Voices for Sharp Park at SF Budget Committee Meeting

Dispatches from the San Francisco Golf War

In round numbers, Sharp Park golf operational revenues exceed expenses by $300,000 -$100,000 depending on weather conditions during the year. The City of San Francisco charges Sharp Park $200,000 - $250,000 in overhead charges that are used to fund non-golf related SF government salaries and services. Therefore, Sharp Park may look on an accounting basis like it is making a $100,000 profit or suffering a $100,000 loss after subsidizing the City of San Francisco to the tune $250,000. If Sharp Park Golf was to disappear, the $250,000 in overhead expenses would still exist in San Francisco and the shortfall from Sharp Park would have to be made up by higher taxes or cutting salaries and services. It is pretty simple really.

This should be obvious to everyone, but some people (see Destroy - I mean - Restore Sharp Park Advocates) do not believe in arithmetic and continue to lobby for the destruction of this historic landmark course. Since they are attending budget meetings and spreading misinformation about the finances of the course, course supporters must also attend the meeting to correct them. Welcome to Democracy in Action - San Francisco style.

Since we waited five hours to get in our two cents (literally two minutes each) I decided I had to post some excerpts to justify this colossal waste of time.

This video excerpts supporter comments.

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