. susansmithz@
hotmail.com
Every Third Saturday. 1pm. USBC, United Society
of Baja California, monthly Potluck dinner, held at La
Maroma Sports Bar, across from Burger King. Different
theme evey month. 50/50 raffle. Live entertainment at
most events. Free for members and guests. Membership
only $15 USD per year. Beverages ordered from the Bar
at reduced Club prices.
Every second and last Wednesday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Cruz Roja Primo Tapia Bingo at El Pescador Restaurant,
km 44, (just north of Puerto Nuevo). Raising money for
an ambulance in Primotapia.
Every Second Thursday. 10am. Cruz Roja volunteers
general meeting at Rosarito Beach Hotel. Provides assistance in case of accidents or disasters. www.cruzrojarosarito.org.mx. Rosie Pena, 664-976-0613, U.S.
619-621-0292. [email protected]
Every single day. AA Grupo Gringo meets daily in
their meeting hall, #16 Mar Meditteraneo (two blocks
behind Hotel Brisas del Mar). Meetings: Saturday, 3:00;
Sunday, Monday, Thursday: 10:00 am; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:00 pm. Additional meetings in Cantamar
(just south of the footbridge) Tuesday and Friday, 10:00
am.. For more information, 661-614-1678.
August 24, Wednesday, 5:00 pm, USBC’s monthly
restaurant tour to California Fresh; on the boulevard
across from El Nido. $15, cash only in advance.
Sandy Eddhabi: [email protected]. August 27
to midnight. Eats at the Tijuana Fair. Annual Tijuana fair edition of Turista Libre's street eats tour,
in which we cap our regular torta-taco-tostada
itinerary with dessert and rides at the Feria Tijuana in Parque Morelos. Includes roundtrip border
transportation, courses at each restaurant and fair
admission. Meet up in San Ysidro at 4 p.m., with
an estimated return to the border at midnight.
and more info at www.turistalibre.com.August 24.
Wednesday. USBC restaurant tour at California
Fresh, across from El Nido, on Benito Juarez Blvd.
Parking i behind California Fresh. $15 USD for a
special 3 course meal avalable exclusively for USBC
Members. contact Sandy Eddahbi at [email protected] .
Don’t Risk Jail Time in Mexico!
Federal law requires drivers in Mexico to have a
minimum of $300,000 Liability Insurance
3 Days Liability Ins.
Only $39 dlls
1Year Liability Ins.
Only $189 dlls
Every Second Wednesday (except December). 2pm. Friends of the Library meeting at
www.insuranceinbaja.com
main library of IMAC building next to Abelardo
Ph. (664) 158-0472 • In the Rosarito Beach Hotel
Rodríguez Park. Promotes reading and literacy
strip mall on Benito Juarez Blvd.
in Rosarito. www.friendsofthelibrary.com.mx.
Carmen Dominguez, 661-612-3659. friendsoftheliEvery Wednesday, 12:00 pm. Writer’s Workshop at
[email protected]
Eden Restaurant, (next to Cruz Roja Thrift Store). Published and unpublished writers welcome! Bring samples
Every Tuesday and Thursday. 10am. Pilates mat class (3-7 pages) of your work to share. For more information,
at Las Gaviotas Clubhouse. $6 UDS per class. Bring a contact Marsh Cassady: [email protected].
yoga mat and hand towel. Instructor is Terri Van De
Sande
Every Thursday. 8.30am. Local Board of Realtors
(APIR) meets at Oceana Grill. If you are a Realtor in
Every Tuesday. 830am. Board Meeting for Yo Amo Baja, or thinking about it, meet Realtors to network
Rosarito at the Corona Plaza Hotel. See what events are with. Good place for buyers or sellers to find a Realtor
under consideration or volunteer to help plan and run
upcoming events. Great way to become involved with
Every Third Thursday. 10 am. General Meeting for
you community.
