Sir, if I may quote part of your last:
"The life-lesson I hope to continue at the Forum is to convey my dismay at the RATE of change here at the lake.
The Lakes Region is like watching a slow-motion train wreck, with one car after another folding against another and careening off the tracks. It appears that I may actually see the day that the caboose finally launches off the railroad bed."
It is a shame that you can't convey more of a positive message about the lake. You are fortunate to have lake front property and it is sad that so many of the things you write about express your anger. Here is a smiley for you.
Maybe it will help.