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Big Canoe POA President Amy Tropfenbaum’s Conflict of Interest – Caught Again

August 16, 2022 Publisher 0

Amy Tropfenbaum is at it again. Back in April of 2022 FOBC ran an article regarding POA President Amy Tropfenbaum’s “Unreported Conflict of Interest” regarding the Chimney’s remodel. Amy’s conflict this time is an almost identical issue, involving enormous expenses involved in redesigning the Creek 9 Covered Bridge that sits along Amy’s property line; part of her “scenic view” of Lake Sconti. In a split board decision – she cast the approving vote. […]

FOBC Rebuttal: G.M. Scott Auer vs. the Truth

July 20, 2022 Publisher 0

FOBC recently presented our 16th Article on Lake Petit Dam. It contained recently updated analysis & information on the ongoing Repair and Legal Compliance process that has been underway since 1997. Scott Auer didn’t like our article, vowed that “He will Always Tell the Truth”, and then proceeded to tell more verifiable lies. […]

MAJOR UPDATE: Big Canoe Lake Petit Dam

July 15, 2022 Publisher 0

FOBC gets most of its information on Lake Petit Dam from Georgia Open Records Requests (GORA). Property Owners get most of their information from Scott Auer and the Big Canoe Board of Directors, who get their information from our current Engineer, Goesyntec. What I am about to announce is Very Bad News. […]

Big Canoe Election: “Secret” Document released (and Why I Didn’t Run)

July 4, 2022 Publisher 0

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. […]

Big Canoe Newspaper Publisher, David Hopkins, Considers Run For POA Board

June 28, 2022 Publisher 0

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. […]

Big Canoe: Chimney’s Renovation; Unreported Conflict of Interest

April 24, 2022 Publisher 0

Before I begin the bulk of this Editorial, I want to bring the Community attention to two (2) recent articles on the BCMatters.org website. The articles (linked) speak for themselves, but FOBC feels the need to weigh in and share some additional, previously undisclosed information that is highly relevant to the Chimneys Project. […]

Big Canoe: More Data…. Time for a Special “Financial Townhall Meeting”?

March 15, 2022 Publisher 0

More releases from the “Leaked Data”: Following are some interesting snippets of information – the overtime totals from just 2 departments, as found in the recent “B.C.Leaks” data. Also released is a seven (7) year compilation of Employee Cost data. […]

Big Canoe WikiLeaks: Full Employee Salary List Leaked

March 13, 2022 Publisher 0

FOBC has been provided with a full 2 Week “Payroll snapshot” of Big Canoe POA Employees, including salaried and hourly employees. The data obtained was in unedited internal report format, complete with names. FOBC has made the decision to release the data in redacted format…. […]

Big Canoe: Will Higher Gas Prices Trigger Local Downtrend in Real Estate Prices?

March 2, 2022 Publisher 0

The Pandemic triggered explosive property valuations in North Georgia, and nowhere was this more evident than in Big Canoe, GA. Social activity lockdowns in big cities like Atlanta, combined with free stimmy checks, fueled a boom in mountain vacation activity, as people rediscovered the outdoors. This dramatically increased the popularity of income generating mountain vacation rental properties as 2nd investment homes. Could rising gas prices threaten that? […]

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… […]