FRAO, Foreign Residents Assistance Office. Open to
the public. Usually held at the Rosarito Beach Hotel,
Every third Wednesday
with parking validated. Some(except December) 2:00 –
times held at other local
4:00 pm, Flying Samaritans
sites. Breakfast occasionally
Bingonow at Rene’s casino.
provided, but always availon Blvd. Benito Juarez, KM
able. Usually about 10 am.
28. Six different games.
Different speakers brought
Great prizes, food and drink
in to inform or address issues
specials, plus casino proof concern to foreigners living
motion. All to benefit the
in Mexico. [email protected].
Flying Samaritans. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org;
Every Friday. 4pm. [email protected],
ish class main library, by
MX phone: 661-100-6066;
IMAC, in Abelardo Rodriguez
US phone: 1-858-240-2360.
park behind BanaMex. Beginner level class with Sylvia. Free
Every Wednesday 11:30
but donation appreciated.Every Saturday, 10:00 am
am – 1:00 pm, Intermediate
Spanish class at IMAC Central park. Chess for all ages. Learn, pracat Club Marena clubhouse,
taught by Susana tice, compete. For information (in Spanish only) www.
Schinkel. $6 donation. [email protected].
facebook.com/IMAC Rosarito. Every First Saturday.
Every Wednesday, 1:00 – 2:30 pm. Intermediate 10am. United Society of Baja California (USBC) genSpanish Conversation class at Club Marena clubhouse, eral meeting at Casa Blanca Restaurant, Rosarito Beach
taught by Susana Schinkel. $6 donation. sschinkel@ Hotel. Good info for the English speaking community of
charitable, community service and social organizations.
yahoo.com.
www.unitedsocietyofbaja.org. Judy Westphal, 661-614Every Wednesday, 12:00 pm. Writer’s Workshop at 1113. [email protected]
If corn oil is made from
corn, and vegetable
oil is made from
vegetables, what is
baby oil made from?
August 25. Thursday. Dorothy Southern Bus Trip to
Del Mar Races, $42 USD
August 24.Wednesday.10am.Press Conference by
the pier for BajaSand 2016.Open to the public.Come
see the nearly completed display area.Many of the sand
sculptures will be already completed.Meet the international team of sculptors, along with local and national
touring entertainers.
August 26.Friday.11am to 2pm.Juicing, Blending
and Raw Soups Workshop.$25 payable via PayPal Friends
and Family to Sirena at [email protected]. Class
limited to 10. 310-570-8272www.sirenapellarolo.comAugust 26. Friday. 6pm. VIP Dinner Under the Stars
for Baja Sand 2016. $700 pesos or $45 USD. Mingle with
international sand castle artists, dine under the stars,
among the sand figures, enjoy dinner, folkloric dance
groups, chorus line, bossa & blues).
August 26 to 28. Friday to Sunday. Baja sand castle
gala 2016 at Rosarito Beach Hotel, north of pier. Sand
sculpture featuring international sand castle artists and
amateurs too. Dinner and show outdoors, two days of
music, dance, art exhibits and food, and of course, the
completed sand sculptures. Takes them up to two weeks
to build each piece. Free
August 27, Saturday, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, Concierto
Sacro musical performance at CEART Rosarito. www.
facebook.com/ CEART Plays de Rosarito. August 31.
Wednesday. 6pm. Sabor de Baja. All-white attire requested for thefancy party at the beachfront gardens of
the Rosarito Beach Hotel. Pairings of some of the best
local chefs with local wines.
August 27. Saturday.3pm.Rosarito Summer Rock
Fest 2016, Battle of Tribute Bands.Food, art, music, more.
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Calendar of Events
All prices are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
$250 pesos. 664-204-5614.664-386-6435.
August 27 to 28. Saturday to Sunday.Rosarito Beach
Open Surf Tournament.Next to the pier integrated with
the Baja Sand Art Fest.Cash to the first three places.
