[Rhodes22-list] Flashing Blue and Red lights - Question for Slim?

[Steven Alm]

Do not send Rummy up here.  If he and I lived in close proximity to one
another I fear that we would get into way too much trouble together.  But
we'd have a lot of fun before we'd get arrested.

Slim

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

>
> Slim:
>
> Would you imagine that the residents of Seagull Lane will be happy not to
> see a commotion by Law Enforcement next April? What if someone just waits
> a
> year to reply to his orignal email?  Leaving the original senders name on
> of
> course...  Do you have room in the North Country for a trouble making
> Cheesehead?
>
>
> R22RumRunner wrote:
> >
> > Being the fun loving person that I am, I received the following letter
> > from
> > a good friend on APRIL 1st. I thought it was funny, so I sent it to
> anyone
> > that  I thought would have an interest in the lake. They apparently
> didn't
> > see
> > the  humor in this letter and sent it to all their lake friends.
> > Apparently this
> >  letter crossed the lake many times in a few hours. The short version of
> > this
> > is  that I have been asked by the USACE (Army Corps of Engineers) to not
> > send
> > this  letter out next year. Their office was apparently swamped with
> phone
> > calls and  e-mails from irate lake property owners.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Here we go again. Something to complain about to our Congressmen and
> > Senators.
> > Last night in a closed meeting, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Anderson
> > County Management, and the United States Inland Lakes Management
> > Authority,
> > including representatives from several southern states, announced that
> > they have
> > finalized plans to make Lake Hartwell one of the nation's premier
> > recreation
> > destinations for Families.
> > This is being done due to the large numbers of vacationers who are
> > canceling
> > plans to visit their usual Children and Family entertainment sites in
>  the
> > state of Florida. These actions have been prompted by the increasing
> costs
> > of
> > gas and the corporate failures of numerous hotel, motel, and
> entertainment
> > facilities.
> > These cultural shifts are affecting Anderson County and the entire lake
> > areas in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
>  Although
> > the
> > I-85 corridor is developing  nicely, tax incentives to attract new
> > business are
> > resulting in a sharply  decreasing tax base for our residents along with
> > expected drastic personal  property taxes beginning in 2008. With all
> the
> > growing
> > needs, such as  infrastructure re-building, including highways ,
> bridges,
> > water,
> > sewage, and  environmental health issues, there is no way to take in
> > additional monies from  property owners other than to take advantage of
> > the resources
> > throughout Lake  Hartwell.
> > This means that the Government will turn over all the Lake Hartwell
> > Corps,
> > property to the respective counties who will apply the properties to the
> > adjacent, current property and home owners' tax base and apply
> additional
> > taxes  to
> > each. This means that what is now the Corps. Property will be taxed to
> the
> > property owners. The real problem here, in addition to the extra taxes,
> is
> > that
> >  the respective home owners will not have title to the property and the
> > current  rules of Corps. Property usage will remain in place.
> > The plan is to apply the new development program beginning immediately
> > and
> > gradually reduce the residents' share of the cost as commercial
> > developments
> > are completed. The initial areas of recreation, corporate convention
> sites
> > and
> > family destination sites will be along the I-85 route and will begin
> with
> > the
> >  county take-over of several existing boat launching areas and
> > campgrounds.
> > Specifically named as initial beginning development sites were Camp
> Creek
> > access,  Ponderosa Campground,  Friendship Campgrounds, Twin Lakes,
> Walden
> > Road
> > accesses, Anderson Island,  Portman Marina, and lakeside properties now
> > owned
> > by Clemson  University.
> > Hotel management of Hilton Corporation, Marriott, Inc. and Double Tree
> > Inns
> > of America have already signed agreements of immediate development in
> > these
> > particular areas. Restaurant corporations are being invited to
> participate
> > in
> > the Plans along with diversified groups of racial and religious
> > associations.
> > Presented by the United States Council of Inland waterway  management
> this
> > first day of April,  2008.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > (
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> )
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