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!
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.
Legalese - And Powered Wig - Off
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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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Investment Analysis For A Rental Condo At Deer Ridge
Will you really lose $40,000 cash if you buy a rental condo at Deer Ridge and use Ridge Management Ltd?
As an owner-occupied home, Deer Ridge is an incredible value with THE best view in the Smokies and great amenities.
However, several owners and would-be owners of Deer Ridge condos have asked me if these units are a good rental property investment or not. To help answer that question
objectively, I had to analyze the real moving parts of buying and owning here.
Get my complete, detailed investment analysis based on buying a rental condo unit at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
It shows what you MUST do to make money when you buy a rental unit at Deer Ridge.
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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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.
UPDATE: We have now filed a comprehensive $3 Million counter suit against GGRC, Joe Thomas and each board member, individually. Click $3 Million Lawsuit for details.
The GGRC Board for Deer Ridge Mountain Resort has filed a $1 million lawsuit against me.
They are ready to spend tens of thousand of OUR dollars in their attempt to stifle me and other Deer Ridge Owners who will no longer tolerate their abuse of power.
Here’s a clue, to Joey and the boys: I am not the least bit intimidated and will not stop my efforts to force you to conform to both Tennessee and Deer Ridge law. I will not stop my efforts to uncover your secrets you are trying so desperately to hide from all owners. You know as well as I do that your lawsuit is completely frivolous and totally without merit and we will fight you in court. If you expected a quick capitulation as a result of your attempts at intimidation, you are wrong.
By the way, I noticed that your attorney Chuck Sexton is not the attorney representing you on this lawsuit. Is that because he understands how frivolous your lawsuit is – and that he did not want to risk sanctions from the Court?
Below is a press release that is already being sent to more than 500 media outlets across the state of Tennessee and the nation. This includes local as well as national media. It is also being sent to all local and state government agencies across Tennessee and to federal agencies that control policy. It is being sent to local, state and federal lawmakers.
We have contacted the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Media Bloggers Association since Joey and the “board” have chosen to once again attempt to stifle freedom of speech. We are hopeful that they will be interested in participating in this lawsuit since it now has national implications as to what can, and cannot, be said on a blog without the threat of a $1 million lawsuit.
We are also reaching out with our press release to dozens of groups and agencies like AARP, Consumer Reports and the Community Associations Institute and others that understand that the growth of HOA organizations is accelerating and something needs to be done by regulators to ensure that the kind of abuse of power that we suffer through at Deer Ridge needs to be stopped or prevented at all 305,000 HOA communities across the country.
We believe that both of these issues have huge national impacts – and we hope that others from across the country will join with us in both protecting our American rights to free speech and to create policy changes and new laws to protect the 60 million Americans who live in HOA communities.
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gatlinburg, Tennessee Home Owners Association Files $1 Million Lawsuit
Against Blog Author and Property Owner
A Tennessee Home Owners Association has filed a $1 million lawsuit against one of its property owners for defamation, libel, slander, and false light invasion of privacy. The property owner, Robert Goodman, has operated a blog that has heavily criticized the actions of the HOA’s general manager and board of directors for alleged violations of both its own HOA controlling documents and Tennessee state law. The HOA board has filed the lawsuit in an attempt to force virtually all content to be removed from the blog and prevent any new entries.
Gatlinburg, TN – April 23, 2010 – According to the Community Associations Institute, during 2009, Home Owner Associations, also known as HOAs, controlled nearly 25 million homes – or more than 22% of the 113 million total American households. This number is expected to grow to over 40% during the next few years.
However, many property owners complain that their Home Owner Associations operate as if it was a quasi-government entity with dictatorial powers that are not properly regulated at either the state or federal level. Often, these HOAs are illegitimately and improperly administered by members who abuse their position by ignoring the written regime documents that are intended to control the powers and actions of boards and managers.
Robert Goodman, a 62 year old, semi-retired executive with three kids in college, is convinced that he owns a property that is being grossly mismanaged by its general manager and HOA board. Goodman is an owner at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort, an 84 unit condo development in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
When his HOA’s board continually blocked all attempts at seeing the books and records or even getting the names of other owners, Goodman created a blog at www.DeerRidgeOwners.com so that all owners could easily participate in discussions about what was really happening at their property. Now, he is being sued for over $1 million by his own HOA because of that blog and its contents. A complete copy of the entire lawsuit is available for download at his blog.
