In case anyone cares...

I don't want to drag out any drama, as I know how frustrating it is to all of you, and it was never my intention to un-necessarily burden you. I've tried to handle this all privately as it should've been, but I will state the facts for the record: I am still in compliance with my contract and 285Bound was NEVER a franchise. That fact was made very clear to me by the owners of Communities Bound when I bought 285Bound because parent companies and franchisees are bound by a ton of other legal requirements if that designation is made, and they wished to avoid that for a start-up company. All CB affiliates are Independent Affiliates, and yes BOTH WE AND COMMUNITIES BOUND have contractual obligations to follow.

The long and short of it is that I have followed all of my contractual obligations. 285Bound.com should have been pointed to MyMountainTown so that this was a smooth transition - anyone typing in 285bound.com or clicking a bookmark would be automatically brought here, and it could be done that way because I am still a paying Communities Bound affiliate and was told more than once that I could create a new website, host it elsewhere, and still remain an affiliate. When it came time to actually transfer the site, Communities Bound refused to cooperate. I honestly don't know why, and it baffles me that they would treat their most successful affiliate and members of the site this way. The things that I have been accused of, which I cannot discuss due to confidentiality, I will just have to ask you to trust me that they are absolutely without merit (none were made with any evidence) and I have evidence refuting each and every charge - and the charges are way-over-the-top, out-of-bounds serious. I hope that sometime soon Communities Bound is willing to sit down and talk so we can resolve this situation and end the confusion for everyone involved.

The 285Bound website that is up now is not run by its rightful owner, it has been hijacked unlawfully, and completely against my will, and is now competing with the rightful 285Bound business. I have had my admin abilities removed, my 285Bound email blocked, and even had my IP address blocked - something the owner of Communities Bound swore would never be done to its members. Just notice the difference between how we are handling this situation, and that should tell you a lot.

I offer to anyone who'd like to decide for themselves to book an appointment to meet me at my office and review the evidence for themselves. I have nothing to hide. Email me at or call me 720-608-0285 - it rings through to my cell phone and if I don't answer it's only because I'm in a meeting, on the phone, or doing something with my kids, and I will call you right back.

In the meantime, I just want you all to explore the new site! Check out your Profile pages - you can enter your real name should you so choose(you can hide it, or not enter it at all too), upload photos and write a blog on your very own wall that people can comment on (and you can moderate yourself)! You can submit articles, make Connections with friends, write on other people's walls (kinda like Facebook) and even start Groups for people with similar interests (I'll be starting a Football Fanatics one shortly!). And that's not even the tip of the iceberg in terms of the new features this system has - we're going to have a fun year ahead trying new things! And all of it will hopefully better serve you when you are trying to find information, and better serve our businesses, as it's more search-friendly now. This website was designed to be more user-friendly, if you see anything that doesn't work, or there's a feature that you'd like to see installed, let us know and we'll do our best. We've got some brilliant additions already in the works that we think you're going to love - stick around!