Another Election Day
Today is Sunday, August 5th, and the people of Baja California vote for their new governor. This is a hotly contested race and looks like it may well turn out to be like the presidential race last year. The candidates are Jorge Hank Rohn and Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millán, the two top contenders. After much mutual accusations of connections with organized crime and two very different sets of priorities have been presented, stories of free food, clothing and even money being distributed to "buy" votes, at the end of the count we will know who the new governor will be.
Jorge Hank Rohn is a very powerful, mega-rich eccentric who has a total of 19 children by three wives and a girlfriend. I have visited his private zoo and horse stables. My adopted sis Connie and her husband both work for him, so of course they are very loyal. Mamita is also loyal to "Hank" and his PRI party, as is my landlady. I just don't know what to think.
The word I hear from many people is that they don't like either candidate, but as Baja CA continues to grow, being very affluent with its proximity to the U.S., especially in the North, hotly contested issues spur the public into a frenzy of activity.
One major sore spot is the plan for the U.S. to line the All American Canal with concrete, an action that is projected to cut off irrigation water supplies to the Mexicali Valley, the breadbasket of Baja CA. Osuna Millán (PAN party) has pledged that this will be one of his priorities as governor, along with paving roads and improving infrastructure.
According to one report, "Hank" has vowed to turn Ensenada into "the Cancùn of Baja Norte" by transforming it into a major tourist destination.
I have learned that people from all over Mexico come here to Ensenada, mostly to find work in the ever-increasing number of industrial plants and international businesses sprouting up here. When I first moved here and began this blog, Costco had recently opened. In that area of town now is Comerciàl Mexicana, which is a superstore; Home Depot and the Walmart complex that has a new cinema, loads of stores, another McDonalds and an Applebee's. I have not been in the Wal Mart. I don't want to go there.
Well, as usual, I've meandered from the elections to what's up in the south end of town. I'll write more when I find out who the governor is.
Jorge Hank Rohn is a very powerful, mega-rich eccentric who has a total of 19 children by three wives and a girlfriend. I have visited his private zoo and horse stables. My adopted sis Connie and her husband both work for him, so of course they are very loyal. Mamita is also loyal to "Hank" and his PRI party, as is my landlady. I just don't know what to think.
The word I hear from many people is that they don't like either candidate, but as Baja CA continues to grow, being very affluent with its proximity to the U.S., especially in the North, hotly contested issues spur the public into a frenzy of activity.
One major sore spot is the plan for the U.S. to line the All American Canal with concrete, an action that is projected to cut off irrigation water supplies to the Mexicali Valley, the breadbasket of Baja CA. Osuna Millán (PAN party) has pledged that this will be one of his priorities as governor, along with paving roads and improving infrastructure.
According to one report, "Hank" has vowed to turn Ensenada into "the Cancùn of Baja Norte" by transforming it into a major tourist destination.
I have learned that people from all over Mexico come here to Ensenada, mostly to find work in the ever-increasing number of industrial plants and international businesses sprouting up here. When I first moved here and began this blog, Costco had recently opened. In that area of town now is Comerciàl Mexicana, which is a superstore; Home Depot and the Walmart complex that has a new cinema, loads of stores, another McDonalds and an Applebee's. I have not been in the Wal Mart. I don't want to go there.
Well, as usual, I've meandered from the elections to what's up in the south end of town. I'll write more when I find out who the governor is.
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