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El Paso Times

Nicole Gomez: An intolerant community can't attract young people

Give me a state tax to spread the expense of all these welfare benifits to everyone and I will gladly vote in the affirmative every time. ELP government keeps increasing benifits for all, but it is paid by the few, all of these welfare programs and benifits are at the expense of property owners. Investors and business owners can easily pass on the cost to consumers as a private property owner I've got to suck it up and continue to pay. I cannot understand how my property taxes are higher than my mortgage payments. Especially when I paid nothing down on my house. Had I been aware of the high property taxes in ELP I would have not purchased a home. I've tried selling the house, but the offers are for less than what I paid for it.  (13 hrs ago | post #2)

El Paso Times

Surviving & optimistic: Operation Noel, Seniors Fund getting se...

Let me change that. I'll gladly donate to any fund that fixes both of them as he apparently is a baby maker and she is a breeder.  (Thursday Nov 26 | post #8)

El Paso Times

Surviving & optimistic: Operation Noel, Seniors Fund getting se...

A brood of six and the youngest looks like he is 2 years old. They all look alike so they must all be from the same man. Where is the SOB that keeps knocking this woman up? I would gladly contribute to any fund that has this womans tubes tied as it appears she does not know where babies come from.  (Thursday Nov 26 | post #5)

El Paso Times

Mich. man accused killing naked son after dispute

He has to live with the knowledge that he put his son down. As well child molesters do not survive in prison without becoming a victim themselves. I notice how no one has mentioned the child that was molested by this pedophile.  (Sunday Nov 22 | post #36)

El Paso Times

Business & Housing: El Paso home foreclosure filings triple in ...

I tried to sell my house before we moved and ended up renting it out. ELP is not homeowner much less landlord friendly, but my house is in a good school district on the westside and the renters are always military. What sucks is that half of the rent has to go to property taxes at the end of the year. At the rate of increases by CAD, CROOK and cronies I end up walking aways from the property.  (Sunday Nov 15 | post #20)

El Paso Times

Business & Housing: El Paso home foreclosure filings triple in ...

You need to quit blaming developers; they build to capacity (current and projected) projected 5-10 years into the future. The blame lies on the ELP government, they have a growth plan, but it is not a smart growth plan. The intent is to increase the tax base, but what they are failing to look at is that as new homes are built, people owning old homes are moving out and unable to sell. The only thing worthwhile in those old houses is the land. And if you look at property valuations, the land isn't worth much, ELP has plenty of that. Smart growth plans should be that builders/developers have to build in old neighborhoods, this involves razing old buildings, so yes people will be displaced, but there are less services that need to be built as they already exist.  (Saturday Nov 14 | post #5)

El Paso Times

Business & Housing: El Paso home foreclosure filings triple in ...

ELP will always struggle for better paying jobs and home affordability. First of all being a border town allows for cheap labor as day trippers and illegals bring down the hourly rate by working for less money. Then you have the local government taxing the hell out of everything and imposing some of the highest taxes on property owners in the nation. Followed by high gas prices and this with a refinery in our backyard. The welfare mindset is the last and most detriment to ELPASOANS. The belief that everyone is entitled to benifits regardless of the cost is BS. The increase in forclosures is the result of banks, mortgage lenders, and government agencies - pushed owners into loans that are extremely profitable for all, but the homeowner. The refi's, government assistance only pushed/delayed forclosures further out. And finally all of those people getting forclosed on SCREWED themselves. Yes I know home ownership is an american dream, but with that american dream comes (property taxes, utilities, mortgage payments, insurance payments, maintenance costs, etc, etc). I would like to know how long these forclosed homes were owned before falling into forclosure.  (Saturday Nov 14 | post #4)

El Paso Times

Starting today, El Paso Police can tow vehicles of drivers foun...

How about instituting a 250.00 fine for those who cannot prove their vehicle is insured. The fine would be negated once the driver presented proof of insurance.  (Sunday Nov 1 | post #37)

El Paso Times

Unemployment rises: More jobless in state, El Paso

Texas doesn't need the weight of having to pay back money with harsh terms. ELP is the one with the problem. The MAIN reason ELP has such high unemployment is because the county coddles the masses. The unemployed and unemployable in ELP see welfare as a right and not a privilige. I have nephews and nieces that are 3rd generation welfare babies who tell me the government is obligated to take care of them.  (Oct 17, 2009 | post #6)

El Paso Times

El Paso businessman indicted in public corruption case

ELP's corruption is starting to make Chicago's politicians look like angles. How high will this this go? Who is next to fall?  (Sep 10, 2009 | post #6)

El Paso Times

Reducing housing for disabled up for debate

Builders have spoken, they are not building new apartments because "one of the reasons is the 5% rule". What are the other issues with getting new apartments built.  (Sep 7, 2009 | post #6)

El Paso Times

Lack of insurance affects almost everyone

All I did was ask a simple question. Once you get rid of illegals, who do you plan on going after next? The beliefe that getting rid of illegals will solve all of the problems this countries faces is shortsighted and narrow minded. So who do you plan on going after next?  (Sep 7, 2009 | post #71)

El Paso Times

Lack of insurance affects almost everyone

So you only want to get rid of all illegals from Mexico and are ok with illegals from other countries? That makes you a racist.  (Sep 7, 2009 | post #70)

El Paso Times

Lack of insurance affects almost everyone

What happens when you get rid of illegals? You start picking on the next bottom of the barrel group. Who is it going to be? Mexicans, Blacks, Asians, Eastern Europeans or whites? You are right in that we need to get rid of illegal immigration, but we need to expand LEGAL immigration. Quit going after the illegals themselves and go after the employers, at all levels. This include the private citizen who hires an illegal to cut the lawn. 50K per violation per individual, 100K for a business with 2 -10 employees and 200K for business with 11 or more employees. Stop the excuses, we have the best immigration government service that can ID violators on both sides of the plane. Yeah the IRS, those SOBs can get european banks to ID tax dodgers, but we can't get them to force companies to ID their illegals. And uh, lets quit the BSing about racial profiling. The majoriy of illegals are from south american countries, but lets solve it all by STOPPING everyone and ensuring they are in this country legally. Passports required for all.  (Sep 7, 2009 | post #66)