Goodman said, “We’ve owned this property for nearly six years. I’ve made dozens of requests to get copies or view the Administrators’ Book that is required by state law to show, in chronological order, the income, expenses and supporting vouchers for every transaction by the property’s HOA. The general manager, who has essentially controlled this property for a decade, and the board of directors have refused to even show me or other interested owners the Administrators’ Book. This is a direct violation of Tennessee state law 66-27-113.”
“What conclusions would you reach if your bank or stock broker adamantly refused all requests to show you the books on your bank or brokerage accounts for 6 years? Would you conclude that something was very suspicious about the way your money was being handled? Would you be equally suspicious about the secrets that motivated their refusal? Those are the conclusions that I, and other owners, have reached regarding the management of our investment at Deer Ridge.”
Goodman added, “Not only are they violating state law, the board has continually violated the written requirements of our own master deed and bylaws with multiple abuses of power including spending over $120,000 of owners’ money on unauthorized projects. They continue to overcharge a third of all property owners by 82% for their monthly assessments. They also violated Tennessee state law by refusing to even provide a list of all owners and their addresses. I believe that this refusal was part of a concerted attempt by those in power to block any communications between owners so that concerns would not be raised about their questionable management and the misuse of our funds. It was only under threat of a lawsuit that I was able to finally get the owner list. This board and general manger are still trying to do all they can to interfere with our freedom of speech. This $1 million lawsuit against me shows just how far they are willing to go.”
He continued, “I even went to the expense of recently hiring an independent attorney to provide us with a 13 point legal opinion just to make sure that our claims were valid. On 12 of the 13 points, the attorney found that our assertions were correct and the board was at major fault. Not surprisingly, the board completely ignored the entire legal opinion.”
Goodman, who is an MBA, spent 15 years running his own real estate company and 16 years as a management consultant to thousands of start up companies CEOs worldwide. He knows something about management, real estate, finance, financials and due diligence – and he knows something about the Web and how to set up a blog.
“Virtually all of my business for the past 16 years has come from the Web. So, I already knew how to leverage the Internet with my knowledge of what is required to produce web content. Setting up the blog was easy. Adding all the content about all the many things that are wrong at Deer Ridge has taken man-months of time and effort.”
“I am a big believer in the power of the Web – and the massive benefits it offers for democratizing information and making that information easily accessible. To me, it seemed like a natural way to let other owners know what was really happening at this property. The blog let me fully document multiple examples of how our rights have been blatantly abused by the power clique which has controlled this property for years.”
The Deer Ridge HOA lawsuit alleges that Goodman is guilty of “defamation, libel, slander, false light invasion of privacy, procurement of breach of contract, and intentional interference with business relationships.” The suit attempts to block him “from further publishing matters concerning Plaintiffs in such a way that casts Plaintiffs in a false light, from further inducing persons to breach contracts…and from further interfering with Plaintiffs’ business relationships.” It also attempts to force him to remove the existing content from his blog.
The HOA also is asking the Court to “assess compensatory damages against Defendant in an amount of no less than $250,000” and to “assess punitive damages against Defendant in an amount of no less than $750,000” along with costs and legal fees. The HOA also wants to “assess damages against Defendant in an amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day Defendant has published and/or continues to publish the statements described herein and/or any other libelous, defamatory, and/or false light statements, regarding Plaintiffs.”
Goodman responded, “The claims in their lawsuit are so completely frivolous on every single point of issue – that sanctions against the plaintiffs’ attorney may be involved. Once again, the board is wasting owners’ money – in this case, tens of thousands of dollars of our money on this lawsuit – just to protect their own empire and their own secrets. The blog speaks for itself and has appropriate disclaimer language. Their $1 million lawsuit is simply a preemptive attempt at intimidation to quash my own lawsuit against the HOA and its board members. The blog made it clear that I intend to force them to abide by Tennessee state law and Deer Ridge law. We were already seeking an attorney to represent us in our claims on the dozen points contained in the legal opinion. Now, I need an attorney to handle both their frivolous claims and the original dozen points of issue – and get these matters finally settled for the benefit of all owners. Many of us want to find out what secrets the general manager and board are so desperate to hide from all the other owners.”
