Comments on: Big Canoe Salaries?

By: CoolmindToo

CoolmindToo — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:53:06 +0000

Get over it!

Whenever there is money around, there will be crooks.

Even after they retire, they join in with others crooks to stay top of whatever game the insiders are bilking.

Yes, very large rich gated communities contain money, and therefore are filled with crooks and well managed ponzi schemes.

If you don’t want to give up your hard earn money, don’t buy into these communities.

By: Sconti

Sconti — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:12:25 +0000

Big Canoe is a fair-tax community. We all pay equally for capital expenses, fees, water and for anything else.

By: Petit

Petit — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:59:05 +0000

Good luck………

By: Concerned New Resident to Part-Time Residents

Concerned New Resident to Part-Time Residents — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:48:32 +0000

I recently purchased a home in Big Canoe and was surprised to hear that the water bill gets divided evenly amongst all property owners without regard to their actual consumption.If true, as an out of town owner, who plans to use my home only a few months out of the year I find this practice unfair and outlandish to place the financial burden on part-time residents to pay for full time residents water consumption. Can anyone confirm or deny if this is the policy? if true, we need to look into changing this unfair policy immediately…

By: Bigcanoe1985

Bigcanoe1985 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:29:21 +0000

Coolmind, there is more truth in what you say than you realize. Base on my years of Big Canoe POA observation, and discussions with the POA corporate board members, you have to ask yourself: Are they laundering money? Yes, the cycle repeats itself.

By: coolmind

coolmind — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:39:57 +0000

It’s a gated land of rich old farts who want the ills of the world held from view. They ripped off others to get rich, now they get ripped by even older, richer old farts. The cycle continues

By: Alley_Cat

Alley_Cat — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:11:47 +0000

Thanks…not very soothing to see these salaries. Any disclosure on an employment contract - anything more than a year is completely irresponsible by the POA Board.

I don’t mind so much the finance position, but the GM position salary especially considering he is a resident (meaning there is no enticement for relocation, etc) and the Director of Amenities are absurd. But in full disclosure I am in the growing majority of people that don’t see the need for the Director of Amenities position especially with his performance.

Memo to Board and Roger: For 215K plus the GM position can take direct reports from our excellent amenity managers. Guys like Dave O’Connor don’t need a filter.

By: Big Mac

Big Mac — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:05:42 +0000

I guess you have heard about Thursday’s Community Coffee Meeting where a few property owners were argumentative with the Board President. Based on the argumentative questions, and after years of hiding property owners’ owned POA documents from the property owners, they have backed off somewhat and given up the pay scales for the executive staff employees (and others).

I have posted the 2009 maximum salaries for the executive staff employees below:

General Manager - $215,400 (May be higher due to recent activities)

Director of Amenities - $135,000

Director of Finance - $135,000

Note to argumentative property owners – job well done. Is this what it takes to get access to the property owners’ owned POA documents?

By: Alley_Cat

Alley_Cat — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:22:57 +0000

if true, this is outrageous. In the best of times or the worst of times, for anyone in that position, but especially considering Klask is a resident, the idea of a three year contract is absurd. I certainly hope the dollar amount isn’t true either.

Someone confirm or deny…

By: Insider

Insider — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:48:10 +0000

The Big Canoe gossip mill is saying that the POA Board gave General Manager Roger Klask a $225,000/year, 3-year contract with additional performance bonuses.