August 28.Sunday.9am.FroGzenda FunRide Extreme Edition.2,000 riders from Ensenada to Rosarito.
Intermediate Level, 50 miles. $150 pesos.Participants
receive a medallion.After-Party at Papas and Beer in
Rosarito.Raffle for swag.
September 4.Sunday.Fandango in La Mision, benefit
of BECA.September 4, Sunday, 4:00 pm. Fandango 2016
at Kirchoff ’s Rancho Exilio Animal Sanctuary, above La
Mision. Mexican buffet, live music, dancing; live and
silent auctions. Prepaid tickets (by August 24): $35; $40
at the event. Prepaid drink tickets: 12 for $10 of $1 at
the event. Proceeds to benefit BECA scholarships in La
Mision. For information, directions and reservations:
www.BECA4kids.org.
September 7.Wednesday.12 to 3pm.Rock Painting
with Janine at Bobby's by the Sea. Door stops, paper
weights or beach house decor. We are painting under
the big palapa at Bobby's! $30 due at sign up, sorry no
seats sold at door. All tools and paint provided. Food
and drinks available for purchase.Sign up and pay at
Bobby's-Baja Glass Studio and Art Gallery, or send me
a message and pay using PayPal.Expatarti
September 8. Thursday.Noon.Baja Good Life Club
Community Luncheon at TBD. The folks from SimplePay.com will explain how they can help you raise
funds for your group or cause.Location is pending
confirmation at Charly's.For latest information, check
on facebook in the group Rosarito Living or the event
Sept. 2016 Baja Good Life Club Community Luncheon
September 8.Thursday.4pm.Volunteer meeting for
Rosarito's 7th International Mariachi and Ballet Folklorico Festival.Profits for Boys and Girls Club of Rosarito.
ENSENADA
Every Sunday. 11am.Bible Study, Lead by Mark
Neafie, Director, Agua Viva. UPS Office in Cantu (coming
from La Bufadora, it is a red brick building on the right
side of the street, just ‘this side’ of Juniors Restaurant.
From Maneadero, it is just past Juniors Restaurant on
the left side.)154-2064
Mondays and Wednesdays.930am.Hatha Yoga in
beautiful La Bufadora, on Betty's ocean view patio.Mats
available.All levels Namaste, Ella.
August 27.Saturday.830am.La Sociedad de Amigos
in Campo La Jolla presents our monthly General Meeting
September 10. Saturday. Launch Party for Gorgeous
Women of Baja at Rosarito Theatre GuildSeptember 17.
Saturday. 8am. Beach Clean-Up Day at various locations. Make a team with your friends, or just show up,
and be assigned to a team, where you can make new
friends.
September 23 – 25, Friday through Saturday, Playas
de Rosarito Sister Cities International Convention and
Conference at the Puerto Nuevo Hotel in Puerto Nuevo.
Workshops, social gatherings, and more. Meet delegates
from Rosarito’s Sister Cities around the world. Information: www.chprosarito.org; email: comite@chprosaarito.
org; phone: 661-614-9600, extension 1080.
Concert and Hall of Fame Inductions at the Mariachi
Fest, Rosarito Beach Hotel. $15 (US). Benefit Rosarito
Boys and Girls Club. www.RosaritoBeachMariachiFolkloricoFestival.com. [email protected],.661850-1773.
October 15, Saturday, 6:00 – 10:00 pm, concert featuring the Mariachi Divas and Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan
at tRosarito Beach Hotel. Tickets $25 (US) $45; $80.
Benefit Rosarito Boys and Girls Club. Tickets online at
www.RosaritoBeachMariachiFolkloricoFestival.com. or
at the hotel. [email protected], 661-850-1773.
October 16. Sunday. Cruz Roja Soup’s On
September 24. Saturday. 10am. Rosarito to Ensenada
Bike Ride. 50 mile bike ride along the ocean and up
through the hills toward the wine country, and into the
seaport of Ensenada.
