The new NCA President Luis Pardo & ex President Kuki Araya stop in for an August 2021 update.
Here are my notes from this conversation:
- New NP studio & 1st new episode
- R jokes about K quitting NCA
- L introduction
- NCA staffing update
- What are L’s goals as President?
- Consequences and assumptions
- Nosara assumptions upon arrival
- What is K proud of and what are L’s biggest challenges?
- 1975 NCA bylaw reference
- The dump
- Fighting fake news
- What is L most scared about?
- Checking facts
- More activity with groups and governments
- R asks ‘How do you keep people like me who want to support the NCA but get mad about how you go about things?’
- Social media
- Roundtable event
- Community & communication
- Walking trails
- 25th of July importance to Guanacaste
- Ways for dialogue
- What’s happening with sidewalks?
- Bhodi & Harmony pathways shout out to Gary
- Gensler appreciation for helping
- Water issues
- WCA
- New people in Nosara
- R complains about complaining
- NCA not police
- L’s thoughts on social media comments
- R complements L for going to roundtable
- New projects including dump closure process
- High season update with L where R asks the tougher questions
- Regulatory plan
- Wastewater treatment long term goal
- R jokes about winning regulatory plan bet with K & Josue from Nicoya
- L & K thank R
- R thanks L for roundtable