Goodman added, “This case could have far reaching implications on at least two national issues: Firstly, what exactly are the rights to freedom of speech for blog authors everywhere – what can and cannot be published? Secondly, what is going to be done about the tyrannical and illegitimate abuses that HOA homeowners are forced to endure daily in many of the 305,000 HOA communities that house over 60 million Americans nationwide?” Goodman said he hopes that both the freedom of speech issue and the lawsuit gain the attention of the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
For the last issue, Goodman concluded, “Our state governments in Tennessee and many other states desperately need to develop new regulations with powerful enforcement teeth. They need to address the blatant abuse of powers at these fiefdoms that serve as quasi-governments for so many folks – and that adversely impact the rights of so many lives. Homeowners need a way of forcing their HOA to abide by the law – without having to spend a fortune on legal fees.”
That’s it so far – but stay tuned. We believe a lot of good things will be happening in the next few weeks.
If you would like to download the entire 112 page lawsuit, click Lawsuit. If you would like to download the actual press release, click Press Release.
If you are with the press or the government and would like to schedule an interview, please email me at Litigation @ DeerRidgeOwners.com.
If you would like to donate to the Deer Ridge Legal Defense Fund, just click the Donate Button below. All contributions, no matter how small, are appreciated.
The above is their “evidence.” I invite you to read each of these in their entirety and make your own judgment as to whether I am guilty of all that they claim. Especially in light of the disclaimer that is in the left column of every single page on this blog:
Legalese On
GENERAL DISCLAIMER FOR ALL PAGES AND POSTS
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.
Legalese – And Powered Wig – Off
I would say that is pretty clear with regard to my opinions about things. What do you think?
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. I use these all the time to work with my clients as a way to convey complex planning ideas.
I decided to use one for the current pivotal problems at Deer Ridge to better convey the issues to the attorneys we will be working with on our lawsuit(s) – and even as a way to make things clearer to the FBI once they start to investigate the activities of Joe Thomas and the GGRC HOA Board.
This image version is hard to see – so click on the image to get a much more readable Acrobat version.
Once you see it in Acrobat, use the magnification controls to zoom in – and then use the Hand control to move around the image. Sorry it is so big – but then again, so are the problems we have at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort.
Please let me know of other issues I should include on Version 2.
I started this Deer Ridge Owners Blog about six weeks ago.
During that time, we have had:
38 posts with 82 comments, six pages and 20 different categories. (I am getting a LOT of other, mostly encouraging, email from owners and others who support our cause – but who prefer, currently, to remain anonymous.)
We have had 1,089 unique visitors, looking at 7,216 page views – that is a huge number of visitors for a small 84 unit condo – and a huge average number of pages viewed per visitor (6.63 pages per visitor) – so the visitors who come, read what has been written.
3,031 Internet spider visits – this is a separate count for all the times Google , Yahoo, etc, come visit and re-index the updates here. As a consequence, we are showing up very high on a lot of Google searches for Deer Ridge, Gatlinburg this or that, including rentals, condos for sale, etc.
We have had 824 RSS feeds – so a lot of folks want to automatically see every word that shows up on DeerRidgeOwners.com.
The metrics target for the blog this month, November 2009, is for us to have 1,200 unique visitors just this month – so apparently we are ramping up fast in traffic.
We apparently have a LOT of local real estate brokers watching – as well as other HOA members – both locally and from all over the country – wanting to see the outcome of our legal actions we are taking against the GGRC and Ridge Management boards – and all of the board members and Joe Thomas individually.
Apparently, a lot of other web sites and blogs that are focused on bad HOA management and board members are adding links to DeerRidgeOwners.com. (Note: you are welcome to include links to this blog if you have your own blog or website fighting your own HOA.)
We have heard that several local real estate brokers in the Gatlinburg area are recommending that their clients NOT buy at Deer Ridge UNTIL these major issues raised on this Deer Ridge Owners Blog are finally resolved. Several brokers have mentioned that if our lawsuits are successful, that the impact will probably be a HUGE increase in market value for many of the units here.
Here’s a screen grab of the stats:
Legal Update
Quick update…still interviewing attorneys…and biz is booming so been swamped with work that pays the bills…and all this lawsuit stuff is very time consuming…but still a life priority for me to get this suit in place ASAP. Class action will still be eventual best approach due to nature of all of our claims….but class action seems too complicated for a lot of small law firms…and apparently takes a while to set up….so, will be filing a smaller, individualized suit to start with….on the most basic points.
