shari
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New mayor gets sworn in in Asuncion
There was a better than average turnout for the swearing in ceremony for our new mayor...but not due to his popularity. Citizens demanded another
vote, this time with enough ballots for all those who wished to participate in the democratic process. But as in many parts of the world...the
government does not cater to protest and refused to hold new elections. There was talk of taking over the delegacion and not letting the new mayor
take office so tensions were high at the ceremony. The "man who woulda, coulda, shoulda been mayor" was firmly planted at the door to the mayors
office along with his buddies. There was some pretty low key heckling when the new mayor was sworn in and took the podium for his speech but luckily
that was the extent of the protest. The majority of the crowd applauded and "Pelo Chino" will hopefully serve our community well. We wish him luck and
look forward to working with him to improve our village...oh yeah, he's married to Juan's cousin too!
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BajaGringo
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As long as it's "all in the family", you can keep him in check. What matters now is that he works for your community. Hope to be down soon and see for
myself. (Banjo in tow)
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capt. mike
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the mayor of mexico's mayberry??
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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fdt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
the mayor of mexico's mayberry?? |
He's not the mayor, Mayoral elections were in February and each municipality of the 5 in the state of Baja California Sur elected a
mayor, no more mayors. In BCS, diferent than other states Delegados or town representatives that work under the mayor in a municipality are by
election and not appointed as in Baja California's case. Read articulo 27A http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/ELOC_Ley_Organica_Munic...
So Mayberry doesn't have a mayor, just a delegado and in this case it's Jose Maria Aguilar Rojas who "won" with 386 votes and his closest rival
Onofre Perez had 303 votes with the third place going to Antonio Villavicencio with a mere 92 votes. The problem in Asuncion was that there were not
enough ballots and the PRD sent theire people out early and won.
The municipality of Mulege has several delegaciones(districts?) and the government seat is in Santa Rosalia. Another delegacion of Mulege that
reported similar anomalies (fraud) was Villa Alberto Alvarado Aramburo. The only mayor for Mulege is Jose Manuel Murillo Peralta and he was elected
last february for a 3 year term.
We covered all of this back in Feb, and followed the electoral process on the radio show.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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fishbuck
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Is he related to my panga captain in Bola. Is his name Jose Rojas? I thought it was Rosas.
Baja Mayberry. I like it.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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The Sculpin
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OK - seems to me there may be a few letters missing from that sign above the door on the wall.....
-phe
Whoa there, Cowboy - pull back on those reins!
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Instead of Mayberry RFD (Rural Free Delivery) they can call it Mayberry PRD (Partido de la Revolución Democrática).
[Edited on 6-25-2008 by ELINVESTI8]
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
He's not the mayor, Mayoral elections were in February and each municipality of the 5 in the state of Baja California Sur elected a mayor, no more
mayors. In BCS, diferent than other states Delegados or town representatives that work under the mayor in a municipality are by election and not
appointed as in Baja California's case. Read articulo 27A http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/ELOC_Ley_Organica_Munic...
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THANKS Ferna for the clarity---it is appreciated. We wondered why we had heard that the delegado was going to be appointed, and now we understand.
The person who told us that is from Tijuana.
Interesting that Baja California Sur does it differently than Baja.
Diane
[Edited on 6-26-2008 by jdtrotter]
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shari
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I loosely use the term mayor as it's the closest thing to what the delegado is...the guy in Mulege would be the county MP...it's different here but
the delegado is basically a mayor type thing...voted in not appointed (sort of). He's the man you go to when there are mayberry type disputes and he
signs all the lot sales and basically runs the town...word is he's a fair honest guy so we look forward to the next 3 years of his term.
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Bob H
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Hi Shari,
I can't really tell by your post of you are happy with this guy or not. What was his platform?
Thanks for sharing this.
fdt.... thanks for that wonderful clarification.
Bob H
edit.... Oh, and with this post I became an "Elite Noamd".... wow
[Edited on 6-26-2008 by Bob H]
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shari
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oh oh..an elite nomad...maybe you'll be OK if you don't bathe for a bit!
Now, I'm very happy with Pelo Chino...he is known as a very fair, intelligent man...but I'm not pleased at the way he got into office. It's too bad
the PRD had to resort to this type of manuever as it questions thier ethics and divides the townsfolk.
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Iflyfish
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This could never, ever happen in the USofA!
2000 and 2004 are a blur to me.
Iflyfish
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