April 21, 2010

Snowshoe's Fire Rating (ISO) will be going from a 7 to a 5.  This will mean a savings to all homeowners on their insurance bills.  Check with your insurance companies to see what difference this makes in your yearly payment.

July 13, 2009 - The assessment bill we all get in the fall will be below 1% for the first time in a long time.  This year it will drop to 0.8472%.  The decrease, coupled with the return of the 6% sales tax money, and the fact we will not be billed for this tax in the future is good news indeed for homeowners - especially in view of our increased sewage treatment bills.

This past November, citizens of Pocahontas County elected newcomer David Fleming to the Pocahontas County Commission (PCC). David first got involved with this sewer project in early 2006, when he learned of the intent by the Pocahontas Public Service District (PSD) to seize part of a 9-generation family farm for the sewage facility location. As an ordinary concerned citizen at that time, David set up the website, www.SaveTheSharpFarm.com, and joined many in the fight to stop this attempt of eminent domain abuse from occurring. Thankfully, the eminent domain threat was ended in spring of 2008, but David believes there is still a need to bring new thinking and reconsideration into this project. Please share your thoughts with him via email at fleming42@gmail.com.

January 25, 2009

December 3, 2008 - The new interim sewer rates will probably kick in January 2009. The following information is based on figures supplied by Snowshoe Water and Sewer and the published interim rate schedule that follows the transfer of the Snowshoe plant to the Pocahontas County Public Service District. This is the YEARLY increase total for all Snowshoe homeowners. It is the amount you will pay above and beyond what you have been currently paying per year:

April 2008 issue of FlyRod & Reel magazine: