aegap said:
BoB, All of that you attributed to the local government (particularly the new university) are actually the initiative of Leonel and the current national government. They are also been funded by it, ..
Actually, that's my fault, for citing the local government.
I realize the feds are picking up the tab, but the requests came from local pressure.
Here's a short story, if you have time.
I was in POP having my brakes done at la Clinica de Frenos. To kill time, I walked down to the Malecon with my dog, and first saw the quantity of black water being dumped in the ocean.
As it happens, some pharmacies were advertizing on the side of the structure and it tickled my sense of humour, as you would surely need to buy medication after swimming in those waters.
After returning to the brake shop, I was chatting with the main secretary there, mentioned to her about the irony of pharmacies posting there, when she asked me if I wouldn't mind if she used that as a topic at the university, for some assignment she had.
A couple of weeks later, I was telling one of our employees the same funny story and he told me that it had been discussed, only days before at his university (in POP), and they were organizing a group of students to take it to the mayor's office.
The project being to stop the black water dumping, and to set up a water purification plant.
That is what they are doing now, and although I don't know how much they had to do with the job getting done, it seems to corroborate that the initial steps came from the local government.