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Hands Across The BorderCooperation between the people of two nations still goes on and there’s no room for partisan politics
BY DAVID BEYER
One fact is true anywhere in the world: There are good people everywhere. And good people have at least one thing in common: They want every-one in their community to be healthy, happy and free from suffering, and where there is suffering, they will reach out their hands to help.
Here in Mexico, volunteers from other countries work with the local citizens to make life better for those in need. These mutual assistance pro-
grams abound all over Baja in the form of shelters and orphanages. One excellent example of such cooperation among nations is Albergue Las Memorias in Tijuana.
Las Memorias Hostel is a non-profit civil association founded in TJ in January of 1999. Its objective is to offer aid and assistance to adults and minors who suffer from alcohol and drug addictions, as well as to those suffering from complications of the HIV/
U S Consul General To Speak with Rosarito ResidentsYou can be there too!
BY REN DRAKE HILL
The United Society for Baja California (USBC) has arranged for William Ostrick, the US Consul General from the American Consulate in Tijuana to meet with the public for a question and an-swer session on Wednesday, May 31.
If you have questions (or even if you don’t) you are invited to attend this speak-ing engagement to be held at the Rosarito Beach Hotel’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
AIDS virus. Members of the residents’ families are also of-fered guidance and assistance in dealing with the heartbreak of their loved ones’ difficulties.
The administrators and volunteers who staff the shelter provide quality care, compas-sion, and a nurturing environ-ment to the residents. Educa-tional seminars offer critical information to encourage prevention of HIV/AIDS, as well as intervention in severe cases of substance abuse.
Beyond the ongoing daily work of helping the residents cope with their current situa-tions, the association envisions strengthening, improving and expanding the existing facility, as well as working with others to establish new shelters and offices wherever needed, to provide care and counseling to improve the quality of life for everyone who comes to them
Casablanca Room (between the main pool and the beach), at 10:00 am. Breakfast and beverages will be offered at USBC prices for all attendees.
Learn about the services offered to you as American citizens, whether you are a permanent resident of Baja, here part-time, or a duel citizen. For additional infor-mation please contact Judy Westphal, USBC President at [email protected]. ,
The Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race turned 70 this year. Read more about it on page 2.
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Que Pasa in Baja?BY OLIVER QUINTERO
Newport to Ensenada Re-gatta turns 70! Last week, the famous regatta celebrated its 70th anniversary with about 190 boats participating in it. There was a significant decline in boats this year with about 50 less than last year.
Jorge Menchaca, president of the Ensenada chamber of commerce, stated that the N2E race was one of the oldest one in the world and that on better times almost 400 boats could be seen on it.
Menchaca said that this year the race was able to raise $9,000 USD for the Ensenada autism center.
Police force takes English. In order to better serve the
foreign tourist, members of the tourist police in Ensena-da were enrolled in English classes in Universidad Xochi-calco, a local private university. Martha Pedrin, head of the language school in Xochicalco, said that the course is entirely aimed so officers can provide
a better service to foreign tourists.
You would think that they should already know English to be tourist po-lice in the first place, let’s
hope they just need to get a little better!
Bike-ride disappoints. Last week’s edition of the Rosarito-Ensenada bike race disappointed organizers and tourist authorities alike. Less than half of the initially ex-pected 8,000 racers turned out to the event. Organizers blamed the harsh cold weather, which was indeed pretty cold at about 50 F, for the low-attendance this time.
Let’s try to stay positive and believe it was the weather what kept people from coming, but with the decline in the regatta boats and now this, things are not looking pretty right now. Let’s just hope the summer gets here and brings all of our precious tourists back.
Guil lermo Rodriguez, founder and organizer of the event, was also complaining
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like critters. These unusual animals that live on the surface of the ocean have a small sail-like fin outside the water which with the help of the wind, gets them where they need to go. As it is with sailing, high winds can take them off-route, and they end up stranded on beaches which is what hap-pened this time.
We had a case like this back in 2015 when authori-ties picked up about 9 tons of
these poor critters from about 25 miles of beach.
Officials in charge of the federal beach zone (Zofemat) were quick to state that the critters died because of the natural cycles of the sea that repeat every 1 to 3 years and not because the beaches were polluted. They couldn't dodge that bullet fast enough after we made national news for having the most polluted beaches in Mexico. ,
about the higher-than-usual charges for permits and taxes that the city of Ensenada is imposing this year.
He went on to say: “For our next event, if Ensenada doesn’t want us here we can gladly do the race backwards, starting in Ensenada and ending in
Rosarito, because Rosarito has already offered us to not charge us any taxes on the race, they have been insisting on this for a couple years now. I love Ensenada, but it looks like Ensenada doesn’t like us”.
