Why Ley Peña was implemented in Mexico State: One obvious reason "revealed"

With the Mexico State gubernatorial campaign well underway, we can now see clearly exactly why Govenror Enrique Peña Nieto was so eager to change the state's electoral code (what was dubbed Ley Peña) including shortening the campaign to 45 days. Mexico State has 125 municipalities, and visiting all during the campaign is virtuall impossible.

Unless...
Unless you have your own helicopter! 

Eruviel Ávila, PRI's candidate (and, lest we forget, in coalition with the misnomed "Green Party" (PVEM), insists that his use of a private helicopter does not entail going over campaign spending limits.

Yet how much does it costs to have a private helicopter? That information, however, Ávila declined to say.

AMLO on Zedillo as possible new IMF head

AMLO opposes the idea of Ernesto Zedillo as possible new IMF head, arguing he lacks the sufficient moral standing to do so:

"Zedillo, who now wants to be new chairman, is someone without shame; he sold off the National Railways of Mexico, and when he left the presidency, he went to work for them."

Back to the future in PAN: Ernesto Ruffo to head Vázquez Mota campaign

A bit of interesting news for students of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN): Ernesto Ruffo returns to politics in order to coordinate the campaign of Josefina Vázquez Mota to be the party's presidential candidate.

As you may recall, Ernesto Ruffo Appel was the first-ever governor of a state not belonging to the PRI: In 1989, he won the governorship of Baja California for PAN, but has in recent years been somewhat alienated from the party.

Fun fact 1: He was born in San Diego
Fun fact 2: He supports the legalization of drugs.