Everyone has probably either seen the golf course financials or read about the financials in The Dayton Review. I hope we will receive more financials to enable us to compare this year's financials to last year's financials as July is just around the corner. As many people have alluded to already, a golf course's best months are April, May and June as a majority of that year's income is made during those months (i.e. memberships, cart rentals, etc.).
I hope to continue to see transparency in the coming months. I still think an independent audit is the most prudent and pragmatic action to take next because an independent audit would give us broken down expenditures, receipts, and inventory. In the next few days I am going to try and compile all the recent taxes that have went into effect and post these taxes on The Dayton Observer.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Tuesday's Thoughts
I wanted to make a quick post regarding some recent postings under the golf course financial's section. First, I am glad that there was some information regarding the golf course financials that were released. This helps everyone in the community see where the golf course is in regards to making money.
There were some good postings regarding the continuing need for an audit. I still think an audit needs to be done just so we can see where things are working and where things are not working. An audit would also show exactly what is being paid and to whom. For example, were the new greenskeepers salaries included in the expenditures? I hope to continue seeing financials for the upcoming months.
Finally, it seems like the Dayton Review would like the animosity to continue; although, this may help him sell more newspapers.
However, I feel a more neutral approach to the paper's articles would benefit the city greatly. Just report the facts and be objective in your articles. This may help the city to continue to have a civil discourse on issues, like last council's meeting, and continue bridging the divide.
There were some good postings regarding the continuing need for an audit. I still think an audit needs to be done just so we can see where things are working and where things are not working. An audit would also show exactly what is being paid and to whom. For example, were the new greenskeepers salaries included in the expenditures? I hope to continue seeing financials for the upcoming months.
Finally, it seems like the Dayton Review would like the animosity to continue; although, this may help him sell more newspapers.
However, I feel a more neutral approach to the paper's articles would benefit the city greatly. Just report the facts and be objective in your articles. This may help the city to continue to have a civil discourse on issues, like last council's meeting, and continue bridging the divide.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Golf Course Financials
The golf course financials were handed out at the last meeting. I have posted both pages below.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Audit Time
After reading some of the recent comments in the last posting, it seems quite a few people have suggested that an audit would be in the best interest of everyone. I agree with this.
An audit by independent auditor would give the whole city a look at the books of the golf course. As others have mentioned, everyone would gain from an audit. An audit would provide financial transparency. We would be able to see how well the golf course is doing and see where there needs to be improvements to get the most out of our tax dollars. It is our tax dollars being spent to run the golf course (as well as being owners of the golf course), in the least we should be able to see how sound our investment is.
Finally, I would like to thank Kendra for mentioning the recent column in the Fort Dodge Messenger regarding blogging. The column can be found by clicking on the following link:
http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/515918.html?nav=5089
An audit by independent auditor would give the whole city a look at the books of the golf course. As others have mentioned, everyone would gain from an audit. An audit would provide financial transparency. We would be able to see how well the golf course is doing and see where there needs to be improvements to get the most out of our tax dollars. It is our tax dollars being spent to run the golf course (as well as being owners of the golf course), in the least we should be able to see how sound our investment is.
Finally, I would like to thank Kendra for mentioning the recent column in the Fort Dodge Messenger regarding blogging. The column can be found by clicking on the following link:
http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/515918.html?nav=5089
Friday, June 5, 2009
Comments are available again
I have enabled the commenting feature again. Please note that any out-of-bounds comments will be deleted.
I also wanted to say that I think things were starting to improve last week or at least were improving up until the city attorney's letter was printed. I think it is important to remember that the current debate is about the golf course, and there seemed to be support from a lot of people in adopting the eight suggestions. I think the eight suggestions would help bring financial transparency to the golf course so everyone would know how the course is doing and what to expect in the coming years if the city continues to own it.
I also wanted to say that I think things were starting to improve last week or at least were improving up until the city attorney's letter was printed. I think it is important to remember that the current debate is about the golf course, and there seemed to be support from a lot of people in adopting the eight suggestions. I think the eight suggestions would help bring financial transparency to the golf course so everyone would know how the course is doing and what to expect in the coming years if the city continues to own it.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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