I do note you neglected to touch the real issue in all this. From my post:

Regardless of how anyone wants to spin this stuff -- you, me, or anyone -- my concern is the combined losses at the YC and golf. Budgeted loss at the YC alone this year is over $200,000. Maybe some board, some day, or some GM, some day, will have enough business savvy to eliminate this senseless drain on association assessment income so this money and the $150K or more golf loss can be used to better advantage than throwing the combined $350K or more down the sewer every year.

By the way, in your rant you asked if it was $350,000 or $500,000. You will note my use of $350,000 above is only a number relative to golf and YC; it does not include aquatics loss or Terns, etc.