https://bigcanoe.news Big Canoe's Only Investigative Newspaper Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:02:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bigcanoe.news/how-big-canoes-election-committee-is-tilting-the-2025-board-race-and-why-every-property-owner-should-care/ https://bigcanoe.news/how-big-canoes-election-committee-is-tilting-the-2025-board-race-and-why-every-property-owner-should-care/#respond Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:33:08 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54630 In a fair game, the referee enforces the same rules for everyone. In Big Canoe’s 2025 election, the Election Committee has stepped onto the field as both referee and player—throwing flags at one candidate while the others stand by, silent beneficiaries. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/how-big-canoes-election-committee-is-tilting-the-2025-board-race-and-why-every-property-owner-should-care/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-election-secret-document-released-and-why-i-didnt-run/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-election-secret-document-released-and-why-i-didnt-run/#respond Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:00:48 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=53307 I recently announced that I was considering running for the Board of Directors.  I want to give an update on my recent decision NOT to run. I also want to share a "Secret" document that I received as part of the process, and share some of what I have learned about the broken Governance System within Big Canoe. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-election-secret-document-released-and-why-i-didnt-run/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-newspaper-publisher-david-hopkins-considers-run-for-poa-board/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-newspaper-publisher-david-hopkins-considers-run-for-poa-board/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:34:23 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=53220 Greetings fellow Big Canoe Property Owners! My name is David Hopkins; 23 year resident of Big Canoe, Publisher of "Focus on Big Canoe, GA" (FOBC) Newspaper, and an admin of a few Big Canoe Facebook sites.  I have just suddenly out of the blue decided (been nudged a little - lol) to run for the Board of Directors of the Big Canoe Property Owners Association. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-newspaper-publisher-david-hopkins-considers-run-for-poa-board/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-again-fails-to-legally-comply-with-voter-meeting-law/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-again-fails-to-legally-comply-with-voter-meeting-law/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:39:43 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=24586 The following is the Intro Summary of a 6 Page Legal DEMAND Letter that has been sent via email to the POA. I have tried to capture the essence of the DEMAND in the brief summary. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-again-fails-to-legally-comply-with-voter-meeting-law/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ask-the-poa-regarding-recent-voter-quorum-process-changes/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ask-the-poa-regarding-recent-voter-quorum-process-changes/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:30:33 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=24331 As a 20+ year resident of Big Canoe, and as a Property Owner within Big Canoe, I have just submitted a series of questions through the Big Canoe “Ask the POA” site. As the Newspaper Publisher of “Focus On Big Canoe“, I believe the questions may be of interest to all Property Owners, and as such I have copied my correspondence.... [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ask-the-poa-regarding-recent-voter-quorum-process-changes/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-open-letter-to-vote-auditor-mauldin-jenkins-copy/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-open-letter-to-vote-auditor-mauldin-jenkins-copy/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:22:07 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2671 I am writing to you to alert you to improper process in the Votes currently underway in Big Canoe. This is in regards to both the POA Board Election vote, and the Covenant Change vote. Substantial numbers of property owners are being improperly denied their voting rights. I am further notifying you of ... [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-open-letter-to-vote-auditor-mauldin-jenkins-copy/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-voter-fraud-scandal-grows/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-voter-fraud-scandal-grows/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:52:22 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2621 This newspaper RECENTLY REPORTED on fraudulent voter suppression in Big Canoe, in opposition to our Covenants and By-Laws, to deny eligibility to large numbers of Big Canoe Voters in the .... [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-voter-fraud-scandal-grows/feed/ 0