This post is in specific response to ONE of the many lies and gross misrepresentations contained in the Deer Ridge Board Attack Letter sent to all owners about me.
They are apparently SO desperate to discredit me, and the truths told here on this blog, that they are out on a vendetta to attempt to discredit what I say – even to the point of spreading rumors that I am senile. (I will let the readers of this blog determine from its content and the recent Investment Analysis for Deer Ridge whether the author is senile or not.)
These are the kinds of people we have currently managing Deer Ridge – and it is way past time for a change. But more about that very soon.
Joe Thomas and the Board Lied To All Owners Once Again
The Lie du Jour we are dealing with here is this one that was contained in their Attack Letter:
- “On November 15,2009, on his website, he posted pictures along with the allegation ‘Joe Thomas Butchers Deer Ridge Trees For Benefit of Non Deer Ridge Owner’ …What his cursory investigation failed to reveal was that one of the cabin owners on Moonshine Ridge, which overlooks Weber Road, also wanted some trees topped that were located on the south side of the road. Through the Maintenance staff, Joe contacted the landscaper that does contract work for Deer Ridge and referred him to the persons wanting the trees cut. The property line is very close to the road at this point and GG&RC only owns a 25 ft right of way from the center line of Weber Road. The topped tree closest to the road is 33 ft from the center line. Therefore, it appears that most, if not all, of the trees topped in this area were not on GG&RC property.”
From our analysis of the plat, the above “convenient” calculations by Joey and the Board appear to be very wrong and these trees are, indeed, on our property.
Do you believe it a coincidence that these trees were butchered at virtually the same time that this one cabin, the ONLY one that benefited from the butchering, signed on to be managed by RML? Please see: Joe Thomas Butchers Deer Ridge Trees For Benefit Of Non Deer Ridge Owner, Joe Thomas Butchers Deer Ridge Trees For Benefit Of Non Deer Ridge Owner – Chapter 2 and Tree Trimming At Deer Ridge: A Guest Post By Tina.
Thanks to the help of Deer Ridge owner Todd Novak, we reviewed the plats to the property in detail. He was outraged how the board had so obviously lied about so many things in their Attack Letter – including their spurious claim that Deer Ridge did not own those trees that Joe Thomas butchered – that Todd went to the County offices for Sevier County and got the following plats of Deer Ridge.
If you look at the following plat, Deer Ridge owns the 10.56 acres identified as Plot 3.
This coincides with the plats that are part of the Deer Ridge Master Deed.
The Truth About The Measurements
Based on the documents provided by Todd, I was able to run some measurements today on this issue using the surveyor’s plat and my satellite-accurate GPS to calculate the real distances.
Acrobat offers a great analysis tools for doing precise measurements to scale. Below you can see that we were able to find the exact location of the Joe Thomas Tree Butchering as located at N 35 45.942 and W 83 20.942. This location is identified at the bottom of the red scales show below. This shows the exact distance from the center of our road to the edge of Deer Ridge owned property to be 0.25″ – and when plotted to scale, that 0.25″ is equivalent to about 60′ from center line of the road to the edge of our property.
The following are enlargements of the above plat so that you can more easily see the scale of things. Note again, we are measuring at the bottom part of the two parallel lines which mark both the center of the road and the Deer Ridge property line. When you compare the scale, you will see that the distance is 60′ .
Now, let’s look back at the FALSE claim Joey and the Board made in one of their many lies in the Attack Letter: ” The property line is very close to the road at this point and GG&RC only owns a 25 ft right of way from the center line of Weber Road.”
The REAL distance is 60′ NOT the contrived lie by Joey and the Board of 25′!
Gee, guys, why the lie? Then, in the same part of their Attack Letter, they state,”The topped tree closest to the road is 33 ft from the center line. Therefore, it appears that most, if not all, of the trees topped in this area were not on GG&RC property.”
Even if their statement was true – that the topped trees were 33′ from the center line, ALL of the topped trees WERE on GGRC property – which means that Joe Thomas DID destroy Deer Ridge assets for the benefit of a non Deer Ridge owner!
But wait – there’s more.
When measured via GPS satellite data, the topped tree closest to the road is 20′ NOT the claimed 33′ that Joey and the Board make in their Attack Letter. ANOTHER lie. See data below.
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If They Lie To You About This – What Else Are Joe Thomas and the Board Lying About?
If Joe Thomas and your current Board lie to you about something like this, what ELSE are they lying about?
I don’t know about you – but I do not tolerate liars in my life. And, I consider Joe Thomas and the entire current board to be completely untrustworthy and I personally have ZERO confidence in any thing they say or do.
How about you? Do you trust them NOT to lie to you about the big stuff – when they are so willing to lie to you and all other owners about our property lines – just to try and protect Joe Thomas from justifiable responsibility for critically damaging valuable assets owned by all Deer Ridge owners?
Time For A Clean Sweep
Joe Thomas needs to be immediately fired. For SO many reasons. And this entire Board of Directors needs to be replaced by those who are willing to be transparent, open, accountable – and who will administer Deer Ridge Mountain Resort fairly for all owners – not just the small power clique who have dominated the HOA for years.
Let’s get rid of all these liars – and replace them with other owners who will finally do things right!
PS: Thanks again to Todd for his research and Sevier County document search – and his quest for the truth at Deer Ridge.
Robert,
I knew it! Joey doesn’t have Leo top trees unless there is a monetary benefit for him in some way. Betcha we also paid for it. Joe cares about nothing other than himself and what he can rape off of us as owners, and off this land. Down to the tree’s. This is pathetic and shameful.
I invite any owner to drive up Moonshine Way and see for yourself what has been done and then go directly in front of that cabin and look who is the rental company! It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out what this scheming idiot of a manager and board will do.
Lie about it?????? Absolutely. No doubt.
They have to do what they do to survive. This is the no-tel motel first. Secondly, if it gets out, then dismiss it (and who said it) and if that is in the form of a lie ~ so be it. It is their political lack of honest character that has finally surfaced thanks to Robert, and they are getting CAUGHT in their own demise.
They desperately need rml votes and needs cover/support. In the form of lies? Or those that will aid in their benefit? You betcha! Whatever it takes. Whomever they can use and will assist for $ or something?
Why does anyone think that they do not want a forensic audit??? Because they have been truthful? They are so much in fear of the truth, it scares the h*ll out of them! (it would me if i were playing in their ballpark)
As far as the mail is concerned. Well, it is not any secret that Joey fought those resident mailboxes hand, tooth, and nail. Even Sandee told me months ago that those mail boxes would NEVER happen. PERIOD. Made Joey mad. Joey now has a burr under his saddle.
I guess we crossed Joey getting those boxes and he is just trying to ‘get even’ with Robert. He has had a little harder time getting me (i am sure he is trying and will continue) on those boxes, but he HAS been trying…i can tell you that. Even though mine has E104 on all my mail, IF the carrier, since he is so new at this misfiles, and it goes to the office, well best figure at least 2 weeks before it resurfaces or if it resurfaces at all?
Just got to try to stay one step ahead of this idiot. Must be some sort of mail game with this guy. Likes to finger through our mail. He needs a life of his own and a playground somewhere else!