Susan Moore: City’s golf courses serve only a special interest; we don’t need them

Re “Modesto takes another swing at its golf courses” (Page 3A, Jan. 24): Why are we still considering using city money to maintain golf courses? The water, irrigation maintenance and security alone is costly. Then there is liability insurance. There are private golf clubs available. The average property-taxpaying citizen here does not play golf. The city golf courses are kept for a special-interest group. We need to hire police and traffic control officers first, paying them a comparable wage in order to keep them once they’re hired. HR facilities are fine already; it’s the streets that are not safe, and traffic violations are rampant.

Editor’s note: Stanislaus County, which does not own any golf courses, is remodeling its human resource offices in the building it shares with the city of Modesto. The city of Modesto owns three golf courses.

This story was originally published January 25, 2018 at 7:30 PM with the headline "Susan Moore: City’s golf courses serve only a special interest; we don’t need them."