September 16 and 17, Friday and Saturday 10 am,
Pat’s Pub-N-Tub South of the Border Golf Weekend.
Real del Mar $25. Bajamar: $86. US 1-619-810-7666, or
US 1-714-269-0920.
October 1. Saturday. Fundraising event for Baja
California Spay and Neuter Foundation.
September 24, Saturday, 10:00 am, USBC’s monthly
restaurant tour to Rancho Las Ilusiones. Save the date.
More info to follow.
October 9, Sunday, Second Annual Tecate to
Ensenada Bike Race/Ride through the wine country.
Registration $50 through July 3, $80 race day. Prizes by
age class. www.bajabikerace.com.
October 12 to 15. Wednesday to Sunday. 7th Annual
Int’l Mariachi y Ballet Folklorico Festival at Rosarito
Beach Hotel. Three days of workshops for voice, instruments and dance, followed by concerts on Friday on Saturday nights. Mariachi Mass on Sunday. Family-friendly
event. Tickets prices for all budgets.
October 13, Thursday, 7:00 pm Cocktails with the
Mariachi Stars at the Rosarito Beach Hotel. $25 (US).
Benefit for Rosarito Boys and Girls Club. Tickets online
at www.RosaritoBeachMariachiFolkloricoFestival.com.
or at the hotel. [email protected], or 661-8501773.
October 14, Friday, 6:00 – 10:00 pm, International
and Pancake Breakfast at Campo La Jolla Salon.Price is
a donation of $3.00, or $1.00 extra for 2 eggs.Breakfast
from 8:30 to 9:30.General meeting promptly at 10:00.
August 27.SaturdayNoon. Compañeros annual Hawaiian Luau.Festivities. Trish
Moran at MX: 646-154-3069 or US: 949-3093297.
August 31.Wednesday.430pm.La Sociedad de Amigos in Campo La Jolla taking
reservations for steak night at the Salon in
Campo La Jolla.Last steak night for the year,
as we will be having weekly meals for Monday
night football.Doors open 4:30, steak at 5:30.
October 28. Friday. Susanna’s pairing luncheon at
Susanna’s Restaurant in Rosarito Beach. Benefit Baja
Scholarship Foundation. $40 USD prepaid only. [email protected]
November 27 to December 9. Copper Canyon Tour,
including 13 days, plus 27 meals plus 14 sights plus
Transportation plus Total Package. Reserve your spot
today! www.bajagoodlifeclub.com/events or tours@
bglclub.com or 686-230-9933.
Pearl Harbor Day. Wednesday. Flying Samaritans
Luncheon/White Elephant Gift Exchange at Las Rocas.
December 9 to December 10. Friday to Saturday.
Cruz Roja Rosarito Thrift Store: Annual Christmas Sale,
9am-5pm
December 10. Saturday. Holiday Home Tour for
Friends of the Library. ,
The price for steak or chicken $10.00 and $12.00. bnml1@
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What Makes A Good Vet?
Well, take a look at this one
BY TOM EMANUEL
Dr. Ramon Leon, owner and
veterinarian at the Leon Veterinary Clinic in downtown
Rosarito is an excellent vet and a
caring, dedicated businessman.
His furry patients love him.
You can see it in their eyes as
he treats them so kindly and
nurses them back to health and
happiness. Many people think
that dogs and cats are excellent
judges of human beings. They
have to be because their welfare so often depends on their
owner’s good will and attentive
care for them. A good vet, not to
mention a great one, must have
all the characteristics that dogs
and cats value. If not the vet will
have a very tough time with their
patients and is highly likely to get
barked at, scratched at, and bit at.
There is no barking at the Leon
clinic except when a happy dog
is reunited with his owner at the
front desk.
