Los Campos is moving

[philyrossy]

I tried 10 years ago to start a business (Jalisco-Chapala). My wife is from Leon. We had "hell" getting anything out of the City government, except "anything you want to do in Mexico is possible'. They wanted a bribe, and more than one entity did. I would not pay and my wife told me that they will drag their feet as long as they legally can, and then even more. She was right. When we engaged a lawyer, he wanted lots of money up front, saying it was very difficult to go against the locals and very time consuming (i.e. they really could do nothing if they wanted any local business). Finally, we gave up and stopped. It did not bother them at all that they lost a business that was a Big tourist attraction (small mentality on their part). At least I never encountered the visits from the Mafia (Unions) like a Belgian friend that opened a local waffle place, and he only had 1 employee. He was closed down and doors were locked by Union, because he did not "join" and provide Union benefits as they wanted for his 1 employee(who did not want to be part of the Union). No choice. What a mess. If you haven't been visited yet, I am afraid you are in for a "shock". BTW, I doubt there are any other restaurants that are "happy" you are here, just us. :) And, helping locally, does nothing for your lack of paying "mordida". Good Luck.