Parkside is not all that bad for a few people. Not everyone living there is about drugs and making babies.I am a resident and feel that if they cant come up to standard thank you for helping me relocate. I pay taxes like anyone else. I am a single mother, I work, and go to school. I am many others are here because we are low income. And this can happen to any one the way the economy is anyone can lose there job and have to rely on Sec8 or could have moved to parkside. Some of the problems are the residents not caring and respecting the property. But to go a summer with no air and they are suppose to have central heat and air and go a winter with no heat. Thats is not good. Majority of the apt Ac/h units dont work. One side of my sink works. It took a whole mth to get a busted pipe fixed. water was everywhere outside. Toilet run water from the bottom. ALot of that does not have to do with the residents. I dont fault the works much. If they dont have the money then what can they do. We dont pay alot for rent 29- maybe 400 give or take. so if the majority pays an average of 150 to 200 a mth what can be fixed after they pay for the utilities in the apartments. We should be glad someone is stepping in to help us better our situation. And others shouldnt judge us because of where we live. Some of the trouble is brought here by outsiders that are just looking for something to do.

I use to live in Parkside and enjoyed it most of the time.I worked five days a week and did pay my rent.All folks who live there are not low lifes as some of the white folks think.I feel if the managers would do right and follow through on the expectation of one living in Parkside things would go better for us all.The security is a joke.The managers are a joke.In most leases it states that you are responsiable for your guest.If it's made clear that if a report come in of some type of crime from the resident and it is found to be true they will have to move. Believe me if that person do not want to move they will make sure all company come to their apartment will not do anything to get them put out. If I was a drug dealer and know no one is going to hold me accountiable for standing on the street why not.I have witness many times the cops pass by seeing young men standing around in area to sell drugs and do nothing.

Most the people who do drugs there, dont live there. and i hope they dont turn it over to Baylor, because thats who comes to parkside to purchase drugs. STUDENTS AND STAFF

For Shame, I know the residents of Waco are not acting like Waco is some crown jewel. Waco is Parkside on a larger scale. The best houses in Waco are mediocre as compared to the rest of the nation. As for Baylor, the student housing I see around and on campus, is to laugh at. This city is poorly managed, as you can tell by the majority of the neighborhoods in and around. Parkside is reflective of this. Parkside is a big problem, and so is Waco. It's like traveling back in time. Some of the posts prove that. It's poor people in and of every race, and most of them are not drug dealers or users. Even more since the recession started. I can't wait till my contract is up so I can leave. Good riddance to racism, nepotism, and ignorance.

I agree with everyone. We need to stop spending tax dollars on something that takes months and a lot of money to fix and days to be destroyed.I drive by those apartments every once in a while and I must say that it must be really nice to be able to hang out all day. With no worries about paying bills. Some of us work hard every day, while others just hold their hand out and its given to them. The tenants dont want change but the city of Waco needs it!

Why are taxpayers subsidizing overbreeding, drug-dealing thugs with no daddies to begin with? The same people who then rob & mug us later? And keep demanding more and more handouts? Not fair is damn right!!! Time to end this crap!

"I think they should close Parkside down it's been riddled with criminal elements since the early 80's. Close it down that government money would be better spent on the elderly and disabled people. They get limited or no help because there are so many people receiving section-8 who don't need it and should be working or better yet, put everybody out who are not disabled or elderly and make it into a senior/disabled community. That would cut down on some of that criminal activity." - AGREED!!!!! No more handouts to filthy crooks!

"Dragonslayer I'm not running for public office. If I was making Waco my home I would, but my contract is about to be up and I'm looking for greener pastures." - You mean Whiter pastures, right? I know what you mean, Waco is just tooo Black (23%) to ever become a nice community with a decent quality-of-life. It's hard to rise up when you got a huge boat anchor dragging you down. See Detroit or Kansas City.

"THE PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE.FIX THE PROBLEM.SOMETHING CAN BE DONE .THE NEXT THING WILL HEAR THAT BAYLOR WILL HAVE THE APARTMENTS.AND THOSE THAT LIVE THERE WILL HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE.I DONT THINK THATS FAIR" - Hopefully these Black criminal roaches can live somewhere else than Waco. Let's please stop feeding them and flush them out of town. Good riddance!!

The person who signed the lease should be held responsible for all damages done to the apartments or asked to move. Housing should disallow them after 3 moves for damages. In other words " you break-you fix-if not you move out. SIMPLE

How long will it take the Inspectors to take the last Inspection Report and walk through the buildings? Then they should have the Bulldozers sitting buy running!! Help the Seniors/Elderly find/move elsewhere, then bust it dwn!! This is getting to be a repetitive, on-going problem!!