Dead velellas cover Ro-sarito beaches. Last weekend some of Rosarito beaches were covered with dead jellyfish-
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We are loved. 35 million people visited Mexico last year, making us the world's 8th most popular tourist destination, ac-cording to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The country came in just 600,000 visitors shy of 7th place, which was taken by the United King-dom. Huh? Who goes there? Cold, damp and dark. Must be a mistake.
Mexico moved up from 9th place in the organization’s World Tourism Barometer af-ter receiving almost 7 million more tourists than Turkey’s 28.3 million. Huh? Who goes there? Buncha gun toting Mus-lims there, making our drug cartel guys look like choir boys.
Turkey’s security crises
last year negatively impacted its tourism industry. Mexico actually did drop to 15th place in 2013 because of security is-sues, but the industry has been
steadily increasing ever since.And Mexico’s federal gov-
ernment is confident it will continue to increase, saying that it expects Mexico to enter
the top five soon, based on the fact that foreign visitor numbers are up 50% from 2012.
In case you were won-dering, the top tourism des-
tinations within Mexico were Riviera Maya, Cancún, Puerto Vallarta, and Los Cabos. Huh?
PV and Cancun, who goes there? Well, it is
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United States, we’ll give ‘em that.Minimum wage increase
Two Mexican politicians have proposed legislation that would gradually raise the minimum wage to the same level as that of the United States. Well, it’s about damn time, we say.
The initiative was presented as part of a campaign called “Raise salaries, not walls” by Senator Armando Ríos Piter and ex-senator Cuauhtémoc Lázaro Cárdenas. They con-sider the insanely-low Mexican minimum wage (which cur-rently stands at just over $4
USD a day, even after a 10% increase this year) one of the main reasons Mexicans illegal-ly cross the border to the U.S.
Their thinking is that mak-
ing the Mexican minimum wage competitive with the U.S. minimum wage would not only discourage workers from leav-ing the country, it would also increase workers’ productivity.
If passed, the National Min-imum Wage Commission (Co-nasami) would begin a seven-year program that would grad-ually increase the minimum wage by 35% a year. Ja! It will never happen. Mexico keeps wages low to attract industry here. It’s easier than educating their people so they’re worth more in the market place. Call me cynical. Just don’t call me late for the cat chow.
#AdiosStarbucks campaign works Starbucks in Mexico re-ported a 9% sales swoon, which one independent analyst has attributed to Mexicans’ protest against Donald Trump’s elec-tion as United States president.
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Expats May Have To Pay For Not Having InsuranceObamacare was not repealed so get back on that unless you qualify as living outside the U.S.
BY ORLANDO GOTAY
Barely minutes after the Obamacare repeal effort went south, the news spread around the planet. Was it a surprise? For some, it was. On to the con-sequences.
If you are one of the fortu-nate people subject to the Net
Investment Income Tax and the Additional Medicare Tax, well, you continue being “fortunate.” Only folks with income above $200,000 need to pay attention to that. Those taxes were not
repealed and are in full force.For those who fly at lesser
altitudes, there is the issue of the Individual Mandate: Have cov-erage or pay what amounts to a penalty (a “shared responsibility payment” in Obamacare speak). Up to a few days ago, the Trump
administration had hinted at its indifference at the collection of the mandate penalty. It told return preparers that the IRS would not reject electronic re-turns that did not answer the
health care mandate question, which, I suppose, was paving the way for non-enforcement that was going to be mooted by the repeal.
But, alas, there is no repeal. I wonder what’s going to happen to the many people who already filed their taxes, leaving that item unanswered, now that the law stands as it was and there is no repeal in sight. Will the IRS enforce the law and collect the penalty?
The tax lawyer in me also wonders about the tiny print at the bottom of all returns: “Filed under penalty of perjury, is true and correct (as to all material matters).” Will the Trump ad-ministration prosecute someone for this? Surely, they have bigger fish to fry, but you never know with these people.
Since the law stands as be-fore, it also bears reminding peo-ple who are new expats that they are required to have coverage for each month until they qualify for the “residing outside the US” exemption or are covered in other way, such as Medicare. One qualifies (and this is a very broad description so don’t hold me to it), by physically residing 330 days in a foreign country or countries within a 12-month pe-riod, or establishing a bona fide residence in a foreign country during an entire tax year. Just cracking that first expat cerveza the night you got here does not
exempt you from the individual mandate from day one.
Turning to what’s next, I think the non-repeal will make it tougher to find ways to pay for the promised tax reform. Ameri-cans everywhere should keep an
eye on that, including that big border tax proposal. It’s going to affect us all, one way or another. Where’s the cerveza, por favor?
