And, it does influence things here.
He wrote about a chili cook off scheduled for this Saturday. He was critical of the event because they were charging an entry fee of $10 to make chili, $5 at the door to get in and taste the chili, and no money was going to any charity...so the girls that set it up were going to make some money and he didn't like it.
My friend was one of the girls setting it up and she went after him.
First with an email, then a phone call, then a face to face meeting.
Why all the effort? His blog with a negative article could kill the event. That's how powerful his blog has become.
Much to their credit, they got it worked out. The $10 entry fee has been waived and he is now entering his own chili in the event.
He, of course, wrote a retraction in his blog.
Another strange thing happened in the blog last week.
He mentioned seeing a man named Ozzie on the streets of Boquete, walking with another guy who has a computer business. Ozzie ducked his head, trying to avoid being recognized.
Too late.
Ozzie is a convict criminal in Arizona.
Apparently a few years ago, Ozzie was preying on the Boquete locals by offering computer tech services in people's homes, until he was exposed and fled.
He's back.
There was a flurry of email notices, blog entries and responses to blog entries over the last week. Apparently this guy is not liked! And people want him out of town.
I guess Arizona doesn't want him bad enough to send a airline ticket so Panama can extradite him back to the US...so he is still in Central America.
His crime...sex offenses, larceny and other pesky things.
What I find interesting is that a couple of people here are protecting him AND using him in their computer business. And, trying to hide the fact that he is back by calling him a different name.
The jungle drums sound loudly in Boquete! It is hard to slide anything by with all the blogs and email lists.
Remember, this is a SMALL town. It is hard to hide anything down here.
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