Ha ha. That's funny enuf. I assure you I'm not Lester Gibson. Ratso, I don't need to pull the race card. There are plenty of other people in Waco who do that before I get a chance to. Dragonslayer I don't need your luck. I like to rely on know how and skill. I didn't know this place has been like this since the 80's. With that in mind, surely it should be tore down in a hurry.

I think they should close Parkside down it's been riddled with criminal elements since the early 80's. Close it down that government money would be better spent on the elderly and disabled people. They get limited or no help because there are so many people receiving section-8 who don't need it and should be working or better yet, put everybody out who are not disabled or elderly and make it into a senior/disabled community. That would cut down on some of that criminal activity.

Thank you for your insight Commissioner Gibson, ooops! I meant MVP! wink, wink!

"windows and screens have been damaged since then by tenants and visitors..." Sounds like the folks living there need to fix what's broken if THEY broke it. I was raised that if I broke something, I fixed it, even if I didn't OWN it.

Poor ole MVP... Wouldn't have a thing to say without pulling the race card... People like you are what keeps racism alive and well. Congrats on your efforts... A lot of hot air with no solution...

The only thing that is going to save Parkside Village is DEMOLITION!! It has been a haven for crime as long as I can remember, but of course when it's tenants are nothing but lazy welfare leeches, what do you expect?

"Most Valuable Player" I wish you all the luck in the world on your move, you will NOT be missed! "Fireants" Like I said get 'em bus tickets out of here!!!!

Closing Parkside would be like taking a fire ant mound and making all the ants move. Where will they go? EVERYWHERE. At least all these hood rats are holed up in one place and behind steel bars as they should be. If they are made to move they will scatter all over Waco and infect other neighborhoods.

Dragonslayer I'm not running for public office. If I was making Waco my home I would, but my contract is about to be up and I'm looking for greener pastures. So I'm gonna let you have Waco.

CLOSING THESE APARTMENTS UP WILL NOT HELP,THE PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE.FIX THE PROBLEM.SOMETHING CAN BE DONE .THE NEXT THING WILL HEAR THAT BAYLOR WILL HAVE THE APARTMENTS.AND THOSE THAT LIVE THERE WILL HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE.I DONT THINK THATS FAIR.BAYLOR ,TEXAS AND NOT WACO, TEXAS.

Ok "Most Valuable Player", so now it sounds like you're going to run for public office, you sure as hell won't get my vote! Waco needs to take the money they spend building sidewalks in East Waco that nobody walks on and put it to better use, like buying bus tickets for all the crackheads and dope dealers in Waco, send 'em to Dallas or Houston, or better yet on a slowboat to China!!!!!

Ok "Most Valuable Player", so now it sounds like you're going to run for public office, you sure as hell won't get my vote! Waco needs to take the money they spend building sidewalks in East Waco that nobody walks on and put it to better use, like buying bus tickets for all the crackheads and dope dealers in Waco, send 'em to Dallas or Houston, or better yet on a slowboat to China!!!!!

This is just a case where management thinks that because they are dealing with some poor people that they can treat them any kind of way. They treat them as if they have no voice. This is just like the streets in Waco. I live in a nice neighborhood, and any potholes get fixed with a quickness. Since I've been in Waco, I have driven through some parts of the east and north side and the streets have not been touched in a mighty long time. In my opinion, this is a lot of what is wrong with Waco and why it will not grow or prosper. The powers that be in any situation try to segregate based on demographics. That's no way to treat the citizens. Everybody has something to offer, but when you make the situation a one-sided issue and ignore one group.. you lose. Hence the state of Waco right now. I hope the IRS gets involved in this case. I have noticed that people in Waco who "think" they have some power try to handle a person kinda rough because they make the mistake of judging people. I say all the time that there are ways around the little petty crap that goes on in Waco. I mean people trying to play dumb and give others a bunch of rhetoric for an answer. One way to get around it is to go to a higher entity. One that is not based in Waco. I will go on to say that for these candidates that are running for public office in which some of the poorer areas are represented should consider having forums to educate people on steps to take to get their voice and issues heard. We hear enough talk about reviving Elm street and have seen enough photo opportunities. People need results, not more yada yada yada. It doesn't matter if you're a preacher. You can't sit idle and wait for deliverance out of a situation. Decisions have to be made. Moves have to be made. Real leadership is needed.