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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 05:40 PM


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are you saying the HA were involved in some shady behavior or something along those lines???


No. I didn't mention "shady" or "lines." Get your mind out of the gutter.
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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 05:43 PM


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It's the 'I am better than you because I care... so take a hike' mentality of those who USE enviromental issues to gain power and more control that I have a problem with!


just like all of those fools against the trestles toll road. if they want to sit in rush hour traffic instead of being able to use a new route, i'm all for their decision.




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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 06:13 PM


What is the Trestles toll Road ?

Is it in Baja ??

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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 06:30 PM


sorry i zoomed off topic.

google it. not in baja.




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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 07:13 PM


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sorry i zoomed off topic.
Hasn't stopped anyone else around here... :rolleyes:
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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 08:40 PM


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Hasn't stopped anyone else around here... :rolleyes:




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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 09:56 PM


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Hasn't stopped anyone else around here... :rolleyes:


:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:


Hey, can those other guys get back to pi$$ing on each other?

All this flashback to the 60's reminds me of the 70's....:biggrin:

Waddabout that drum solo in Inagodadavida...some of the musicians in those days had the right idea (if not the skills) and laid out a framework....the drugs just let us fill in the blanks..:lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBbv2v0xOlA&feature=related

Boy, it sure sounded better back then....




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[*] posted on 9-17-2008 at 10:19 PM
Two Comments From The latest Issue of The Baja Western Onion:


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Harassment On The Beach - I live in Barrio San Sebastian. On Thursday morning while walking with my dog to the beach I was passed by a truck full of policemen on their way to the beach also. They parked on a sand dune and two of them jumped out and walked towards the beach.At the same moment a man on a quad drove towards them. From where I was standing on the beach, it appeared that one policeman jumped on the quad and another one walked on the beach all heading towards the turtle nesting site. As I was walking and playing with my dog. I noticed that all the police were now standing on the dunes.

A few minutes later, the man on the quad came back to the dune from the desert side of the beach and the policeman who had been on the quad returned on foot. The next thing I noticed is that everyone was pointing in my direction. Then, as the cops got back in their truck to leave, the man on the quad sped towards me and snarled at me that "dogs are not allowed on the beach." I laughed and asked him, “since when?” He replied,”The beach is private property and it's against maritime law to have dogs on the beach.” He told me that the police would arrest me and take my dog. I told him that I have lived here for many years and know that is not true. He got angry and told me that I've been warned and I'd better watch out!

This man seemed dangerous and aggressive to me and I have been scratching my head,trying to figure out what was really going on,at the beach. After reading Anita’s story, which is so similar to mine, I am wondering more than ever what was happening on the beach which required that I be lied to and intimidated. I wonder also who else has had this kind of experience? - Catanya, Todos Santos

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Reply To 'No Dogs On Beach' Incident - My wife inherited a cop's sense of funny business, and she thinks the guys on the ATV were up to no good, and wanted to chase off any witnesses. Notice the lack of request for mordida. What can we do if our beach has become a link in the drug highway? I can't imagine poachers being that violent, and the policeman driver sounds more scared than angry. - Tom Gafford
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[*] posted on 9-18-2008 at 09:36 AM


Many months ago our new congresswoman for Todos Santos promised they were going to replace the entire police department ..... This has not happened .... Why ?
Has she already been bought off ?

And it looks like now we have become a new unloading beach for the Cartel .... The police are totally out of control...

Are we headed down the road to becomming another Rosarito Beach ?

Is BCS becomming the newest battlefield in the Cartel wars ?

And what about the the new mayor Rosa Delia ?

What the H is she doing ?

These are not political statements :lol:

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[*] posted on 9-18-2008 at 03:22 PM


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someone wanted people off the beach at a specific time for a specific reason.

I'm sure one reason comes to mind for many of us...............


I thought the same thing and mostly still do....

although David K's ridiculous connection between enviro laws and Woody's Trestles-Toll Road swipe have me thinking maybe it isn't drug smugglers at all.

Possibly it is some anti- enviro wackos smuggling as a fundraiser bootlegged coipes of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Eat Turtle Now Before There Are None Left! and Build More Toll Roads Now at Taxpayers Expense bumper stickers into Todos Santos, the place recently voted in the periodical, Cristál Hoy, easiest place to score barter goods for your next fix! :lol::lol:

But, it is just more business as usual, it' a bit of a problem in Mexico. Baja is now in Mexico. Bienvenidos!