Right now, I am most interested in getting a quick court ruling on the following basic points to get the Board and Joey under control. I may even still end up doing these as one or more small claims actions just to get the ball rolling.
The dance has begun. I contacted 28 area law firms today.
These were ones where I checked out their web sites, their areas of practice, etc. to help make sure there is a mutual match between their focal points and our specific needs. It’s a slow process – but one that I hope will help us expedite finding the right law firm, expedite filing out lawsuit(s) against Deer Ridge HOA, et al – and expedite us all finally getting justice. I plan on contacting more over the next several days – until I find one that is, indeed, a mutual match.
Meanwhile, the Board members still have their collective heads buried in other body parts – apparently so scared about what is getting ready to happen, that they are afraid to even respond to me – or other owners.
Stay tuned – we are about to live in VERY interesting times.
***** Major News Flash! ***** ***** Major News Flash! ***** ***** Major News Flash! *****
The following is a standard, automated email that I plan on sending to 200-400 law firms in Knox, Blount and Sevier Counties with the goal of soliciting the best legal representation in our upcoming class action lawsuits concerning Deer Ridge Mountain Resort.
We will probably leave this posted for 1-2 days here on the blog before we do our mass email. This will give other owners a chance to contribute other ideas and suggestions for expanding these lawsuits to include any grievances I may have overlooked in drafting the below RFP. Then, again, we may just go ahead and get this thing started – and amend the RFP before choosing a winning law firm. We do want to do all we can to expedite getting these lawsuits filed so that we can finally start seeing the desperately needed changes at Deer Ridge for ALL owners’ benefit.
We also plan on sending copies of this email with links to the Deer Ridge Owners blog to all of the local media. We believe that many in the TV, radio and print media will find the shenanigans of Joe Thomas and the Board VERY interesting since so much of the population is involved with home owners associations – and their own petty tyrants. As a matter of fact, this may be of so much interest, especially with the Great Recession, that national media picks up on the story.
The great parts about this media exposure is that it will drive a huge amount of traffic to the blog and the news stories will go to the top of every search engine for queries on Deer Ridge, Gatlinburg rentals, Gatlinburg real estate, properties for sale, etc. Also, some of the news media have “On Your Side” spotlight investigations that might help us expedite resolution of so many of the problems we have here at Deer Ridge. And, with everything laid out so completely on the blog, there is already a wealth of content readily available for review.
Stay tuned to this blog for updates to this pivotal legal action aimed at finally giving ALL owners full access to the information they deserve about their investment and property – and to stop the misallocation of Common Expenses and have the costs of ownership at Deer Ridge reflective of the property’s Master Deed and Bylaws.
Request For Proposal – Legal Representation For Lawsuit(s) Against Homeowners Association Gatlinburg Golf and Racquet Club, Ridge Management Ltd., Ridge Resort Realty and Individual Board Members and Its General Manager
Summary
I am seeking legal representation either as an individual, or as class representative, for either one direct lawsuit, or as one or two class action lawsuits against our Home Owners Association, its Board of Directors individually, and related parties, for their substantive, multiple violations of our Master Deed and Bylaws, along with suspected fraudulent activities – with expected actual, aggregate damages ranging from $2 million to $10 million.
(While the below discussion anticipates class action, I also want to do all that I can to expedite these suits. As a consequence, if it accelerates results, these issues can be all litigated with me as an individual plaintiff – with the success of my case being used later as a precedent for class action.)
The Proposed Defendants
The proposed defendants for these lawsuits include
Gatlinburg Golf and Racquet Club, AKA GGRC, AKA Deer Ridge Mountain Resort, Gatlinburg, Tennessee and its affiliated subsidiaries, Ridge Management Limited, AKA RML and Ridge Resort Realty.
Its General Manager Joe Thomas, individually.
Its current board members, individually, including: Luther Parker, Tom Reise, Larry Ohm, David Barone and Margie Duncan. Full contact information on all members of the Board and for Joe Thomas can be found by clicking Joe and The Board.
Hickman and Company, PC, the accounting firm that has “audited” the GGRC and RML financial statements for the past several years.
Other, prior members of the Board of Directors, individually, to be named at a later time.
Who Am I – And Why Do I Want to Be The Representative In A Class Action Suit?
I have been the owner of a 1-1 condo at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort for the past 50 months. I am also the operator of the blog, www.DeerRidgeOwners.com which details many owner complaints and our perception of multiple violations committed by General Manager Joe Thomas and the Board of Directors of our Homeowners Association.
