No Duh! City Wants Focus Off Golf Course Finances

With the local chapter of Americans For Prosperity collecting petitions to repeal the business privilege tax in Sanford (click here to learn more or sign petitions) , the city-owned golf club professional, David Von Canon, told city leaders at their annual retreat that that he hopes to shift attention from the finan­cial aspects of the golf course to its role in the community. By financial aspects, he means the $250,000 a year the city loses operating the course--more than the new business privilege tax brings in. No duh! (See article at Sanford Herald)