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WELCOME TO MY PHOTO LOG

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so since I tend to be a bit verbose anyway, why not supplement the blog with photos in an effort to reduce text reading time while simultaneously providing some, hopefully, entertaining visual material, or at least food for thought?

Although I’ve been taking photographs most of my life, this new digital imaging stuff is pretty cool. I haven’t used my old 35 mm camera equipment for a long time.  Not having to set up a darkroom, purchasing film, paper and chemicals is much more convenient not to mention less expensive and time intensive. True, I lose some clarity with simple ink printing with the computer, but I only print a small percentage of what I shoot. Maybe another darkroom in the future just for chuckles and grins, but for now, digital is the way to go.

I probably have thousands of digital images of the house construction and one day would like to organize them to create a chronological essay of the progress but right now I’m more concerned about our subdivision and the REAL ESTATE "FREE FOR ALL" that our current board is allowing by refusing to enforce our regulations.

Anyone that knows me is aware I lean towards the liberal side of allowing property owners to develop their land the way they want so long as it does not harm the property of other members, that’s the whole point of our CC&Rs.  Sounds fair but this is not a simple proposition to enforce by any means. What one person may like, another may not, but somewhere between the two is a reasonable compromise.  It occurs to me enforcement of the most serious violations would be a reasonable starting point.   But who are the most serious violators?  I'll bet you money, marbles or chalk, it's not the regular member.  Imagine that. 

NO.  TOM AND PEGGY PORTER DID NOT DONATE THE DON PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL.....ONLY THE SIGN!   LOL

Anyway, when I’m not working on the house I find myself worrying about where I’m building because of the failure of our board to live up to their side of a contract that is supposed to benefit both parties. We pay assessments to our Association so that we might be protected from foreseeable harm to our property/home/community interests.   I don’t believe for one minute that this is being done and it is going to harm every member of this Association in a number of ways, primarily financially.

I built four scaled models of this house with the studs, headers and rafters cut from balsa wood and glued together. This first photo is of the remaining model that has endured years of rain, wind, falls, and two cat attacks.   Obviously, the background is the foundation excavation. 

This program is new to me and I don't have the time to learn it all at once, so like everything else, it will be a work in progress.  Later, Lew

TALKING TO MYSELF AGAIN

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CONFLICT

HACIENDA DE REAL ESTATE


PASSION FLOWER FIVE


UNDER CONSTRUCTION.....duh


SOUTH SIDE

Breaking News
  • WATER RELEASES REMAIN UNSOLVED - Lew
  • WHOSE AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD TRUTH? - lakedonpedro.org
  • HUMILIATION? - lakedonpedro.org
  • POWER RESTORED @ 0227 hrs SATURDAY - lakedonpedro.org
  • STORMY CONDITIONS - lakedonpedro.org
  • JANUARY 9th, 2010 LDPOA MEETING - lakedonpedro.org
  • LOOKS NEW BUT THE SAME OLD SYSTEM - lakedonpedro.org
  • VICKI'S JUDGEMENT MORE RELEVANT THAN OUR ATTORNEY'S? - lakedonpedro.org
  • AVERAGE OWNER vs CORPORATION - lakedonpedro.org
  • "VICIOUS VICKI" IS WRONG AGAIN - lakedonpedro.org
  • SNOW REMAINING IN SOME AREAS - Lew
  • SNOW IN DON PEDRO ONCE AGAIN - Lew
  • DEAR "DISCOURAGED MEMBER" & "MARY" - lakedonpedro.org
  • ANONYMOUS AUTHOR AMENTIA - lakedonpedro.org
  • A "THANK YOU" IS NOT NECESSARY - lakedonpedro.org
  • YES, THE LAKE DON PEDRO GOLF COURSE IS FOR SALE - lakedonpedro.org
  • COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT WATER SYSTEM TOUR - Lew
  • MORE PHOTOS - LAZO P&E TRAIL + - LEW
  • -INTOXICATED NUNS & MALE STRIPPERS PERISH IN DRIVEWAY ROLLOVER - Pictures at eleven. - lakedonpedro.org
  • -ANOTHER "COPPER BB" SHOT AT AN ARMORED TANK - lakedonpedro
  • I BELIEVE YOU, BUT MUST STILL SAY THIS

    533 STEPS INTO MO'S FUTURE

    SMELLS LIKE TUNA TO ME!

    WOW

    NO MO

    DISASTER DRIVE

    Special Interest Road to Where

    M&C Management Company - Do We Really Need Them?

    Letter to Editor Foothill Express - Open Communications for Members
     
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    LakeDonPedro.org was created out of the desperation and frustration millions of Californian's experience everyday when they discover they signed into a private government where the protections of the State, County and other public service agencies don't apply. All because they had the audacity to purchase a dream that relied on the fairness of a property sales contract designed by management companies, collection agencies, and of course, attorneys. Well, here we all are.

    YOU agree to use LakeDonPedro.org only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the proper mission of this site which is to INFORM our geographically scattered 3,127+ membership of current "LDPOA activities", POLITICALLY ORGANIZE to REPRESENT the property interests of our traditionally apathetic voting MEMBERSHIP, and PRESERVE as much as possible this BEAUTIFUL SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILL ENVIRONMENT.

    This is my first website and weB LOG. I'm learning as I go and sometimes post things I think are funny but others don't. But hey, I didn't think it was funny when a real estate businessman became a director on our board and orchestrated an assessment increase over our Bylaw cap to cover the cost of a CAI management company for $68,400+/year after nearly 40 (forty) years of independence. I didn't think it was funny when they budgeted another $36,000 to revise our Governing Documents so as to enable the management company to enslave Members with the typical CAI campaign of daily fines, penalties, and other such regulatory BS that only fattens their pockets while passing the expenses on to owners. I didn't think it was funny when I discovered our "former" vice-president was owner of a real estate business with a disciplinary restricted license and who has other land developments proposed adjacent to ours. I didn't think it was funny when I requested a corporation membership list in an effort to contact other members and was sued by my own misdirected Association. I didn't think it was funny when another land development company used it's several hundred property votes to push this director on membership. I didn't think it was funny when this multi-million dollar land development company violated the rights of two of our innocent retired Members so egregiously it shocks the conscience while our misdirected association stood back and did nothing. I didn't think it was funny when this same developer asphalt paved two of our most beautiful Pedestrian & Equestrian Trails (previously dedicated to the county) for the convenience of selling property......

    (Sorry) Terms continued: You're not supposed to violate any serious applicable laws or regulations, like defaming an individual's good reputation in the community or threatening violence (suggestions of "spanking directors" could be considered a threat of battery, but more importantly, if you actually think about spanking your CID directors a great deal of time, or, if mirrors, leather, fur lined handcuffs, or whipped cream are involved, perhaps you have the wrong web site.) Please use common courtesy, but if you really, really, really need to express yourself with some slang or offhand language, try substituting some combinations of the characters !@#$%^&*(+_- for effect. Works for me.

    Please excuse your administrator for being a bit antagonistic towards his "FORMER &@*#!+% board of directors", and their "current followers", but in light of everything they have done (and allowed to be done) to membership and our foothill environment, if they object to my personal weB LOG, or think my attempts at humor and satire of an extremely SERIOUS SUBJECT are inappropriate or in bad taste, &@*# THEM! They (and their current supporters) have the choice of whether or not to log on and read. We had no choice with what they have done that will affect residents of this community for perpetuity. REMEMBER: ONLY LDPOA OWNERS CAN SAVE THEIR OWN. ASS. ! (Owners' Association abbreviated! LOL) My best to you and yours, Lew Richardson.

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