Here's my comment in last Sunday's Daily Herald regarding Provo's golf course.
They only give you 100 words on those things. Not much to make yourself sound very intelligent. I thought the Herald's Op-Ed "Is City Owned Golf a Sand Trap?" on the topic did a fine job outlining the issues.
So. Should cities be involved in golf? Call me unprincipled but I say - it depends. I have nothing against a community pooling its resources to fund beneficial projects. It's just in this case East Bay Golf Course is unable to operate at a profit because they cannot raise their rates - why? Because the marketplace already has enough golf courses. It's supply and demand.
Other similar issues like say a rec center in Provo I'm open to because Provo doesn't have one, and the market is such that a private investor won't get a decent ROI. So if the citizens of Provo decide we want to build one that oh say - just breaks even, then I say let's go for it.
I guess that's why I'm a Republican and not a pure Libertarian.