Don Jorge... what IS rediculous is chasing away or running over dogs on a leash while riding an ATV saying the dogs will hurt sea turtles (and the cop's ATV won't?). Maybe I didn't word it right or maybe you misread what I was typed?

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[*] posted on 9-18-2008 at 03:38 PM


Their is no mention of the dog being on a leash.



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[*] posted on 9-18-2008 at 04:31 PM


Sorry that bothers you George, but the person who ran over the dog claimed to be PROTECTING the sea turtles... and IMO that is enviromental nonesense... Does it make sense to you?? I sure hope not.

I post a lot of factual information from my personal experiences, and it it there for all who love Baja to enjoy... On a thread like this on this PUBLIC forum, a post was made by Marie-Rose that she read on a blog or newsletter... and it was posted to share with us and create a reaction. That the person who ran over the dog was claiming to do so to protect turtles was crazy.

Sure the 'real' reason sounds more like a drug deal... But, they claimed it was for 'enviromental protection' to keep the dogs off the beach. THAT my friend is what I was giving opinion on... Have a nice day.




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[*] posted on 9-18-2008 at 10:15 PM


OK fellas, sit tight. There is more information coming on this issue that may answer some of these questions.



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[*] posted on 9-19-2008 at 06:52 AM


All right, people, place your bets! The options are:

drug cartel sweep of the beach
enviro-wacko nonsense
turtle egg omelete for the Guv
Landlords gone wild!
Poachers gone wild!
ATV riders gone wild!
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[*] posted on 9-19-2008 at 07:53 AM


Hook, i'm surprised! with your complete collection of, "girls gone wild" you didn't offer it as a choice.

my money is on Anita.




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[*] posted on 9-19-2008 at 08:24 AM


I left out one other option that I determined was more remote:

Dead members of Quicksilver Messenger Service riding Harley's from beyond the firmament.




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[*] posted on 9-20-2008 at 03:28 PM


Passing along what was reported to me...

There are two groups in Todos Santos handling turtle protection, Grupo Tortuguero Todos Santos and Todos Tortugueros. The individual harassing the dog walkers is reported to be one Endidino Castillo, the head of Grupo Tortuguero Todos Santos.

All of the former members of Grupo Tortuguero Todos Santos were reportedly driven out by Sr. Castillo, and they left to form Todos Tortugueros. There is tension between these two groups and apparently some ongoing competition for funding.
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[*] posted on 9-20-2008 at 08:01 PM


From The Baja Western Onion, Saturday September 20:
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Dogs On Beach - A Mexican Tortuga official on a quad at the beach in Pescadero, last year, warned all the Pescadero residents that the Mexican agency in charge of the Turtle(Tortuga) nesting projects was working for a no dogs on the beach policy as dogs have a tendency to dig nests and crap on the beach, and the owners don't take responsibility for their dogs. Lo siento Gringos in Mexico - Amy, Todos Santos

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No Dogs On Beach - I have not read the Marine law but I have been told that most (if not all) of the beaches in Cabo have enforced the "no dogs on the beach" law. I have a friend there with two dogs and she mentioned to me last year that they often come up to Cerritos to run the dogs as they can no longer take them on the beach in and around Cabo. Maybe it is a law that they are just starting to enforce - like so many other laws here in Mexico. - Diane Knight, Todos Santos

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Harassment Of Dog Owners On The Beach - What some of you citizens have been experiencing is what the Todos Tortugueros group members have been experiencing throughout this entire season. We know who this person is. I would urge any and all Mexicanos and foreign residents to voice their experiences and together file an official complaint or demanda on the individual who harassed you so that the proper authorities are made aware of what this person is doing. That he is now using the local police to further his goals is not good.

The official word from Profepa is that there is no law regarding dogs on the beaches of Mexico. I would also suggest that people make a complaint directly to Profepa in La Paz. I'm sure a reader out there can provide a contact name and number. If you want more information as to the identity of this individual and some of the background to these incidents, please contact me. - Steve Merrill, Todos Santos


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[*] posted on 9-20-2008 at 08:10 PM


Thanks BCSTech... enforces what seemed to have happened... enviro cops making up their own laws to take away freedoms from others on public land.

I wonder if there is any 'safe' dog beach where people can take their animals without fear of them being run over by police on quads?




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