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at Lake Arenal in reigning in rampant development may remind one these
days of the Longfellow aphorism, "The wheels of justice grind
exceeding slow, but they grind exceeding fine," or something
like that. Maybe it's "small" instead of "fine."
For example, Fuentes Verdes has learned that the Municipality of Tilaran
is likely to do little about checking the legality of building projects
in the area until after the election on December 3. On the other hand,
Fuentes Verdes President Ed Yurica was anticipating this past Wednesday
(actually next Wednesday as I write this) a meeting between the Tilaran
Environmental Commission and representatives of SETENA to begin a
collaborative effort helping SETENA gain control of local development.
Ed is a permanent member of the TEC. SETENA is the National |
Technical Environmental Secretariat, which is supposed to consider
the possible environmental impact of projects and permit each project
or not. With all the development going on in Costa Rica, SETENA so
far has been unable to curtail a lot of overly ambitious development.
But the wheels will be grinding before long.
The Ladies of the Lake have
come up with a scheme to encourage costume creativity for their
Halloween fundraiser on Oct. 28 at Christina Glass's house. Those
wearing costumes will be asked for 2500 colones, those without costumes
5000 colones. The party is for the benefit of the group's library
project. It starts at 4 pm. There will be games, prizes for various
costume categories, and food included for the donation, but the
drinks will cost extra.
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