SURPRISING STUFF
The coming Archeological Survey (really?).
First there was the goats and now there’s the dead Indians. Artifacts from ancient Indian inhabitants might be found under the earth along the White River running through part of the Hillmoor property. The city wants to apply for a grant to study this.
Why?
Because that is what the current city management thinks like. What are they looking for? A way to make sure that nothing gets done with Hillmoor if artifacts are found, and delays and setbacks are put in place to stop any work until more research is done? Or is it the grant money and where it might go? Whose aunt, uncle, cousin, or closer family member of the decision-making leadership is going to get the money to do the research. More silliness comes from the city leadership unless it isn’t silliness at all. Maybe it’s darker than that. Let’s say that there’s a whole Indian village under the earth there. What then? A hold of ten years to completely excavate the site? Trust in Lake Geneva local government left with the goats, but its departure is going to be a lot more expensive.
Pollard, Lake Geneva’s tiny house builder, lives on the lake but that fact isn’t very good for the lake residents.
Mr. Pollard is not exactly the best lakeside resident in the lake’s history. He’s developing land, building the smallest residences in order to attract older people who do not provide younger employees, school-aged children or much in the way of social mixing. He just went in and submitted plans to build a hundred more of his expensive tiny boxes before the new impact fees (or old, if you count the fact that mayor Jim Conners got rid of them years ago) went into effect.
Smooth smart move, great for Mr. Pollard but lousy for Lake Geneva. The community can once again build the infrastructure for its development, just like it has for its existing developments. If for no other reason at all, Jim Conners proved to be a very expensive leader of the community, and the good news is that he’s not a part of any of it anymore). Mr. Pollard the community is stuck with. He and his family have had an excellent reputation developed over the years, only to have all that sold down the barely moving low waters of the White River. Mr. Pollard appears to care about only one thing. Profit. The bad thing about that kind of dedication to a financial goal is, if you get it, then that’s all you are left with.
