To me the question is more complex then just profit and loss. Unlike many who want a park, I think it is important we examine all options if indeed a referendum comes to pass. For instance I have seen comments ranging from a 9 hole course, to a driving range, to selling lots which would also reduce our assessment dollars. Why only a park?

I also think there is a question to be asked and that is have we exhausted all means to create an operationally break even golf course? We just spent significant dollars restoring the greens and now we are going to shut it down? Should we eliminate memberships (except those who bought life time memberships), lease to a third party who lives and dies on profitability of operations, and so on? I don't have the answers just more questions.

Given that this is not the only amenity that loses money, do we move from golf to swimming, to the Community Center, etc.? Part of the question obviously is when does the pain exceed the pleasure -- when do the loses exceed the will of the community to support them? So I am not arguing they are the same but perhaps we start down a slippery slope. So I agree that to do this requires some real study and some real decision making on what you want the community to be going forward.

Ted