Obviously there are a lot of people in Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) and Arizona who are understandably upset about the broad generalizations in the article published in the Arizona Republic on Sunday about the North Beach land dispute. Almost universally, the response has been that the story is an important one to be covered because the North Beach issue needs to be resolved, but it was poorly written to make all of Puerto Peñasco appear to have these title problems (it doesn't). Many people from the Sonoran governmental level on down have written letters to the editor to express their disappointment that the Republic took a land dispute (albeit a significant one - but still not that uncommon even in the U.S.) and unfairly turned it into a sensational "don't invest anywhere in Rocky Point" article. The Republic putting up a forum today specifically to discuss "horror stories about investing in Mexico" also did not go over well with the people I talked to. Interestingly enough, every one of the commentators on the forum spoke of very positive experiences, encouraged people to keep investing in Mexico and scolded the Republic for its irresponsible article. Good support from informed investors.
I have confirmed through several sources that the editors at the Republic have agreed to meet with representatives from the Sonoran government and a group of developers from ADITURPP (the Puerto Peñasco developer's association) on Thursday afternoon this week to discuss the article and its effects and what can be done better in the future for more accurate and concise reporting. So hopefully there will be some progress in correctly portraying Puerto Peñasco in future articles and in making any amends necessary for this article.
Mary Snyder at Puerta Privada is also collecting positive Peñasco investment experiences and letters to the Republic editors about the article and has requested that readers of this blog send her copies of letters they have written or thoughts they wish to convey to the Arizona Republic about this matter. She will compile these to be presented to the Republic at the aforementioned meeting. You can email these to her at privadasales@hotmail.com under the subject heading AZ Republic. I encourage everyone to contribute.
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