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I received this prompt and informative reply from the President of our Property Owners Association:
Hi! I’m the president of the BTVPOA and our manager forwarded your email to me. We were aware that folks were talking about the Pawnee home incident on bigtreestech—nice that it provides a forum for property owners to converse with one another.
The homeowners on Pawnee are close friends and neighbors. My husband and I began a request chain to build a reward for information leading to arrest and conviction. The amount has grown to $1,750, which certainly shows that our community stands up for each other.
While presiding over our Association’s Annual Meeting over Labor Day weekend, I told the more than 100 members present what had happened. It does seem pretty clear that this was retaliation for a lot inspection citation or something related to the lot inspection program, which the violated homeowner has run as a volunteer for many years. Therefore, it wouldn’t seem property owners in Big Trees should feel concerned that this sort of vandalism is endemic. Let’s certainly hope not!
It is true that our sheriff’s department is stretched as thin as it can be. That’s why having our property owners’ association can be valuable as it represents a stronger, safer, more cohesive community and can act as the “eyes and ears” for residents who may not be in their Big Trees homes on a regular basis.
Repair work is now underway at the Pawnee home. Thanks so much for your concern!
Quote:I have been coming to BTV to my place now for 23 years. I have also been watching this tide of increasing talk about and incidence of criminal activity and it is more troubling than we are really confronting.The county is getting more and more populace and it now is fundamentally without law enforcement or, seemingly, any political will to bite the damn bullet and do what needs to be done to what? perhaps double the Sheriff's Department staffing as a start?
It is ludicrous for any of us to assume any more strenuous enforcement or pursuit of suspects when there are just a token number of deputies to cover a very large rural area. What's the total in the County's sheriff department? I would wager a paltry sum.
This isn't going to get any better especially when "B & E", and other destructive elements see that they can pursue their activities with virtual impunity. There has to be a better forum than this in which to air our concerns and indignation.
Perhaps the county board of directors would be a good place to start. No-growth and no new taxes, result in no new revenue for the county while costs and ongoing obligations (like pensions) continue to rise.
I have been coming to BTV to my place now for 23 years. I have also been watching this tide of increasing talk about and incidence of criminal activity and it is more troubling than we are really confronting.
The county is getting more and more populace and it now is fundamentally without law enforcement or, seemingly, any political will to bite the damn bullet and do what needs to be done to what? perhaps double the Sheriff's Department staffing as a start?
It is ludicrous for any of us to assume any more strenuous enforcement or pursuit of suspects when there are just a token number of deputies to cover a very large rural area. What's the total in the County's sheriff department? I would wager a paltry sum.
This isn't going to get any better especially when "B & E", and other destructive elements see that they can pursue their activities with virtual impunity. There has to be a better forum than this in which to air our concerns and indignation.
It's so disheartening to see the damage done to this home. Unfortunately, though, I wish you great luck with the sheriff. We had a contractor break into our property last November, admit to taking items belonging to us, and they (the Calaveras Co. DA and sheriff) have refused to arrest or prosecute due to "lack of funds and manpower". They told us to file a claim with our insurance company. End of story.
I have notified the BTV HOA about this hoping they might inform all property owners about it.
Hopefully somebody will hear something that can give the Sheriff something to go on.Quote:Flyer at the Camp Connel Post Office. $1700 rewardMight be a good idea to put the info on craigslist along with a picture of the cabin. Just a thought.
Flyer at the Camp Connel Post Office. $1700 reward
If it is an act of reprisal against a lot inspector then there could be other issues to consider.
Are the lot inspectors, though volunteers, by extension acting on behalf of the State?
If so, then perhaps this could be considered more than just a misdemeanor.
If this is not dealt with in a more public way then it will be difficult to get others to volunteer in the future.
If this is an act of reprisal for inspection related issues, then it would follow that it was done by a fellow property owner. That would be harder to swallow than mischievous delinquency.
Perhaps a flyer posted in some high traffic areas asking anyone with information to contact the sheriff's department.
Someone must be hearing something about this.We drove by on the way to the dump. They did a number on it with spray paint. I talked to the wife and they think it might be someone that's not happy with lot inspections. I guess her husband is involved with the inspections. They were home when it happened but sleeping and didn't hear anything. The car was in the garage which might be good or might be bad. I have a hunch the culprits didn't think anyone was home and if the car would have been out they might not have graffiti'd the place. On the other hand, they might have gotten the car if it was left out. They called the sheriff but the sheriff didn't think there was much chance of catching the culprits. Hard to believe we have people like the graffiti bandits up here. I took a picture.
Quote:We noticed a house on Pawnee, left hand side going down the street, that someone did a number on with white paint. They even included the trees.Does anyone know what happened there? I hope we, as a community, are not going to be urban victims of the terrible act.
No, I haven't seen it or heard about it but I hope whoever did it gets caught soon. I'll drive by tomorrow and take a look out of curiosity. Hopefully whoever is doing this screws up one time and tries it on a home with surveillance cameras.
We noticed a house on Pawnee, left hand side going down the street, that someone did a number on with white paint. They even included the trees.
Does anyone know what happened there? I hope we, as a community, are not going to be urban victims of the terrible act.
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