Orlando Gotay is a Califor-nia licensed tax attorney (with
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I take beer to the wine val-ley. Seriously. Don’t misun-derstand my intent… Its fas-cinating how different types of grapes can be fermented in such an exact science to
meet the needs of the truly gifted palate, and I love the fact that really small portions of really expensive food can be served on really big plates to accompany these varietals. I REALLY love that all this can be enjoyed in a pastoral
mountain ringed valley so close to such a cool city, with hiking and biking on all sides and farmer’s goat cheese on every corner… but my favor-ite thing about going wine
tasting has become the beer.The local brew scene for
me started about eight years ago in a friend’s restaurant in Ensenada. He sold the first commercially brewed cerveza artesanal called Old Mission Brewing (made by
a gringo named Paul) along-side a few other Baja brews. Nathaniel’s Agua Mala was an idea one night around one of the tables, his logo was really cool and the beer was good. The available fare was a typically creative Ensenada mix of mini bacon sliders, mushroom tacos, that kind of thing. People mostly con-gregated around the small bar where one or two beers were on tap with a small variety of bottles. Every time I went I met one of the brewers while drinking his beer. This felt like home. Like Michigan except we weren’t drinking Strohs.
Fast forward a few years and the insiders place to enjoy the locally sourced beer morphed into a cerveza collectivo in El Sauzal called Baja Brews. With a lot of work, planning, and risk my friend Robert turned a drafty old warehouse into a vibrant, beautiful beer hall with over 120 microbeers on tap and picnic tables with fire rings perched on an ocean cliff. Ochentos pizza is there as is one of the best hamburgers in Ensenada, and Old Mis-sion Brewing is stop number one. Tasting is free at all the booths, and there is a feeling of true collectivism between the eleven individual brewer-ies, instead of competition.
This leads us to the name ‘Baja Brews’- a place to enjoy the locally produced micro brewed Beer that Baja has to offer. A taste does not oblige you to buy, and there is definitely no pressure as you peruse the brews. Each stop is eager to share their
knowledge about the product they serve, and since this is Ensenada many of the servers are educated Mexican univer-sity students who speak Eng-lish but will patiently listen to your bad Spanish with a ready smile.
Armed with a variety of choices, you can dive deep and fast with a strong impe-rial stout or start slow with a blond. One of the best IPA’s on the planet (better than the overpriced Ballast Point for sure) is on your right near
the back. (Authors note to Eugenio- Wendlandt makes my personal favorite). Each brewery has a giant chalk-board behind it for pricing, logo’s and information, and true to the Ensenadense na-ture each one is a hand drawn piece of creative art and color,
fleeting with product avail-ability and the lasting power of chalk.
This article would be in-complete without mention of the scene in Tijana, as well as the local stops Wendlandt (with locations in Sauzal and Centro), Agua Mala (Sauzal) and the newest venture Cer-veza Transpenninsular (Sau-zal). All are excellent stops for food and drink and should not be missed. Hit one up to fill your growler on the way to the valley! ,
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BY DAVE KAMENA
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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 sta-tion 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 nothing 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.UPDATE: We heard that the police are now using the new "tinted windows
law" to shake down foreigners. It is in fact illegal to have your windows tinted if they are dark enough that you can't see inside of the vehicle. The law says that the officer should give you a chance to remove the film of the windows right then and there and you will not get a ticket, if you get the ticket you will have to remove it to get your license back anyway. If it's too dark get rid of it! Better to comply with the law than to support corruption every week.,
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BY REN DRAKE HILLThe 8th Annual Rosarito
Art Fest will again be held at Rosar ito CEART this Memorial Day weekend, May 27 and 28, featuring fine art, live music and dancing, cuisine, design, crafts, and local produce. This year the CEART galleries will be open, and featuring photographic and fine art exhibits.
Although the Art Fest has several major sponsors, including Bobby’s By the Sea, Festival Plaza, Castillos del Mar, Playas de Rosarito, and the Baja Californai Tourism board, just to name a few, the Mexican State and Federal governments didn’t come
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in need.Las Memorias Hostel does
not discriminate, and opens its doors to anyone, regard-less of socio-economic status, religion or sex, regardless of ethnicity or country of origin. It just aims to provide a dig-nified and respectful level of service to anyone in need by offering housing assistance, food, medical services, trans-portation to and from medical institutions, counseling and self-help sessions.
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charge to residents who come to the shelter in desperation. The hostel is supported pri-marily by public donations, but grants from the state gov-ernment help to keep the facil-ity operational.
