Has A Crime Been Committed?

The destabilization of the Lake Trail Bank, lays bare the systemic, cyclical disfunction of the governing body.

The City’s function, in relation to the Public Park, is to do routine maintenance.  The City does not own the lake or the park.  All Public Parks are held by the State for Public use.

During the Greg Zarus administration the City garnered  grant funds from Federal,  State and Dekalb County sources.  The funds were used to repair the failing creekside dam, and to dredge the lake and build a stable, permeable trail surface, along with other major improvements.  These improvements were made by the Army Core of Engineers.  Removing ACE improvements may be illegal. 

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The governing body’s degradation of Public Property is vandalism*.  The cost of undoing the damage and re-establishing  the Lake Trail Bank will be many  thousands of dollars.

The native Hibiscus plants, that were removed, were essential to keeping erosion from undermining the Lake Side Pathway.  The erosion preventing Hibiscus are gone.  What has happened is a brutal senseless  act of vandalism’.

We are the victims of a governing body, that in all respects, is ‘acting under color of law’.  The City’s governing body is masquerading as a legal authority.  This situation requires accountability and removal of the City Charter.  The City of Pine Lake’s brand is toxic.

* “Vandalism can carry serious criminal consequences, including felony charges that may result in prison time, heavy fines…..