Views From Deer Ridge And Beyond

These are my personal images and photos that show the beauty of the view from Deer Ridge Mountain Resort and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cobbly Nob and the Gatlinburg, Tennessee area.

Just click the Play button to watch - or click Big Picture to see a much larger slide show on a dedicated page here at DeerRidgeOwners.com.

Deer Ridge Litigation Fund

Do you, as an owner at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort, believe we are ALL entitled to have access and be able to copy the books and records of our Homeowner's Association?

So, do I.

But, apparently, Employee Joe Thomas and President Luther Parker and the Board disagree - and are doing all they can to block access, publication and candid discussion of the Asinine Assessment, special deals and favored treatment - at the expense of all Owners.

What ARE they so afraid of us finding out?

Maybe it has to do with the HUGE $10,000 overcharge for my HOA Fees, special assessments, water and cable TV bill - which, in my personal opinion, is due to fraudulent intent or at least gross negligence by the Deer Ridge Board of Directors and / or General Manager Joe Thomas. Please see the posts for details.

We have no choice but to file a lawsuit against GGRC and RML in order to finally, once and for all, make it clear that OWNERS do have a right to all the information about our property and our investment at Deer Ridge.

If you have thoughts and ideas and suggestions, please post them here on this blog.

If you have any clout with the Board, convince them to stop the charade - and let the owners have the information that all owners own!

If you want to help cover the legal costs to get us the right to see the bids for $50,000 for nuts and bolts - and the other background documents for the $353,500 Asinine Assessment, please click on the Donate Button below.

With enough in donations, we can hire BOTH an attorney AND a forensic accountant for the whole process through the Court in Sevier County to make absolutely certain we win EVERY point - and never have to fight Employee Joe and the Board on this stuff again.

Even a $100 contribution will help show that you are in favor of an open and FULLY transparent homeowners' association at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort!

Thanks so much to those of you who have already contributed!


Disclaimer

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GENERAL DISCLAIMER FOR ALL PAGES AND POSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE I DO OR SAY REGARDING DEER RIDGE AND ANY AND ALL RELATED PARTIES:

Note: The following, and the information on any and all other posts and pages by me about General Manager Joe Thomas, GGRC, RML and /or the Board of Directors and its members, or any related topics, are my personal opinions based on my ongoing investigation into the actions and inactions of the GGRC and RML Board of Directors and / or Joe Thomas, General Manager.

While I believe these allegations to be true based on my objective analysis, these opinions remain as only allegations until I, or others, prove things in court.

My goal is to offer all owners all the information and evidence that I have available so that everyone can reach their own conclusions.

Please note the obvious:

Everything I ever say or write in person, via emails, or on my blog, about Deer Ridge or any and all related entities and organizations or any and all affiliated personnel or owners, is strictly my own personal opinion of course - based, in part, from my owning a unit at Deer Ridge for over five years - and on my own personal history.

That history includes earning a Presidential MBA degree, being awarded a Bachelor of Science, With Honors, in Engineering Physics from UT, working for NASA as a rocket scientist at Marshall Space Flight Center, 30 years of CEO experience directly employing and managing many hundreds of people at multiple companies I personally started and operated (including one that I took public), 15 years experience buying and selling over $100 million of property and managing more than 45,000 rental units - AND being able to read and do four-function arithmetic.

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Welcome to All Deer Ridge Owners

Welcome to all owners of Deer Ridge Mountain Resort condos in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

My goal is to help all Deer Ridge owners to have a voice in the management and operation of your property.

Click on the TITLES of any of the following subjects to read the whole posting - and see the comments made by your co-owners. You can also type any term into the below search box, or any word or term in the search cloud.

Click the big image at the top of the page to return to the front page at any time.

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Gross Negligence – Or Is It Fraud?

Every Dollar You Pay For Deer Ridge Is The WRONG Amount!

Please read the various posts here on this Deer Ridge Owners Blog - and see my evidence and analysis which I believe shows conclusively that EVERY dollar of HOA Fees, EVERY dollar EVERY special assessment, EVERY water bill and cable TV sent out for YEARS to ALL Deer Ridge Owners has been wrong!

In many cases at least ONE THIRD of ALL owners have been GROSSLY overcharged. My calculations show that I have been overcharged more than TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS in the past 50 months I've owned at Deer Ridge.

The Board has been WRONGLY and arbitrarily ignoring the requirements of the Master Deed and the Bylaws for YEARS.

If my analysis is correct, the Board has zero choice. They MUST abide by the Master Deed Percentages.

But they haven’t.

However, if the Board knowingly ignored the clear directives of the Master Deed and the Bylaws when allocating costs to various unit types, and overcharging certain unit types on a regular basis, my opinion is that the Board and Joe Thomas may have acted fraudulently.

If they have not been fraudulent, then they have been, at the very least, grossly negligent.

Read the various blog postings - and judge for yourself.

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You are welcome to leave your comments on the various posts on the blog. You no longer have to be registered to comment. (Even regular contributors had trouble remembering their log on passwords!)

