Std-Ex: Committee Continues to Study Golf Course

More flawed thinking from the Little Lord on Nine

By George K.

Scott Schwebke reports in this morning’s Standard-Examiner that Godfrey has not given up on spending millions on the Mount Ogden Golf Course. He gives an excellent accounting of a hand-picked committee that toured several golf courses in Maryland and Alabama.

I have some questions about the suggestions Kent Petersen is proposing: “Who is going to pay for the improvements to the Mt. Ogden Golf Course?” The other question is: “Is it really necessary to spend a huge amount of money to make MOGC break even?”

What about the millions of dollars that taxpayers pay to support The Junction and the Airport? Are we to just let the City continue to make payments to these entities without objection?

Also, I’ve heard the Mayor is going to suggest to the Council that the City opt out of supporting the Marshall White Center to offset the lack of funds this year. In the Mayor’s thinking, I guess it’s all right to spend at least three times the annual MWC budget in the future to fight gangs.

I feel his thinking is flawed in many areas concerning Ogden. The Junction and the Airport should be treated the same as other entities that are being proposed to be abandoned. If the Mayor really wants to rejuvenate Ogden, he should finish the Junction and the River Project(s) first.