One of the primary violations we seek to litigate is the Board’s capricious and biased allocation of Common Expenses in direct violation of the Master Deed and Bylaws – and the clear Percentage for all Common Expenses set there by unit type.
According to our calculations, this one violation has already harmed me, individually, with an overcharge of more than $10,000 in the past four years we have owned here – and I continue to be overcharged monthly with an ongoing annual overcharge of more than $2,400 just for the HOA fee, water and cable TV charges. This does not include the additional $1,200 overcharge resulting from the just announced special assessment which requires all owners to aggregately fund $353,500.
All 1-1 Units at Deer Ridge, all of them virtually identical to our unit in size and design, have suffered, and continue to suffer, my same level of overcharges – past, present and future.
Also, as a result of this $2,400 overcharge, along with similar overcharges when it comes to special assessments, these actions have significantly reduced the market value of all 1-1 units by thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars. Likewise, these overcharges on 1-1 units may have forced prior owners to prematurely sell their units, forced some into foreclosure and even bankruptcy.
There are 30 1-1 units, representing 36% of the 84 total units at Deer Ridge, that all have identical claims for this first class action suit. This lawsuit would represent myself along with the other current 29 owners PLUS dozens, if not hundreds, of prior 1-1 owners who have been similarly aggrieved.
The amount of actual, direct losses for this class could easily range from $600,000 to $3 million in claims against Gatlinburg Golf and Racquet Club, AKA GGRC, AKA Deer Ridge Mountain Resort, Gatlinburg, Tennessee and its affiliated subsidiaries, Ridge Management Limited, AKA RML and Ridge Resort Realty, its Board, individual board members and General Manager and Principal Broker, Joe Thomas.
The above estimates are just for the out-of-pocket overcharges and do not represent money damages, punitive damages, interest, court costs and legal fees. And, these are just the amounts for the overcharges to the 1-1 units – and do not include the other claims that ALL owners have against these same parties for other violations of the Master Deed and Bylaws which are described below. Continue reading Seeking Legal Representation – RFP – HOA Lawsuits
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New YouTube Channel For Deer Ridge Owners!
Check out ALL of our videos on our new YouTube Channel for Deer Ridge Owners:
We already have videos that will walk you around the whole property and give you reviews from past guests and tourists. Find out what they REALLY have to say about Deer Ridge!
We are adding even more videos in the next few weeks - so check out our Deer Ridge Owners Channel often!
Update: Just added two new videos for a total of 20 videos so far! Check them out!
Owner Files $3 Million Lawsuit Against HOA, General Manager And Board Members
A homeowner in Gatlinburg, Tennessee has filed a $3 Million Lawsuit against his HOA, General Manager And All Individual Board Members at Deer Ridge Mountain Resort.
In response to their meritless, retaliatory $1 Million defamation lawsuit against me, I have now filed a $3 Million lawsuit against Deer Ridge Mountain Resort, AKA Gatlinburg Golf and Racquet Club HOA and Joe Thomas, Luther Parker, Larry Ohm, Margie Duncan, David Barone and Tom Reise, all as individuals.
If you believe in free speech as much as we do, we need your help - no matter where in America you may live.
The Deer Ridge HOA board and individual board members have filed a $1 Million Lawsuit against me in their ongoing attempts to stop this blog and have its contents removed. Click Press Release for details.
This power clique wants to continue to block free speech on this property and to keep their illegitimate secrets hidden from other owners.
They are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars of other owners' money on legal fees to keep themselves in power while they continue to break both Tennessee state law and Deer Ridge property law.
We need your help with the legal fees that will be required to force them to abide by the law - and insure that Deer Ridge Mountain Resort is entitled to free speech like the rest of America.
If you would like to join with others who believe in free speech and believe that all of the 305,000 Home Owner Associations across the nation should be protected from tyrannical boards that ignore the laws, please click the
Donate Button below.
Even a donation of just a few dollars would be very greatly appreciated as a way of showing that we have financial support from thousands of Americans for these important issues!
Thanks so much to all of those of you who have already contributed!
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With your help we can fight and win this $1 Million lawsuit - and keep this blog active - and an inspiration and model for other HOA Abuse Blogs across the nation.
expected a quick capitulation as a result of your attempts at intimidation, you are wrong.
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