Las Memorias also sup-ports other institutions whose aim it is to offer compassionate assistance to human beings in need. It offers its support with no expectation of reward and does not coerce or even encourage its residents to adopt the principles or tenets of any political or religious enterprise.
Reverend Jerri Handy, a mission volunteer since June 1, 2015, noted that one of the
recent projects undertaken by the staff and residents of the hostel was the installation of solar panels on the roof of the 32,284 square-foot building housing the residents. He said that there are currently at least 120 in-habitants, and although they all have access to clean showers, they previ-ously had no hot water due to lack of f u n d s for the electricity to heat a
large water heater. The solar panel project was initiated by an MCC Church group supported by Global Min-
istries. He asked for public support as well to help the continuation and completion
of this project, called “Las Memorias Hostel Solar Empowerment Project.’
The long-term benefits of the installation of the solar panels are numerous:
With an economi-cal and environmentally-
friendly source of electricity,
Albergue Las Memorias can offer its residents training in the use of power tools, giving them the opportunity to learn useful trades such as carpentry and mechanics;
The electricity generated may also be used to power pumps providing water for on-site gardens, giving the residents the opportunity to grow their own healthy, or-ganic food;
The aforementioned ben-efit of powering a large water heater;
The savings of at least $2,000 in electric
costs during the summer
months to p r o v i d e air condi-tioning to the facility.
Recent-ly, the Gay
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raiser and, food and clothing donations drive to accumulate goods to be delivered to the hostel. Also, Loews Coronado Bay Resort donated a pallet of goods for the same purpose. Among other organizations providing support to the shel-ter were the Imperial Court de San Diego and Hillcrest’s University Christian Church.
The governments of na-tions may sometimes be at odds with each other, but universally, people are people, and wherever there is a need, good people will rise to the occasion. ,
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media for the boycott of Star-bucks and other U.S. brands, including Ford Motor Com-pany, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Costco, after Trump took office in January.
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hashtag trended on Twitter, triggering a response by multi-brand restaurant operator Al-sea, which said in a statement that the Starbucks brand in Mexico is its own property and that the company itself is 100% Mexican-owned. And so are the other major brands listed above. These companies just license their name to Mexican
owners. The company acknowl-
edged the fallout in an email, but downplayed it as being just a temporary decline. “For a few days we saw an impact on Starbucks’ sales in Mexico due to the context,” said spokesman Mario Paez. “It was quickly off-set by the company providing information on the link it has
to our country, its relationship with Alsea, which is a 100% Mexican-owned company, and its connection to the com-munity.”
Highways getting worse and worse Budgetary con-straints are the main reason the condition of one-third of Mexico’s highways has declined from good or satisfactory to
bad to pretty crappy, a situa-tion that, no surprise, is not expected to improve any time soon.
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American dancers and musicians. At the IMAC in Abelardo L. Rodriguez park, west of Banamex. Facebook IMAC Rosarito. Free.
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KM 42 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. [email protected].
Every Tuesday – Rotary Club meets at Rosarito Beach Hotel. 664-376-2620.
Every Tuesday. 8:30 am. Board Meeting for Yo Amo Rosarito at the Corona Plaza Hotel. See what events are under consideration or volunteer to help plan and run upcoming events.
Every Second Wednesday (except December). 10 am. Friends of the Library meeting at main library of IMAC building next to Abelardo Rodríguez Park. Promotes reading and literacy in Rosarito. www.friendsofthelibrary.com.mx. 661-612-3659.
Every second and last Wednesday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Cruz Roja Primo Tapia bingo at El Pescador Restaurant, km 44. Raising money for an ambulance in Primo Tapia.
Every third Wednesday (except December), 10:00 am, Flying Samaritans General Meeting at Villas Del Mar Clubhouse. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org; Susan Smith @ [email protected]; US: 1-858-240-2360; MX: 661-100-6066.
Every Third Wednesday, 10 am, Meeting of Rosarito Sister Cities at City Hall, Fojadores Room, 2nd floor. Information and RSVP: [email protected].
Every third Wednesday (except December) 2:00 – 4:00 pm, Flying Sa-maritans bingo at California Fresh (across from El Nido). Bingo lunch specials. Parking in rear.. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org; [email protected], MX phone: 661-100-6066; US phone: 1-858-240-2360.
Every Thursday. 8:30 am. Local Board of Realtors (APIR) meets at Oceana Grill. Good place for buyers or sellers to find a Realtor
Every Thursday, 2 pm Drop-in Spanish learning opportunity with PhD teacher Gilda Munoz. Learn Spanish while having fun and learning about Mexican culture. For learners of all levels. At The Coffee House (San Antonio del Mar toll road exit, between Plan B and Oxxo). Donation $8, includes coffee. 664-596-9940. www.spanishinbaja.com.
