There are only 3 or 4 owners showing interest at this time.

I'd say we need a minimum of 6 - 7 more, prefer 17 more.

I just email Cory.... will let you know what I find out.

Do you have plans to build on your lot by Robert?

I say yes..............check book says no.

The answer is when I can afford to do so and when I will be able to live there at least part time.

I'm 43 y/o and not wealthy so full retirement is a long time away for me. I'm working toward being able to live there at least part time prior to retirement.

One of the first steps is to get power and more neighbors. Even if I had the money to build I wouldn't until the power is avail and others are living full time down there. I toured the destruction / looting that has occured to Darrin's house. Truely sad what the thugs have done to this guys house / dream.

I am in the same boat...except I have 3 years on you...just turned 40...

I too wont build without electricity.

I don't think we need to worry about the kind of destruction that took place at Darrin's house....with the neighborhood watch now..

However, if Darrin's house is the blue green colored one at the curve...my biggest gripe is that it is an eye-sore and somebody should have it cleaned up.

Did it occur to any of you........that power and money were directly related?

Darren's house is the corner blue green house.

Some of the looting occurred after the establishment of the neighborhood watch. During the rainy season the road gets bad and the watch guys don't always go that far south. I have brought this issue to their attention at the last meeting. I did see the watch come down to Robert on my last visit. The road was dry at that time. I thanked them and bought them a soda. Until more people are living that far south or have houses to protect that far south I don't think the watch guys are going to make that trek routinely when the road is bad.

But there again I am a very small contributor to the watch at this time. I'm sure if I contributed a lot more money then I could insist they come all the way down even in bad road conditions. I don't have much to protect at this time so my contributions are small compared to those who live there full time and have a much higher stake.

Everything boils down to money!

Before someone misinterprets my above statement let me state this.

SACNW is a very well organized and very successful volunteer program established and maintained by some very dedicated and hard working local residents. These folks contribute a huge amount of personal time and money into this effort. I have nothing but admiration and gratitude for the people who make SACNW successful.

Given the limited resources of SACNW it only makes sense at this time to focus on the areas with the highest population and houses needing protection. There are only 4 houses on the very south end at this time, one already looted to the point that nothing is left to steal, one about 40% constructed and 2 with residents.

Of course we must remember that there is no place on the island where you can build a house and leave it completely unoccupied & unsecured that would not be ransacked. This is where neighbourhood watches become very important.

And it should be noted that if you choose to live and build a home in a remote area, with few neighbours - your neighourhood watch should be supplemented by a full time caretaker.

I love my home here on the island but I realize that there are criminals and I must take steps to protect myself and my property.

We work hard to fight crime on many levels, and it certainly won't go away, but we can slow them down and deter them.