02-18-2009, 07:11 PM
I myself don't care about the video, I figured that there was some bad blood between you two after I saw it. I wouldn't call it you were going wild. If someone thought your statements was going wild they should view the English Parliament in session. You can see it on the BBC. It's a hoot.
Anyway, I do care about and what many care about is what the park district is going to do.
You take a functioning golf course and bulldoze it. Now that in itself is no small thing. You must be aware what it cost to build a golf course, millions upon millions. First you have to find the land and in this day and age that isn't easy. You already had it. You have to get an architect to design it, you have to do the necessary land work. It's a big undertaking and when you already have one you don't take it away lightly. You just can't stop off on the way home from work and pick up a golf course.
We both know that golf attendance is down. Especially in this economy but we also know economies go up and down all the time. The time will come again as it always had in the sport of golf that it will be super popular again. You don't close a golf course based on recent attendance.
Orchard was nice in that it was a reasonably priced course. Especially in this economy many retirees can't afford the other courses. Sure Orchard wasn't the best course in the area but many people could only afford to go to that one.
Many of us resent that this complex is being build primarily for use by many people that don't even pay taxes. Here many of us have paid taxes to the park district for decades upon decades and here you are building something that we can't even use.
At the very least you could have had a referendum to decide to keep it or not. I know you say when the district first purchased it the plans were to do away with the course but again if you look at my arguments above it is a very very big thing to try to get a golf course built and you just don't throw one away when you already had it.
Now, you have heard many people complain about this and you just can't blow them off. You have your opinion and the deed is done but don't brush aside the feelings of those who are against it.
Anyway, I do care about and what many care about is what the park district is going to do.
You take a functioning golf course and bulldoze it. Now that in itself is no small thing. You must be aware what it cost to build a golf course, millions upon millions. First you have to find the land and in this day and age that isn't easy. You already had it. You have to get an architect to design it, you have to do the necessary land work. It's a big undertaking and when you already have one you don't take it away lightly. You just can't stop off on the way home from work and pick up a golf course.
We both know that golf attendance is down. Especially in this economy but we also know economies go up and down all the time. The time will come again as it always had in the sport of golf that it will be super popular again. You don't close a golf course based on recent attendance.
Orchard was nice in that it was a reasonably priced course. Especially in this economy many retirees can't afford the other courses. Sure Orchard wasn't the best course in the area but many people could only afford to go to that one.
Many of us resent that this complex is being build primarily for use by many people that don't even pay taxes. Here many of us have paid taxes to the park district for decades upon decades and here you are building something that we can't even use.
At the very least you could have had a referendum to decide to keep it or not. I know you say when the district first purchased it the plans were to do away with the course but again if you look at my arguments above it is a very very big thing to try to get a golf course built and you just don't throw one away when you already had it.
Now, you have heard many people complain about this and you just can't blow them off. You have your opinion and the deed is done but don't brush aside the feelings of those who are against it.