Editorial
Big Canoe ~ Let’s Talk Golf!!!
I am proposing we phase out 9 Holes of Golf, and move from a 27 Hole Golf Course Model to an 18 Hole Golf Course Model. That extra land that 9 Holes sits on gives […]
Articles by Publisher
Letter To Editor
Big Canoe, Letter to the Editor: We do not know…
Even though leadership has been unable or unwilling to provide property owners with a reason for the escalating F&B losses, the POA board , as was speculated, (1) is moving forward with a $160,000 redesign […]
Big Canoe Employees
BIG CANOE: “EMPLOYEE NEWS” SECTION
To all past and present Big Canoe Employees – I am thinking about doing some articles on the status of Employees within Big Canoe. I started thinking about it when they said they were going […]
Editorial
Big Canoe Newspaper “The Smoke Screen” Disgraces Journalism, and Fails Property Owners
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 […]
Investigations
Big Canoe: Common Area Purchase & Property Tax Issues Highlite Ongoing Fiscal Irresponsibility by Management
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 […]
Investigations
Big Canoe: Did the Developer, POA & Pickens County Tax Appraiser Collude to Defraud Property Owners?
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 […]
Investigations
Big Canoe: How a $500,000 Sale of Dirt used Property Owner Funds to potentially prime the “Choctaw” Appraisal Pump
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 […]
Investigations
Big Canoe: In “The Bluffs” Neighborhood One Critically Pivotal BUILDING LOT has Dropped 91.2% in Value
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 […]
Investigations
Big Canoe, GA: Six Property Owners File $2,176,887 LAWSUIT Against Developer – results in Secret Settlement!
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. […]
Letter To Editor
Big Canoe, Letter To Editor: New Avenues of Concern
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 […]