Fern Forest development

[YurtGirl]

They took down the covered space, bathroom and bus stop, many people were basically living there, having fires under the roof, drugging it up, trashing the place and wasting our money paying the energy bills, etc. It was definitely not the ideal use for our lot and it made many people not feel welcome there. There has been a lot of hard work to kick the pests out, both off the lot AND out of command positions. It seems it was allowed to go to hell for a couple years or so, and it was certainly not an easy thing to regain control. The bank account was in control of a previously elected treasurer or secretary and she refused to hand over funds, not recognizing the new board. Who knows what happened there or what happened to the money, or the money we sent in for road dues during that period. Goes to show that you should DEFINITELY do exactly what you're doing, get to know the people that you vote for. The previous president of the group had already been forced to step down once already years ago for the same type of bs, so I'm not even sure why he was allowed to get re-elected.

Lots of good people are moving into the area, but yes - there is plenty of more work to be done. We like it here. The dog thing is intense, for sure. As is the illegal dumping of cars and the illegal shooting of guns in the quarry. And the helicopters??? Agggg. That drives me nutty, it's so peaceful out here but then those helicopters come buzzing over 20 times a day. I know of two separate instances of animals being abandoned, one right down the road from us, several cats and a dog. More from the squatters that got kicked out of the shack near the community lot, at least 3 adult dogs, including one bitch w/ pups. I think we should charge people that do that a fine and a crime. The last thing a community needs is a pack of wild dogs. It's sketchy enough w/ the many loose dogs, but they tend to stay close to home around here... My few cents.