09/03/2025
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AUSABLE RIVER QUEEN UPDATE
I HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS update for a while now. Each time I set out to do it I was at a loss as to what to say. I know that sounds impossible for me but it's so.
I am having a hard time finding the right words to describe what and how I'm feeling. No, this is not a poor me post. I know and realize that many people have gone through losses way bigger and more important than we are experiencing. This, however is a little different in the way that it is not just my families loss. It encompasses many families. I can't help but carry the burden of everyone. I want to shout out to you all how sorry I am in any ways that I may have failed you. I hold a sadness within me that hurts and won't relent. I walk around in a grief-stricken daze and still not fully understanding or accepting what has happened. A legend, a legacy stolen in the night.
I can't give up. Not until I have answers. We have been given some information from a very reliable source in a certain profession that can shine some light on to what may have sunk her. You understand why I can't reveal that just yet. I am not and can not dwell on the who/how, however it will be important to know as things start to roll out.
I just want you to know I am not giving up on anything to do with what happened or what will happen with the Queen.
I have no business to run now but I still have to pay a lot concerning this business. I still owe $21,200 to Streeters for removal from the river and then loading and towing the boat out of there. Also, in the beginning we were told that we would not have to worry about the police or the fire dept fees for the couple of days they were there. Then later they wanted me to sign a document surrendering my boat and all my licenses over to the township and all my fines and fees would go away.
Then, when going to court to find out my date for hearing I was met by the interim superintendent, the supervisor and their attorney. They asked if they could speak to me and I said, "yes, I suppose". So they took me in to a conference room where, the supervisor first asked me if I wanted the comfortable chair and I replied No thank you. Then the superintendent proceeded to tell me, in a not so nice tone, that I owed 6 figures and if I just sign that document it would all go away. Also he stated that the township and Consumers Energy were going to put up a memorial for the river queen citiing our family, but that that would go off the table also if I didn't agree to sign the document. I told them I did not owe 6 figures, which had nothing to do with the township whatsoever anyway, and that I did not want to sign everything over to them.
I also got two phone calls from an officer a day before I went to court for above mentioned ticket, telling me if I just signed that document then I wouldn't have to go to court, it would all go away. I said that I already had a court date and he said it didn't matter. But I said to him that I would just go to court. The day of court another call was coming in from his number which I didn't answer because I figured it would be the same thing. I ended up getting a letter from the judge/court stating that I owed the township $4000+ for the police and fire depts.
So, I have been through a lot that most have no idea about and it has led me to where I am now.
I'm sure I will get backlash from putting this out to you all but the truth is the truth. I'm not sure that it will set me free, but it takes a little off from my shoulders. There is another big part to this but I will do that soon on another post.
Thank you all.
