Cancun city authorities are considering moving the Ayuntamiento (city offices) from the present location to one of Cancun's last remaining green areas. The proposed location is in SM34, just west of the Cathedral, along Avenida Kabah (basically it's just about across Kabah from Home Depot). Instead of renovating and restoring dilapidated buildings at or close to the present site the thinking is to start all over and in the process destroy one of the last vestiges of native plant and animal life in Cancun. Locating the offices in this new area would not only destroy needed habitat for animals and plants it would bring more traffic to the area and would cause huge parking headaches for residents who live nearby. People who live nearby know that Avenida Kabah is already VERY congested along there, more traffic in that area will cause serious problems to the flow of traffic there. Cancun has grown so quickly that authorities here have rarely stopped and given thought to protecting green areas within the city. It's time that they stop chopping trees without consideration for the long-term negative impact it will have on plants, animals and people. There will be a peaceful protest against this proposal tomorrow (Sunday, June 21) at 5:30 pm at the proposed site in SM34, close to Avenida Kabah and Avenida Itzal. Participants are asked to wear a white t-shirt with a large green dot painted in the center of it, to show solidarity. The green dot represents Cancun's threatened green "belly button" (Cancun's ombligo verde).
While I wholeheartedly support your viewpoint, is it not a clear violation of the terms of all the different stripes of FM's from T to 2 to 3 to engage in any political protest? The penalties are quite Draconian. The law reserves those protestations for Mexican citizens and specifically excludes us green coats, red coats and what ever other color coats we wear. Even if you're peacefully protesting, you can't control the behavior of everyone around you, and if you get caught up in an "incident", you might also get involved in something you really want no part of.
You are correct that foreigners are prevented by law from protesting the Mexican government. And while I agree with this protest, and plan to show up for it, it's not my cause. I didn't organize it, I'm just passing on the info to anyone who might be interested in attending.
So how did it go? All the news I find is about the Pok-ta-Pok group that had their deal at the entrance to the hotel zone. Many people show up?
