Murlin(506)and Dollie chat with Mingo as he tries to control the weekend assault on our property by guests and interlopers. I have never seen such large crowds as this summer. About 11:30pm Friday evening three large pickups came down the entrance road with fishing tackle. They got within 50 yards of Mingo and all three changed their minds about entering our property. For the last ten years there has been no effort to curb the influx and many people have learned they can stay elsewhere and come to Kontiki to use our pool and pier. Even renting guests have their tricks. I saw on Saturday evening that two separate groups had taken their parking permits and made xerox copies and presented them to Mingo. I guess they figure they have asked for all they can expect from their management company and they have more people coming. I see another problem developing. When one management company puts people on the black list, they just shop on the internet for another management company renting units here and rent through them. We had one group last week that were about as out of control as it gets. I think they shopped around. They were seen at the pool area just before it was vandalized. The pool rules sign was torn down and all three steps on the pool ladder were stomped and broken. Five rod and reels disappeared off the deck of 402. I can't emphasize enough how important it is for all our owners to work toward building and operating our own property management office. The years we operated out of unit 704 were so successful and that is the only way we can ever achieve control of our property and return profits from rental commissions to our HOA. As it is now, the greatly increased operational costs for the summer season are borne by every owner equally, but the owners who rent are doing really well it would seem.