The Leon family, Ramon's
family, has lived in the Tijuana/
Rosarito area since 1963. They
were farmers originally and his
father still owns the family farm
where he raises crops as well
as horses and cattle on Ejido
Mazatlan. Ramon was caring for
the horses and cows at an early
age, and he was taught well by
his father to respect and treat
them gently. They were not just
dumb animals to him, but valued
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stock with feelings and needs of
their own.
These ideals instilled in Ramon is why he runs his clinic as
he does. It is also why Ramon
confided that he is upset with
Sagarpa, the agency which regulates vets. They don't make sure
that vets are adequately trained,
are ethical in their practices,
maintain their licenses according to the rules, and stay updated
in their profession. He states
that only two vets in Rosarito
are properly certified and take
the required tests each year. He
thinks this situation is a disservice to the public and should not
be tolerated.
But Ramon is not out to re-
a portable anesthesia machine.
He has his heart set on getting
one soon to improve and tailor
the amount of anesthesia given to
dogs and cats when they undergo
surgery at his clinic.
Dr. Leon does a lot of surgery on his furry patients. He
performs spaying and neutering,
of course, but he also does Csections and a lot of orthopedic
surgery. He repairs broken bones,
he fixes gaping wounds, and he
corrects internal organ failures.
To this end he is also looking into
acquiring an electro-surgery machine. This gives the doctor the
ability to cut, coagulate, desiccate
or fulgurate (destroy and remove
tissue such as cancerous tumors),
tissue with very little blood loss.
The machine works by producing
high frequency electrical current
in a directed pattern. This heats
the affected cells to between 140
and 212 degrees depending on
what is intended. At 140 degrees
instantaneous cell death occurs
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form anybody. He is intent on
practicing his veterinary skills
as best he can, keeping up to
date, and improving his business as time goes on. He attends
the veterinary convention in
Guanajuato every year. It is one
of the largest events of its kind
in the Ramon loves this kind of
thing because he always learns so
much. It is also where he acquires
new tools for his business. He
may be the only vet in this area
who has his own portable X ray
machine. It is the latest model,
capable of measuring the size of
organs, such as the heart, to see
if it is enlarged or normal
He saw something at the last
convention that he really wants:
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and the higher temperatures are
used to close off small bleeders and even to turn cells into a
gaseous state, evaporating them.
We’re talking state of the art for
the furry set.
All this makes Dr. Leon's
clinic very popular. His clients are
70% U.S. and 30% Mexican. The
Americans like him for several
reasons. First he has a reputation for doing terrific work, and
his prices are very reasonable.
Secondly, his clinic is very clean
and his staff is very conscious of
the potential to spread infection.
He uses all stainless steel tables
and cages, and he employs two
people who do nothing but clean
and disinfect. Then they burn the
rags they use to clean with. And
thirdly, he takes credit cards.
Dr. Leon has seen an amazing
growth in his business. He has
only been open since October
2014 and he now has the most
popular practice in Rosarito. He
has plans to open an animal hospital in a couple of years and to
expand to other clinics with vets
he has trained. So when Fido or
Fluffy has an issue, hike the patient over to see Dr. Leon at #42
Blvd. Benito Juarez in downtown
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growth and then by electricity
generation. This has led to a lower
unemployment rate for our state
which is now on about 2.84%.
Baja by itself is responsible for
15% of the employment generated in our country from January
to July this year.
Do we care about this? Of
course! Living in a state that
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has a low unemployment rates
mean less crime, but for this to
happen we also need for wages
to allow people to actually live,
we’re not doing that bad in this
department also. The average
factory worker makes about 15
bucks a day here in Baja while the
national minimum wage is set to
just about 4 bucks. Geez! That’s
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FISH REPORT...
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While you were enjoying the Baja Blues Fest last weekend, did you
take a peek at the preparations for the sand festival? All you had to do
was look over the fence,
Sand artists from Mexico, Central America, and South America,
oh, and the United States, began arriving August 11 to being work on
sculptures that take up to two weeks to complete.