Every Second Thursday. 10 am. Cruz Roja volunteers general meet-ing at Rosarito Beach Hotel. www.cruzrojarosarito.org.mx. Paul Flowers, 661-612-3455.
Every Third Thursday. 10 am. General Meeting for FRAO, Foreign Residents Assistance Office. Open to the public. Usually held at the Rosarito Beach Hotel but contact FRAO office prior to meeting to verify. Different speakers brought in. [email protected].
Every Fourth Thursday of the month, 12 pm, Baja Babes, the Rosarito Chapter of the Red Hat Society for ladies over 50 monthly luncheon. Each month a different restaurant. [email protected].
Every Friday. 4pm. Spanish class main library, by IMAC, in Abelardo Rodriguez park behind BanaMex. Free but donation appreciated.
Every Saturday, 10:00 am at IMAC Central park. Chess for all ages. www.facebook.com/IMAC Rosarito.
Every First Saturday. 10am. United Society of Baja California (USBC) general meeting at Casa Blanca Restaurant, Rosarito Beach Hotel. Good info for the English speaking community of charitable, community service and social organizations. www.unitedsocietyofbaja.org. 661-614-1113.
Every Saturday 9 a.m. at the Playas La Mision Beach: Full body workout. Everyone works at their own level. $5 per class. Bring yoga mat & towel. North end of parking lot of the beach and look for the big purple ball.
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 Saturday. 1pm. USBC, United Society of Baja California, monthly potluck dinner, at La Maroma sports bar, across from Burger King. Different theme every month. Usually live entertainment. Free. Membership $20 per year.
Every day but one day at a time AA Grupo Gringo meets daily #16 Mar Meditteraneo (two blocks behind Del Mar Beach Club). 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. 661-614-1678.
May 15, Monday, 9:30 am, Friends of the Library Annual General Meet-ing at IMAC Auditorium of Public Library (behind Banamex). Continental breakfast available. Raffle for free ticket to Hidden Garden Tour; Board elections. www.friensofthelibrary.com.mx; www.facebook.com/RosaritoFOL.
May 15, Monday, Tickets on sale for Sabor de Baja End of Summer and White Attire Affair, August 30.
Tickets: $85, $70, $20 available at Mi Casa Supper Club.May 16, Tuesday, 3:30 pm, Mariachi Fest Volunteers meeting at Rosarito
Beach Hotel. Contact Rosy Torres: [email protected]. May 18, Thursday, 10 am, FRAO monthly meeting and breakfast. Loca-
tion TBD. Contact [email protected]. May 18, Thursday, 5pm, Wateke Social Mixer at Hotel Calafia. Donation
$5 (US) includes welcome cocktail and appetizers. Bring your business cards and mingle. Learn what makes the annual Baja Sand Event great. . [email protected]
May 18 – 22, Thursday – Sunday, Furniture Expo returns to the Baja California Center, north of Rosarito. Free. 80+ exhibitors; the best in Mexican indoor and outdoor furniture; www.expomueblebajacalifornia.com.mx. Email: [email protected]; +52(33)-33-43-3400.
May 18. Thursday. 5pm. Yo Amo Rosarito Business Mixer at Sunio Beach Club. Bring your Business Cards AND your dancing shoes. 661-101-8936.
May 20, Saturday, 1pm; USBC Monthly Potluck at La Maroma elebrates May Flowers. Contact hosts for food designations and bring enough for eight. Dave Eliot: [email protected], or Rose Dillon: [email protected].
May 20, Saturday, 6pm. WorldWide DrumStrong to beat Cancer event, locally at IMAC. Join thousands of people around the globe as we join spirits to beat cancer. If you are a survivor, or have a loved one fighting cancer, join us at this sunset event. Bring a drum or just bring your energy. 619-581-7121
May 20, Saturday, 5 pm, Public reception for Kevin Gerard, author of Diego’s Dragon, at CEART. Copies of book available in English and Spanish an-nounced. Winners of Dragon contests Free. www.friendsofthelibrary.com.mx.
May 21, Sunday, 9am - 5pm. Pet Beach Day. $5 donation online, email, or at gate. Awards & prizes. Rules & info: bajasand.org/en/rules-pet-beach-day. . 619-581-7121
May 21, Sunday, 9am, Beach Clean-up Day at San Antonia del Mar, south entrance. Information: Facebook/Rosarito Living.
Calendar of EventsAll prices are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
May 24, Wednesday, 12pm. Painting Abstract Floral with Janine at Score 33 Sports Bar and Grill. $30 USD includes 11x14 canvas, all art supplies plus my step by step instructions and help. Payment due by May 17. Accepted at Score 33 or my PayPal @ [email protected] Space is limited, so please get your payment in early to reserve your seat.
