Investigations – Focus on Big Canoe, GA

Big Canoe: The Marina Project Nobody Mentioned

January 31, 2026 editor 0

Six-Figure Spending, Zero Public Record, and a Lake Level Story That Doesn’t Add Up. Here is something most Big Canoe property owners do not know: the POA has been soliciting contractor bids for a major […]

BIG CANOE TRADEMARKS: New Problems Arise, Costs and Concerns Growing

August 1, 2025 Publisher 0

The Big Canoe Property Owners Association (BCPOA) is once again under fire—this time for filing a controversial federal trademark application for “BIG CANOE BROKERAGE,” a mark long used by a private real estate firm wholly […]

Allegations of Election & Social Media Interference by Big Canoe POA Communications Director

July 24, 2025 Publisher 0

A growing body of evidence suggests that Delaine Faris, Director of Communications for the Big Canoe Property Owners Association (POA), has been actively pressuring administrators of non‑POA Facebook groups to remove or suppress posts that she considers damaging to POA leadership—including posts about the upcoming Board election.

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Big Canoe POA & Smoke Signals: Ownership Link Confirmed + NEW Trademark Debacle

July 3, 2025 Publisher 0

This article contradicts recent public claims that “Smoke Signals is Independent” from the Big Canoe POA. It presents documentary proof that the POA has long exercised ownership over Smoke Signals, reveals a history of secret agreements, a previously unknown trademark transfer, and issues a public call to the POA Board and General Manager to release these undisclosed deals in full.

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Big Canoe: Financial Documents Being Digitally Shredded! Notice of Litigation Sent!

January 30, 2022 Publisher 0

A property owner has brought attention to a disturbing situation … files on the POA Website are beeing deleted without advance notice or explanation, and some messages indicate that after deletion, members “will soon permanently lose access”. Many of the files are Financial and Budget documents critical to understanding our finances…

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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. […]