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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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…. […]
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? […]
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… […]
Jeff Mullins was 59 years old. According to his Obituary, he had a wife; he had children, grandchildren. He had extended family, and he had friends. He had a proper funeral with pallbearers to carry the casket. This newspaper read some related Facebook Pages, and one short and simple comment said so much, “He was a good one”. […]
FOBC has obtained responses to Open Records Requests that include the latest Draft of the Lake Petit Dam Emergency Action Plan (“EAP”). For people in Big Canoe, Cove Lake and Marble Hill area just wanting to know if their property is in the Impact Zone in the event the Petit Dam were to fail, there is a smaller 6 page excerpt that lists the parcels…. […]
The Board recently revealed that repairs to the Dam will run $4.5 Million. FOBC Sources now say this may be closer to $7 Million, and that even more engineering studies (and subsequent work) not previously estimated may be required. A new letter from GA Safe Dams finally puts in writing that the Geosyntec Seismic Study from 1998 was NEVER ACCEPTED by the State, and that as part of the new Permit Requirement for current work, GSD will first require a redo of the Seismic Study… […]
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