Backhoes fashioned large piles of sand to form the bases of each
castle. From there, each artist will use forms to create taller structures of
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finished sculptures with just the
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This will be Friday, August 26,
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So, What Is Middle
Class In Mexico?
Here is your definition and your measuring stick
BY DON TRUMP
How do you define who makes middle-class family is $20,000,
up Mexico’s growing middle a figure that is comparable with
class? The simple answer to the India, Russia, China, Indonesia
question, which has been the sub- and Turkey.
What the middle class spends
ject of some debate, is people who
are neither rich nor poor, says its income on is an important
Sarah Boumphrey of the market question as well because the
intelligence firm Euromonitor sector, based on Euromonitor’s
figures, is the biggest single conInternational.
tributor to Mexico’s gross
But the definition is
domestic product,
an important one,
ahead of petroleum,
as Milenio busiEvery time a
automotive and
ness columnist
woman turns
tourism, at 70%.
Barbara AnderA Euromonitor
son points out,
50 a cougar is
survey of middlebecause it has
born
class Mexicans found
become an imthat half of household
portant economic
income goes toward discredriver. Euromonitor
has gone beyond
the rich- tionary spending on goods and
poor definition to suggest that services, meaning they spend
Mexico’s middle class is made more on education, eating out,
up of those whose household communications and entertainincome is between US $15,000 ment. Middle-class homes are
and $45,000 a year. It’s enough to likely to have a refrigerator, a
keep one away from poverty but color television set and a cell
not enough that you’re rich, says phone. Only half have a vehicle,
Boumphrey, who was speaking which Boumphrey found surprislast week at the Mexico Business ing because of Mexico’s burgeoning automotive sector, they live
Summit in Guadalajara.
Bomphrey estimates that 14.6 in urban areas and participate in
million Mexican households — the formal economy. To have a
47% of the total — fall within dishwasher is rare.
Another finding by the rethat income definition, up from
9.1 million 15 years ago. The search firm was that for six of 10
average household income of the middle-class Mexicans, financial
What To Do If You’re Stopped By The Police
The Police are poised to step up their efforts to shake down foreigners now that our federal
gendarmes sent to protect us from them are being recalled.
People! Do not feed these thieves, you only make it worse
for yourself and for everyone else. If nobody gives them money,
they will stop asking.
If you are stopped, and you have actually made a boo
boo, ask for a ticket and go down to the police station later
on or the next day, or even the next week, and
pay it. They will take your driver’s license to
insure that you show up, and that’s OK. They
do not want your license, and there is noting
they can do with it. You will get it back.
If you have not broken any law, just keep
asking for a ticket. “Dar may un teeket por favor”.
Be polite but be firm.
If they threaten you or get nasty, write down
their name, or if they are not wearing their name badge,
(mandatory, but still it’s common for them to stick it in their
pocket), then haul out your phone and take their picture. That’s
like holding a mirror up to a vampire, and they will jump in their car
and scurry away like cockroaches when you turn on the light. They
will let you go with some face saving mumble like, “just a warning
this time”.
It’s extremely rare for them to write a ticket, and for sure they
will not cite you when you haven’t done anything wrong. And, if
you have broken a law, the ticket is ridiculously small. Man up and
go down and pay it, don’t take the cowardly/lazy way out and throw money at the officer.
OK, once more now, altogether, “dar may un teeket”
This police extortion would stop in a week if everyone would grow a back bone and stand up to
them. If it doesn’t stop, then it’s your own fault. ,
security is important. In spite
of that, however, more than half
those surveyed said they preferred
spending time with their families
over making more money. Indeed,
one of four said they would turn
down an employment offer if it
meant giving up time dedicated
to their personal lives. Five of 10
respondents said planning their
purchases is something they do as
a habit. When buying consumer
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Growth in Mexico’s middle
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Boumphrey forecasts that another
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