August 2019 - Focus on Big Canoe, GA

Big Canoe Newspaper “The Smoke Screen” Disgraces Journalism, and Fails Property Owners

August 28, 2019 Publisher 0

I want to talk about the primary local Newspaper and Business Advertising Venue, the Big Canoe Smoke Signals, or as I refer to them, the Smoke Screen Newspaper. This glorified marketing tabloid, whose sole reason […]

Big Canoe: Common Area Purchase & Property Tax Issues Highlite Ongoing Fiscal Irresponsibility by Management

August 22, 2019 Publisher 0

So, this Newspaper has been reporting on the “2016 Land Deal” for over a year now. The Property owners still don’t have any answers, and the POA Board Of Directors still refuses to release, or […]

Big Canoe: Did the Developer, POA & Pickens County Tax Appraiser Collude to Defraud Property Owners?

August 20, 2019 Publisher 0

Last week this Newspaper reported on some questionable activity involving the initial valuation of properties in “The Bluffs” neighborhood in Big Canoe, GA. If there was impropriety that involved Property Value Manipulation – it would […]

Big Canoe: How a $500,000 Sale of Dirt used Property Owner Funds to potentially prime the “Choctaw” Appraisal Pump

August 19, 2019 Publisher 0

Previously, in our last article, we showed how at the beginning of the Sales Promotion for “The Bluffs” subdivision – a single piece of property was sold for $500,000, and primed the Appraisal Pump for […]

Big Canoe: In “The Bluffs” Neighborhood One Critically Pivotal BUILDING LOT has Dropped 91.2% in Value

August 17, 2019 Publisher 0

Parcel 045 103 047 is a 3.76 Acre lot in one of the last subdivisions (“The Bluffs”) done by the Developer (“Big Canoe Company”) in the gated community of Big Canoe, GA. It also has […]

Big Canoe, GA: Six Property Owners File $2,176,887 LAWSUIT Against Developer – results in Secret Settlement!

August 13, 2019 Publisher 0

Before we begin, let me say that this is actually recent news – that Property Owners were Never Told About! The lawsuit was filed in 2017, and was quietly and secretly settled in May 2019. […]

Big Canoe, Letter To Editor: New Avenues of Concern

August 12, 2019 Publisher 0

It is commendable that the POA President has sought to “clear the air” in the August edition of Smoke Signals by presenting leadership’s rationale behind several recent decisions. Unfortunately, the narrative regarding the Creek Nine […]

Big Canoe: Does Secret “Food & Beverage Agreement” contribute to F&B Losses?

August 10, 2019 Publisher 0

At the end of this article, I will provide a link to “secret” document(s) that very few people, even board members were aware of when I talked to them. I believe it might explain some […]