Private Notes
Nicaragua has so many challenges ahead of it not the least of which is political corruption. Sandanista Daniel Ortega has been re-elected after about a decade out of office. This has made investors a bit nervous and some have, prematurely, moved themselves and their businesses out of the country. Notwithstanding this knee-jerk reaction, the Sandanista mayor of SJDS has reassured American investors in his city that his two or three years in power are prood fo the maturity of the current Sandanista party.
SJDS would offer the perfect opportunity for me to get involved in ensuring the city continues to attract investments and working with it to ensure locals get access to education, jobs and other benefits as a result of the economic inflow. Only problem is, that such a job would have to be full time as there is so much work that needs doing.
John walked around SJDS selling his idea of a shuttle service to the Managua airport. The plan was weak and had a few serious mistakes (such as saying that they would pay bribes as needed - a crime in the US; actually it read brides, not bribes, as he had no one proofread it).
Incredible to Jacob and I is that John intends to spend half the year (in three-month increments) in SJDS running his shuttle business and spending the other part of the year in L.A. Millie, on the other hand, has no intention of spending half the year in SJDS nor of retiring here. John has not involved her in the business at all, not even as a sounding board or a proofreader, which to me demonstrates a lack of commitment on his part for the future of their 15-year marriage. Oh well, to each their own.