<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Entire San Jose neighborhood of 5,000 people could lose their homes over one customer’s unpaid water bill</title> <atom:link href="https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/</link> <description>Costa Rica&#039;s Leading English Language News Source</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2</generator> <item><title>By: Ben</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11240</link> <dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11240</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Costa Rican goverment is starting to crack down on all the crap that goes on in Pavas. Right now there is 85.000 undocumented Nicaraqua´s in Pavas and the goverment is starting to deport many of them. Pavas has always been a problem since 1978 with drugs,gangs and Illegal Immigration i am glad to see AYA to take a stand against the Nicaraqua problem in Costa Rica. Most Nicaraqua steal and do nothing but hurt Costa Rica. Go home Nicaraqua´s your not welcome in Costa Rica.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Costa Rican goverment is starting to crack down on all the crap that goes on in Pavas. Right now there is 85.000 undocumented Nicaraqua´s in Pavas and the goverment is starting to deport many of them. Pavas has always been a problem since 1978 with drugs,gangs and<br /> Illegal Immigration i am glad to see AYA to take a stand against the Nicaraqua problem in Costa Rica. Most Nicaraqua steal and do nothing but hurt Costa Rica. Go home Nicaraqua´s your not welcome in Costa Rica.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Timothy Williams</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11236</link> <dc:creator>Timothy Williams</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11236</guid> <description><![CDATA[See my comment below to SarongGoddess. It is the best guess I can come up with, as we are not the source on this story.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See my comment below to SarongGoddess. It is the best guess I can come up with, as we are not the source on this story.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CRChris</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11235</link> <dc:creator>CRChris</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11235</guid> <description><![CDATA[Heather, you are looking at the situation logically.  I&#039;m sure the 5,000 residents are just throwing their hands up to their faces and saying &quot;dios mio who is going to pay the bill and save us!&quot;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heather, you are looking at the situation logically.  I&#8217;m sure the 5,000 residents are just throwing their hands up to their faces and saying &#8220;dios mio who is going to pay the bill and save us!&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Timothy Williams</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11234</link> <dc:creator>Timothy Williams</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11234</guid> <description><![CDATA[Since 1999 to the time the person left the neighborhood it only averages to about 30,000 colones per month for that customer&#039;s individual bill for the many years they were there.  Likely, since all the bills in the &quot;urbanizacion&quot; were in the name of the Coop, and everyone else was paying, AyA never cut off that one individual tap.  Just my guess.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since 1999 to the time the person left the neighborhood it only averages to about 30,000 colones per month for that customer&#8217;s individual bill for the many years they were there.  Likely, since all the bills in the &#8220;urbanizacion&#8221; were in the name of the Coop, and everyone else was paying, AyA never cut off that one individual tap.  Just my guess.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CRChris</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11233</link> <dc:creator>CRChris</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11233</guid> <description><![CDATA[So why didn&#039;t AyA turn off the water 16 years ago when the bill was past due like they do now if the payment is late?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So why didn&#8217;t AyA turn off the water 16 years ago when the bill was past due like they do now if the payment is late?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: SarongGoddess</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11232</link> <dc:creator>SarongGoddess</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11232</guid> <description><![CDATA[How can anyone rack up such a bill with AYA??  I know if my bill is just a month late for a 6,000-c bill it&#039;s shut off. Does something NOT add up right to anyone else??  That&#039;s a mighty big piece of land that would be up for grabs eh?!?!?! Is the government talking about intervenieng??? . . . . . . .]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can anyone rack up such a bill with AYA??  I know if my bill is just a month late for a 6,000-c bill it&#8217;s shut off.<br /> Does something NOT add up right to anyone else??  That&#8217;s a mighty big piece of land that would be up for grabs eh?!?!?!<br /> Is the government talking about intervenieng??? . . . . . . .</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Timothy Williams</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11231</link> <dc:creator>Timothy Williams</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11231</guid> <description><![CDATA[Comment deleted.  Please keep your comments on the subject of the article or in reply to other other comments.  The comment section is not a public forum.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment deleted.  Please keep your comments on the subject of the article or in reply to other other comments.  The comment section is not a public forum.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Heather Lane</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11230</link> <dc:creator>Heather Lane</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11230</guid> <description><![CDATA[So each of the 1,500 homes pays c4000...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So each of the 1,500 homes pays c4000&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: SarongGoddess</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11228</link> <dc:creator>SarongGoddess</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11228</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why is this Duke moron post still up??]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is this Duke moron post still up??</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: duke ster</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/05/28/entire-san-jose-neighborhood-5000-people-lose-homes-one-customers-unpaid-water-bill/#comment-11226</link> <dc:creator>duke ster</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=17933#comment-11226</guid> <description><![CDATA[This has nothing to do with this article-I didn&#039;t know how else to post--watch this you tube video-    https://youtu.be/3dDlSYl3J6cit&#039;s about the final blood moon sept 28 and the largest machine ever made , underground in Cern- france area This is the same area where Apolyon--satan himself was openly worshipped many years ago--same area!.It is a huge particle generator. They have been told they will become immortal if they make it. They are going to fire it up and attempt to open a portal to another dimension--thus allowing demons direct access to earth . Study the many Bible verses which relate to this. watch the scientist at the very beginning as he says he will do battle with anyone who tries to stop him from becoming god. He is frighteningly serious. Only the ones with the seal of God on their foreheads will be safe.. The ones who have accepted Jesus as the Son of God and their personal savior.    https://youtu.be/3dDlSYl3J6c]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This has nothing to do with this article-I didn&#8217;t know how else to post&#8211;watch this you tube video- <a href="https://youtu.be/3dDlSYl3J6cit&#039;s" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/3dDlSYl3J6cit&#039;s</a> about the final blood moon sept 28 and the largest machine ever made , underground in Cern- france area This is the same area where Apolyon&#8211;satan himself was openly worshipped many years ago&#8211;same area!.It is a huge particle generator. They have been told they will become immortal if they make it. They are going to fire it up and attempt to open a portal to another dimension&#8211;thus allowing demons direct access to earth . Study the many Bible verses which relate to this. watch the scientist at the very beginning as he says he will do battle with anyone who tries to stop him from becoming god. He is frighteningly serious. Only the ones with the seal of God on their foreheads will be safe.. The ones who have accepted Jesus as the Son of God and their personal savior. <a href="https://youtu.be/3dDlSYl3J6c" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/3dDlSYl3J6c</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>