Comments on: “How to Protect Your Home at Lake Chapala – Ajijic Mexico”

By: Sid Grosvenor

Sid Grosvenor — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:24:00 +0000

Steve and I were able to hook up and had a nice talk and he tells me the interview went well too.

SO, you guys in the Dallas Metro area be watching for interviews with Lake Chapala area residents including your truly.

I hope to post the interview here on http://www.ChapalaClub.com for those who may miss it.

So, Thanks to Steve for tracking me down,

Siempre tu amigo, Sid

By: Steve Stoler (WFAA Reporter)

Steve Stoler (WFAA Reporter) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:59:20 +0000

Sid,
I’m in Ajijic, doing a story about folks from Big D who retired in the Lake Chapala area. I’m staying with my Uncle, Roy Forman who lives on Marcos Castellanos.

I think you would be perfect for my story. Would you possibly be available in the morning. I’d love to hook up with you for a quick interview. It would only take about ten minutes.

I’ll be checking my email frequently, so let me know.

I look forward to hearing from you!

All the best,

Steve Stoler, Senior Reporter
WFAA-TV

By: Sid Grosvenor

Sid Grosvenor — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:06:31 +0000

Hi Llynn, Thanks for your comment. NO, I don’t intend to write a new article about crime in our area. We have very low crime compared to most any place on the planet you want to compare it to. I’ve not heard of anyone leaving the area because of any increase in crime.

Leaving this area to escape crime would (in my opinion), be like jumping out of a previous cool and now lukewarm frying pan into the fire.

Yes, of course people are concerned and this is good. A concerned citizenry is the best crime deterrent to crime.

People are more observant and more likely to report crime now and this too is good.

It may get worse before it get’s better, but it will get better. Crime is cyclical like the economy. In the meantime we each should be more cautious. Crime flourishes in good times and bad when and where people don’t care.

The Lake Chapala Ajijic area cares and so we will fare much better than areas where the people care less. The thieves are always on the lookout for the weakest link. We each need to be proactive, but reactive is better than no action at all.

This comment will go out to over 360 subscribers and be indexed by Google and displayed many hundreds/thousands of times when anyone searches for crime in Mexico or Crime at Lake Chapala Ajijic.

So, Thanks again Lynn for your comment/question. I guess the real answer to your question is I did just update the website via this Reply.

Siempre tu amigo, Sid

By: Lynn Dillard

Lynn Dillard — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:55:14 +0000

Sid — Are you going to update your website to address the increase in crime towards gringos in the Chapala area? It seems that violent crime is increasing steadily. I would like to know if this causing people to leave the Chapala area and move back to the States. Thanks for your information.