May 25, Thursday, Last day to register for SCORE Baja 500 race. http://Score-international.com.
May 27, Saturday, 11 am, Classy Bag Affair at Bajamar Golf Course Re-sort to benefit Baja Scholarship Foundation. $45 pre-payment only includes welcome champagne, and luncheon with wine. Live and silent auctions. Payment may be made at PayPal through www.bajascholarshipfoundation.org, or in other methods mentioned on their website.
May 27. Saturday. 1pm. Ladies Let’s Lunch at Ajenjo Cocina on Popotla Blvd, next to Mongolian Grill. For menu, please contact Sandi Eddhabi: Face-book/LadiesLetsLunch. $30 includes 3-course meal, iced tea, tax and tip. Reservations will be accepted with payment in advance. Please contact Sandi to coordinate payment prior to luncheon, or call 619-581-7121.
May 27 & 28, Saturday & Sunday, all day; Rosarito Art Fest at CEART Rosarito. Live music, local produce, crafts, local cuisine; free entrance. www.facebook.com/ rosaritoartfest. [email protected]; 664-123-7149.
May 31, Wednesday, 10 – 11:30 am, Special meeting of USBC at Ro-sarito Beach Hotel, Casablanca Room. US Consul General of the Tijuana Otay Mesa Office, William Ostick speaking, and answering your questions. Subjects include Visas, what the Consulate can and can’t do for you. Judy: [email protected].
June 3, Saturday, 10 am – 4:30 pm; Friends of the Library’s Hidden Gar-dens Outdoor Spaces Tour. Tickets: $12, members; $15, non-members. Avail-able at Click-On.com, and Mail room at Oceana Plaza, and via PayPal at the website. Raffle. www.friendsofthelibrary.com.mx. Facebook: RosaritoFOL.
June 7, Wednesday, Flying Samaritan’s Luncheon and Cookie Wars. Vote for your fave cookie. Susan Smith: [email protected]; 661-100-6066.
June 9, Friday, 7pm AND June 10. 11, Saturday and Sunday, 2pm; Rosarito Theatre Guild presents A.B, Gurney’s “Love Letters.” $12 Members, $15 non-members. www.rosaritotheatre.org; 664-631-3320.
June 15, 16, Thursday and Friday, 7pm; June 17 & 18, Saturday and Sunday, 2pm: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff” at Rosarito Theatre Guild. All tickets $25. www.rosaritotheatre.org; 664-631-3320.
June 17, Saturday, 1 pm; USBC Members BBQ at Leo’s Restaurant. Not a member? Show up, join, and enjoy a free lunch. RSVP Judy at [email protected].
ENSENADASundays, 11am; Bible Study with Mark Neafie, Director of Agua Viva
Ministries in Maneadero at the old UPS office (with CARE sign) in Cantu. Everyone is welcome. Info and directions - Mark: 646 141 7734.
Mondays and Wednesdays,10am. Hatha Yoga Classes in La Bufadora on Betty's ocean view patio. All levels. Mats available. Donation suggested 50-80 pesos. Monday with Ella, Wednesday with Betty. Contact [email protected].
May 24, Wednesday, 4:30pm. Steak Night at the Salon. Serving filet mignon or chicken breast, baked potato, salad, rolls and cheesecake for dessert. BYOB, donations for mixers, setups, soft drinks and ice. $10 for members, $12 for non-members. Doors open at 4:30 for a social hour, food served 5:30ish. RSVPs really help: [email protected] Steak Nights will continue until Monday Night Football begins. Future dates will be June 28, July 26 and August 23.
June 1 – 4, Thursday – Sunday, 49th SCORE Baja 500 Race, starting and finishing in Ensenada. Round 2 or four-race 2017 SCORE Desert Challenge. http://score-international.com.
Please send submissions for the calendar to Ren Drake at:[email protected].
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It is incredibly tempting to rent out your Mexico home when you are not there. On-line apps and services make this very easy. List, rent and collect cash!
Well, you should not be surprised to learn that the
taxman lurks! Of course. I want to comment on some important items people fre-quently miss: depreciation and depreciation. Yes, I said it twice. Read on!
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BY ORLANDO GOTAY
get wears out as it is used. For that reason, when you put a residential unit for rent, depre-ciation needs to be computed each year so it can be included in deductions against the in-come produced by the rental. Normal stateside residential real property is depreciated over 27 ½ years but foreign real estate is depreciated much more slowly, over 40 years. In the case of real estate, build-ings and structures depreciate. Land does not wear out so it cannot be depreciated.
