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Baja goes 'Blue''. State electoral autho-rities confirmed the victory of PAN candi-date Jose Osuna Mi-llan, who will become the next governor of Baja later this year.
In a disputed race with controversial ca-sino-owner and for-mer Tijuana mayor Jorge Hank Rhon from the PRI, Osuna beat Hank by 56,000 vo-tes. The PAN also won four out of five mayoral races, ex-cept for Rosarito, and 14 of the 16 disputed seats for the state Congress. Tension arose when the PRI
asked for a vote re-count based on fraud allegations. However, PAN representatives said that the fraud allegations will not proceed, leading to a completely PAN-con-trolled Baja California
Work Stopped at Ventana al Mar. Work on the Ventana al Mar development north of Ensenada appears to have sto-pped. Nobody has seen any equipment out there or any ac-tion on the project for quite a while. People who purchased units there made signifi-cant down payments,
and were promised that the construction would be completed within three years. Ventana al Mar is located on cliff on the side of a hill, right in the middle of a known landslide zone. Many architects, geologists and construction ex-perts have question-ed whether the site is even buildable. Peo-ple are speculating that maybe the pro-ject has encountered huge unforeseen en-gineering problems, and buyers are ge-tting jittery about their investments. Industrial Waste in

El Sauzal Sewer. Two companies, Good View and Four Brothers, were ca-ught for the second time disposing indus-trial wastewater into a sewer mainline in El Sauzal that connects to CESPE's water treatment plant. So, officials decided to seal off their pipes with concrete so they won't reconnect. The incoming wastewater had been detected since May, when it caused the El Sauzal treatment plant to shut down. Officials from the water works company detected high concentrations of chemicals in the drainage systems coming into the plant, so after a brief mo-nitoring they deter-mined that both com-panies had tapped into the treatment plant's line again, so they sealed off the companies connec-
tions. However, later this same week the companies reconnec-ted again, which has prompted authorities to consider fines or closures of the com-panies' facilities.
See Hank, Love Hank, Trash Hank. Tourist authorities in Ensenada are war-ning that all signs and posters left over from the recent election must be taken down within 30 days, ac-cording to a local ordinance. But, losing mayoral candidate Hank Rhon's face still looms in thousands of posters around town. Months after electi-ons are over, these old signs become a headache and make a bad impression on visitors. The signs are deteriorating in the sun, and many along the windy co-astline are now on the ground waiting to be
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