During these Semana Santa holidays, permits will be issued for the sale of alcoholic beverages to tourists promenading along the Malecon in San Felipe.

There will also be more street vendors as 100 temporary permits will be added to the 640 already issued.

Raul Lopez-Moreno, Mexicali County’s secretary said that the folks at Ejido Plan Nacional Agrario will be issued the authority to sell booze at the Malecon during the Holy Week holidays. The money will benefit the Ejido’s “Junta de Mejoras Materiales” roughly translated: the Material Improvement Joint (?) (joint means junta). He said that in order to protect the public, glass bottles will not be allowed in the area, only cans and plastic. In the event of an improbable street brawl, plastic used as projectiles can’t hurt that much, I imagine. The levee area will be cordoned off for ice chests containing glass bottles.

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Roaming street vendors will be assigned spaces and instructed to keep the walkways free of obstructions for the sake of tourism.

Rodolfo Valdez, mayor of Mexicali, said that festivities and traditions should not be at odds with lawful order, and that public intox --I mean moderate consumption --will be tolerated and invited everyone to behave and have a peaceful family fiesta. Unruly, ugly and illegal conduct will have to be dealt with using the proper administrative measures.

PLEASE HELP SAVE OUR OCEANS, WE MUST HELP AND PREVENT TRASH AND POLUTANTS FROM ENDING IN THE SEA.