The second thing you need to know is the “allowed or allowable” rule. If you are entitled to the depreciation deduction as part of figuring the rental income, either you take it, or you get dinged for it later. Why? Because the day you sell or exchange the prop-erty, your basis in the property will be adjusted to reflect all that depreciation you took or should have taken and you will be taxed on it. In tax parlance it gets “recaptured”. Recapture for depreciation you never took really sucks. You could go back and amend returns for “open” years. This happens all the time. People miss out.
In the case of folks who use the property part of the time for their personal use and
part of the time for rentals, the record keeping becomes a bit complex. It can include days when you or relatives used the property, maintenance days, and days the property was rented. Those are used to fig-ure how much of the expenses can be included in deductions against rental income.
On the Mexico side, of course you are subject to ISR (income tax) and VAT on the rental itself. A US (federal) foreign tax credit, based on the Mexican income tax paid, may be available to offset against the federal income tax due. There are lots of rules, and lots of quirky special rules when it comes to foreign real estate. It pays to get acquainted with them!
Orlando Gotay is a Califor-nia licensed tax attorney (with a Master of Laws in Taxation) admitted to practice before the IRS, the U.S. Tax Court and other taxing agencies. His love of things Mexican has led him to devote part of his practice to the tax matters of U.S. expats in Mexico. He can be reached at [email protected], online radio at mixlr.com/orlando-gotay or Facebook: GotayTax-Lawyer. ,
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The last time the SCT’s highway budget allocation was increased was in 2013 and 2014 when it zoomed up by almost 15% with an allocation of roughly $3.3 billion USD. Since then the budget has dropped by over 39%, to just $2 billion in the 2017 budget.
In the last four years, the SCT said, $2.7 billion has been taken out of maintenance and development spending, which includes technical studies that allow for the construction of new highways.
We’re all gonna die! Mexico had eight cities on the top 50 most murderous cities list but the United States had four. Do
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you live in a dangerous city in the US?
Acapulco was the Mexican city with the highest homicide rate in Mexico. Ciudad Victo-ria was Mexico’s second-most murderous city. Then came Tijuana, then Culiacan, fol-lowed by Mazatlan, Juarez, Chihuahua City, and Obregon.
The cities in the U.S. that are on the list of the top 50 are St. Louis, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Detroit.
New rules They’re moving the goal posts again for import-ing used vehicles. The intention is not to limit the number of imported vehicles, but to be ensure they comply with all the requirements, that their emissions tests are valid and that their documents genuine. No stolen cars, please.
In order to prevent screw-ing around with emission test results, Mexican Customs will obtain those directly from veri-fication centers in the United States.
Customs offices where ve-hicles can be imported — which will be limited to Juárez, Piedras Negras, Reynosa, Mat-
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I love my country, I love being Mexican and I love Mexi-can people. Mexico is a great country! I don’t care if we are not number one in politics, the economy or science, we are beyond that. We are happy, kind and very creative. We have a lot of great and ancient culture, and that is what makes Mexico so magical and fascinating. That
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In Mexico, inside every taco stand, every little restaurant, every food court in a traditional mar-ket, there is a chef. Even inside ev-ery kitchen of our Mexican homes, in
the barrio or in the suburbs. I am telling you, where ever there is a Mexican, there is a chef in-side. This inner chef comes from our ancient roots, our history
and our easy going character. Nothing is too complicated for
us to cook. The dish I’m
writing about to-day is one that has over 300 versions (but I know I haven’t
written about this 300 times).
That dish is enchila-das, and the version I’m sharing with you today is one that I am almost certain you haven’t tried before.
But before we get to that, a little background on the en-chilada. The Real Academia Española defines enchilada as a rolled maize tortilla stuffed with meat and covered with a tomato and chili sauce. Enchilada is the past participle of Spanish “en-chilar,” which literally means to "season (or decorate) with chili."
Enchiladas originated in Mexico, and the practice of wrapping tortillas around other food dates back at least to Ma-yan times. The people living in the lake region of the Val-ley of Mexico traditionally ate corn tortillas folded or rolled around small fish. During the
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Fish Report BY GARY GRAHAM
Coronado IslandsAt last word there was a
slim chance of scoring a yel-lowtail along the weather side of North Island, plus there were some legal-sized barra-cuda in the Ribbon Kelp area.
However, the wa-ter was very dirty and the action was mostly very slow.
The bluefin have moved very little, if any, recently and are still a 3- to 4- mile block centered on the 475 Knuckle. You can’t miss the area as there are a bunch of tuna sein-ers, pen tenders and helicopters buzzing around.
