Today in Responsible Governance

The mayor of Villahermosa, which with more than 600,000 inhabitants is Tabasco's biggest city, had the following explanation for his decision not to cancel public events despite ongoing threats from the A1H1 virus: 

It's all made up, that's why we're not going to listen. They can't fool us. They can fool a lot of citizens, but they can't fool us. 

I must say that I've heard similar sentiments from lots of people, but none of them governed half a million people.