Beaver Island Michigan

Damn, Kathe you just keep baiting us.

"DC...I can assure you no one is fixated on you. Get over yourself."

How is that not being a bully. For one that has gone to great lengths to define bullying and proved links to prove your point, you're doing a pretty good job of it yourself.

I love the posturing on these threads. It's interesting, almost comical, to see how the topic is lost. Everyone based on their position on an issue is judging whether to person should have the right to post or reply. Since Kathe Meade jumped in, she has added a whole new layer of "rules". ...

Kathe, I was going to leave this post alone, but you baited me, so I'll respond. I would like you to cut and paste directly from my post each time I "verbally abuse others" and when I called someone a name. I've been called a lot of things, but a bully, really????? You throw that accusatio...

Kathe writes.... "Mr. Pike, your coming after me does not distract anyone from Ken's actions. Nice try! It seems so easy to sit far away from the island with no skin in the game and cheer on Ken. Let's call it what it really is...you enjoy the chase. Unfortunately at others expense. Let me give...

Some may be more eloquent than others. Some may not like the method of delivery. As much as some think Ken is trying to shame the board, the shaming of Ken and his passion isn't going to make the problems go away. Speaking of playground behavior. It's a playground tactic to beat up the messenger whe...

It's not an interesting assumption, its the reality in Michigan. Since you brought up Mr. McCafferty, they will testify that appraised value and the reality of Beaver Island has hit too close to home. Here's a recent post from Mr. McCafferty on the Marketplace/Trade Forum. ---------- "Posted: S...

In Michigan if it is your homestead you can vote, if you are a non-homestead you can't vote. That's the golden well the homestead owners of Beaver Island have taken advantage of. They keep dipping into the well because they know the non-homesteads, those without a vote, will fill the bucket for them...

The logic that the public's voice will be heard at the ballot box doesn't work on Beaver Island. The vast majority of tax dollars received are voted upon by the few and far between homestead owners knowing the majority non-homestead owners pick up the tab. If I were a bettin' man, I would bet any re...

Ken, there is absolutely no reason to defend backwoodsbuccaneer, in fact I couldn't agree with you more. Backwoodsbuccaneer probably has another username on this forum, but in this forum environment can't use it because they fear for the repercussions. In fact on a different note I wonder if backwoo...

I see the newest trend on the forum is to establish a second username. It's become evident that if you identify yourself on this board and someone disagrees with you, your toast. Just so everyone is on the same page, here's what you do. Use your real username and sign off with your real name when yo...

John McCafferty has made some interesting comments: "As a lifetime resident is is sickening to think people cannot be civil to work out differences" "If you look back at all my posts I was making fun of all the idiotic statements" So John, walk us through your logic. You want peo...

WOW, this thread went to hell in a handbasket. It went from an interesting read to some downright scary dialog. There are some really, really angry people on this thread and some of them need to take a chill pill. Who am I to judge, I don't have a dog in the race? I'm just someone who likes surf aro...

With all the flaming on the forum lately, I have to admit I wondered what bear RG was poking when he wrote that Flagmen/women will be slowing traffic during construction. Then I read it very S...L...O....W...L...Y and realized he was saying Flagmen and Flagwomen.....Not Flagmen and Women....my bad. ...

Sheri, You wrote: "In reading through this thread, I do have to smile to myself when BI taxes are brought up as something to be disgruntled about." So lets look at a real life comparison using the MI Property Tax Estimator link you provided: https://treas-secure.state.mi.us/ptestimator/PTE...

We vacationed on Beaver Island for 11 summers. Towards the end we were renting cottages during summer for two and three separate weeks. The prices of the homes we were considering were fine, but the non-homestead taxes were unacceptable. We do not want to be landlords and rent out the prime weeks in...