Lots of bluefin to look
at, however they are just not biting consistently on sar-dines or the Flat-fall jigs. One spot of fish might be the 15 to 30 pound stuff and a hundred yards away a spot of 100-pounders are up breezing
around. Fish the heavy 50- to 60-pound tackle unless you are sure you are on the smaller fish -- and even then it’s a risk
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as sometimes the big ones are mixed in with the smaller fish.
Kelp in the same area may or may not be holding small yellowtail or large bonito. Most of them have been hit a bunch of times already but some of them just keep getting reloaded with more yellows and some have a tuna or two on them so they are all worth looking at.
EnsenadaThere are both yellowtail
and big bonito mixed to-gether up to the north from
just outside of Salsipu-edes down to the San Miguel Reef. The stuff is up on top chasing tiny fin bait and has a million birds on it making it easy to find.
At Todos Santos Island there is a fair amount of barracuda on the lee side of the Island and this stuff
spreads out into the bay. Trolling X-Raps will locate
them and then more can be caught on the iron after a troll stop. Lastly there are some smallish 5- to 6-pound
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yellowtail in the Punta Banda area that are willing to jump on an X-Rap. They say the mackerel pattern is working best.
San QuintinOff to San Quintin early in
the morning the kayak crowd got some halibut, while the offshore temps climbed up into the sixties. This created a bit of a stir as the yellowtail and barracuda began feeding on the surface again.
Upper Sea of CortezNo real change in weather
yet in the northern part of the Sea of Cortez although the local anglers are hoping that the recent rain, along with 22 mph winds, signal the end of a stubborn winter that refuses to give way to spring.
On the occasional calm days there have been some grouper, cabrilla and spotted bay bass caught by both the lo-
Ross Zoerhof’s selfie with a nice halibut caught in San Quintin Bay one morning recently.
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cal fishermen and the few vis-iting anglers. Also there have been a few sketchy reports of small yellowtail at the Islands near Bahia de Los Angeles.
Hopefully the spring sea-son for the upper Sea of Cor-tez will be in full swing by our next report. ,
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time of the Spanish conquista-dors, Bernal Díaz del Castillo documented a feast hosted by Hernán Cortés that included foods served in corn tortillas. (Note that the native Nahuatlfor word for the flat corn bread was tlaxcalli; the Spanish give it the
name tortilla. The Nahuatlfor word for enchilada is chîllapît-zalli, which is formed from the Nahuatl words for chili and flute.
In the 19th century, enchi-
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ladas were mentioned in the first Mexican cookbook, El Co-cinero Mexicano (The Mexican Chef), published in 1831, and then again in Mariano Galvan Rivera's Diccionario de Cocina (Dictionary of Food), published in 1845. An early English men-tion of enchiladas was found in a 1914 recipe found in the Califor-nia Mexican-Spanish Cookbook by Bertha Haffner Ginger
In their original form, en-chiladas were simply corn tor-tillas dipped in chili sauce and eaten without fillings. There are now many varieties, which are distinguished primarily by their sauces, fillings and, in one instance, by their form. Various adjectives are used to describe the recipe’s content or origin, e.g. “enchilada tapatia” would be a recipe from Jalisco. (People born in that part of the country are called tapatíos.)
Enchiladas are also named after the color of the sauce they are topped with. Here we have the “enmoladas” covered with mole, or the “entomatadas” covered with a sauce made of tomatoes. There are also the “poblanas” made from chile poblano, and the “enfrijoladas” served with bean cream on top.
Enchiladas are common-ly topped or garnished with
cheese, sour cream, lettuce, olives, chopped onions, chili
peppers, salsa, or fresh cilantro.Now, as I said at the begin-
ning, you are going to be sur-prised by this recipe. I honestly have no idea who created it, but a friend found it and sent it to me. Readers, let me tell you, I was so surprised at the delicious flavor this unusual combination has.
Hibiscus EnchiladasIngredients: 12 corn tortillas 2 cups cooked and shredded
chicken breast 2 guajillo chilies, deveined
and soaked 1 chipotle chile from a can1 cup soaked hibiscus flowers2 tomatoes ¼ onion 1 clove of garlic 2 tablespoons sugar ½ cinnamon stick 1 pinch of cumin 2 cups chicken broth Salt
and pepper Preparation:
1. Blend pepper with to-mato, onion, garlic, hibiscus flower, cinnamon, cumin and chicken broth. Pour into a pan with a little olive oil and cook for 10 minutes, add the sugar, season and reserve.
2. Lightly fry tortillas, then soak them in the sauce. Stuff with chicken, top with more sauce and serve. ,
Yes, we Mexicans eat this flower. Read the recipe, Gringo, and see what you’re missing.
