Publisher, Author at Focus on Big Canoe, GA

Letter to the Editor: Financial Woes of Big Canoe Food and Beverage

June 10, 2019 Publisher 0

…..the most obvious source of financial woes presently, continues to be Food and Beverage. F&B losses through April already exceed budget 80k……. With F&B on target to lose 650-750k in 2019, our POA board has determined…..

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Big Canoe’s Board & Committee Insiders Secretly Move to Replace a Golf Cart Fleet only 3 yrs old – $$$$$!

June 8, 2019 Publisher 0

While we are waiting for the Board to figure out how to ask Property Owners to approve a multi-million dollar welfare program bailout of the Golf Program (as proposed by the Bergen report), I decided to look at another massive expenditure that is even now being secretly executed….. A Complete Golf Cart Fleet Replacement.

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LETTER TO EDITOR: A Dawson County Resident’s Comments on the ETOWAH VILLAGE (aka Avalon/400) Development

May 14, 2019 Publisher 0

Publishers Clarification: The following letter is in regard to the 975+/- acre Mixed Use Village proposed by Dawson Village Partners, with 3/4 of Million Square Feet of Office and Retail Space + over 2700 High-Density […]

Letter to Editor: A followup to the $192,739 question

May 10, 2019 Publisher 0

What is the $192,739 reduction in equity since year end 2018, and where exactly did it go? This question was asked in my previous editorial, and leadership quickly took the opportunity at the April board […]

Big Canoe 2016 Land Deal ~ SUMMARY to date; and UPDATE on Legal Proceedings

May 7, 2019 Publisher 0

Approximately ten (10) months have passed since investigation and reporting began on the 2016 Land Deal (< 14 in-depth articles so far). It has been 7 weeks since our last article, which coincided with the […]

How the Chambers Report misleads us about “GOLF” in Big Canoe. Is it time for a change of direction?

April 30, 2019 Publisher 0

In this Article we are going to dive deep into the world of Golf in Big Canoe. We will begin by looking at the very misleading picture painted by the Chambers Report. We will discover […]

Letter to Editor: Where did $192,739 in Big Canoe Property Owner’s Equity go?

April 16, 2019 Publisher 0

New financials have just become available along with results of the Chambers survey, and questions from this author, and others, whether it be about flawed survey results or the financial state of affairs, continue to […]

A Perspective On The Plant List Debate…

April 5, 2019 Publisher 0

Well it appears that Big Canoe management is stuffing another new and ridiculous rule down our throats… a massive ‘hack job’ to the approved plant list. This week’s release of a POA Plant List Q&A […]

Letter To Editor: A Big Canoe Property Owner’s commentary on February 2019 financial results …

April 3, 2019 Publisher 0

Really hopeful and expecting the best, the February 2019 financial package was reviewed along with board presentations, committee minutes and Smoke Signals articles only to find further questions and frustrations. Overall financial results do continue […]

Big Canoe POA Senior Management Wastes Our Money!

April 2, 2019 Publisher 0

By now everyone is mostly aware that the Big Canoe POA Board & Management is undergoing somewhat of a financial meltdown – although throwing an entitled, temper-tantrum is perhaps a better way to describe what […]