Note that SPAM blockers are in place - and all comments require approval to be visible.

So, let's hear from you on these topics!

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"We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert." — J. Robert Oppenheimer. This includes the Board of Directors of Deer Ridge Mountain Resort.


Deer Ridge Board Attempting Again To Illegitimately Control Property Owners’ Rights

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Have you all noticed the items on the agenda for the “board” meeting coming up on November 12, 2010?

Here’s a clip from the GGRC web site of part of what they have planned for next Friday:

Board Agenda 111210 Re Other Owners Firewood Deer Ridge Board Attempting Again To Illegitimately Control Property Owners Rights 

“Acting In Concert…”

This illegitimate “board,” and general manager Joe Thomas, are once again trying to control freedom of expression at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort. 

This despicable Gang of Six apparently believes that Deer Ridge Mountain Resort is not part of the United States of America – and, as such, we as residents do not have any constitutional rights to freedom of expression.

Not only has this illegitimate “board” filed a $1 million lawsuit against me in a blatant attempt to squelch this blog and my right to free speech…they are now “discussing” bringing action against other owners at Deer Ridge who have had the courage and conviction to voice opinions in opposition to  Joe Thomas and the ”board.”  

This is just another overt attempt at intimidation of those Deer Ridge dissents who are insisting that this property be operated legally.

Many other owners here object to the fiefdom approach used by this despicable Gang of Six- and how the Gang want to illegitimately run this property the way they want…even when it is in direct opposition to the Deer Ridge Master Deed and Bylaws and in clear violation of Tennessee state law. 

If you are a Deer Ridge owner –
and object to this attempted intimidation of your fellow owners,
please comment below.

If you are one of those brave owners who may end up being accused of “acting in concert…,” I invite each and every one of you to join with me as a co-plaintiff in our $3 million lawsuit against Joe Thomas and the “board.”  The more of us who are plaintiffs, the stronger our voice will ring true in Court.

Together, we will have the Court force this property to be run legitimately…and without this kind of attempted intimidation.

Storage Of Firewood On Balconies

If you notice the second yellow-highlighted section from the upcoming “board” agenda, it states that they intend to pass a regulation stating that firewood on our balconies is prohibited.

This despicable Gang of Six continues to do all that it can to illegitimately keep operating this property as a motel in spite of the restrictions of the Bylaws and Master Deed of Deer Ridge.  As such, Joey and the Gang have an ongoing plan to intimidate resident owners since we interfere with their visions of Little Joe’s NoTel Motel operation. 

The only folks affected by this new “regulation” would, in fact, be those of us who live here full time.  The motel guests come for a day or two and pay the rip off price of $4.00 for a four stick parcel of wood that RML sells at the desk.  Since they are only here for a few days, it doesn’t make sense for them to have a stack of firewood delivered. 

For full time owners, paying a dollar per stick for wood makes little sense – so many of us arrange to have firewood delivered to us and have it stacked on our balconies. 

Joey and the Gang want to do anything they can to hassle and intimidate those of us who live here full time.  So, we see this new prohibition against firewood on the balcony as discrimination…and more proof of the steps they take to aggravate resident owners…and the ongoing pattern of discrimination against full time residents by Joe Thomas and the Gang.

As such, if Joey and the Gang attempt to pass this new regulation, we intend to file an immediate motion with the Court, as part of our lawsuit , to block ANY implementation of this arbitrary regulation. 

Hey Joey and the Gang:  You guys are put on notice that you WILL have to defend this regulation before the Court…and explain WHY, after TWENTY FOUR YEARS, this regulation is NOW necessary for the first time.   This goes for the firewood issue – and for ANY other constraints you try to impose regarding the reasonable use of our balconies! 

Not only will we justifiably claim discrimination – we will use this issue to request the Court to issue a restraining order against these proposed changes – and OTHER current or proposed assessments, policies and procedures.

Additionally, we will immediately file a motion for summary judgement for the Court to rule that the current “board” is illegitimate and without power to do anything, including implement rules and regulations, since there was no election of all Board members held in accordance with the Master Deed and Bylaws. 

As such, we will also ask that the summary judgement include an immediate appointment of a receiver to take over the operation and management of GGRC and ALL aspects of Deer Ridge Mountain Resort. 

Nota Bene:  All of these Court focused actions can be easily, and immediately, incorporated into our current $3 million countersuit against GGRC, Joe Thomas, Luther Parker, Larry Ohm, Tom Riese, Margie Duncan and David Barone.

 

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Deer Ridge Mountain Resort / Gatlinburg: Great Deal On Firewood

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Just a quick note about firewood for Deer Ridge Mountain Resort in particular and Gatlinburg area in general – we’ve found a great guy for firewood for this cold winter.

We just got our second order from Matthew Roark and highly recommend him for both great prices and total dependability.  He lives near Deer Ridge and can usually deliver and stack it on your balcony with very little notice.  We pay $40 for a small pickup truck full – which is a LOT better than the tourist rate at the front desk – or what you have to pay at Food City.

If you are interested, call Matthew at 865-216-2729.

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