https://bigcanoe.news Big Canoe's Only Investigative Newspaper Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:34:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-marina-project-nobody-mentioned/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-marina-project-nobody-mentioned/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:32:46 +0000 https://bigcanoe.news/?p=54771 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 [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-marina-project-nobody-mentioned/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-trademarks-new-problems-arise-costs-and-concerns-growing/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-trademarks-new-problems-arise-costs-and-concerns-growing/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:21:50 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54585 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 [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-trademarks-new-problems-arise-costs-and-concerns-growing/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/allegations-of-election-interference-by-big-canoe-poa-communications-director/ https://bigcanoe.news/allegations-of-election-interference-by-big-canoe-poa-communications-director/#respond Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:10:53 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54534 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. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/allegations-of-election-interference-by-big-canoe-poa-communications-director/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-smoke-signals-ownership-link-confirmed-new-trademark-debacle/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-smoke-signals-ownership-link-confirmed-new-trademark-debacle/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:36:52 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54467 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. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-poa-smoke-signals-ownership-link-confirmed-new-trademark-debacle/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-financial-documents-being-digitally-shredded-notice-of-litigation-sent/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-financial-documents-being-digitally-shredded-notice-of-litigation-sent/#respond Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:50:29 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=53026 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...  [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-financial-documents-being-digitally-shredded-notice-of-litigation-sent/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-bluffs-common-area-purchase-property-tax-issues-highlite-ongoing-fiscal-irresponsibility-by-management/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-bluffs-common-area-purchase-property-tax-issues-highlite-ongoing-fiscal-irresponsibility-by-management/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:53:17 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=2002 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 [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-bluffs-common-area-purchase-property-tax-issues-highlite-ongoing-fiscal-irresponsibility-by-management/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-did-the-developer-poa-pickens-county-tax-appraiser-collude-to-defraud-property-owners/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-did-the-developer-poa-pickens-county-tax-appraiser-collude-to-defraud-property-owners/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2019 02:49:31 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=1959 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 [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-did-the-developer-poa-pickens-county-tax-appraiser-collude-to-defraud-property-owners/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-how-a-500000-sale-of-dirt-used-property-owner-funds-to-potentially-prime-the-choctaw-appraisal-pump/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-how-a-500000-sale-of-dirt-used-property-owner-funds-to-potentially-prime-the-choctaw-appraisal-pump/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:28:09 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=1932 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 [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-how-a-500000-sale-of-dirt-used-property-owner-funds-to-potentially-prime-the-choctaw-appraisal-pump/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-in-the-bluffs-neighborhood-one-critically-pivotal-building-lot-has-dropped-91-2-in-value/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-in-the-bluffs-neighborhood-one-critically-pivotal-building-lot-has-dropped-91-2-in-value/#respond Sat, 17 Aug 2019 22:09:18 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=1892 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 [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-in-the-bluffs-neighborhood-one-critically-pivotal-building-lot-has-dropped-91-2-in-value/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-six-property-owners-file-2176887-lawsuit-against-developer-results-in-secret-settlement/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-six-property-owners-file-2176887-lawsuit-against-developer-results-in-secret-settlement/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:32:49 +0000 http://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=1859 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.  [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-six-property-owners-file-2176887-lawsuit-against-developer-results-in-secret-settlement/feed/ 0