Opinion
I have largely stayed out of OGC discussions of late, having said what I wanted to say, and also having observed that the OVA Board was not taking any of the more severe and unwise actions that many of us feared last summer. But Steve Spanier’s decision to jump into the fray, and his strongly…
The “Sky is Falling” scenario which projects huge losses in property value when a golf course goes into bankruptcy may be true in some areas of the country where golf is the primary focus of most community social and athletic activity, but clearly, that is not the case in Oakmont. I’m sorry to see that…
Yesterday OVA President Steve Spanier made the announcement that he had resigned his Golf membership in order to be able to help guide the association through this 11th hour and most critical phase in its relationship with the Oakmont Golf Club.
Synopsis Who has been robbed? OVA membership What have we been robbed of? The choice of choosing directors who might offer a different direction from those currently serving on the OVA Board of directors. Who has done the robbing? The OVA Board of Directors, by not appointing the 2019 Nominating Committee until 17 days after…
Although the OVA Board has expressed an interest for several months in allocating OVA funds to the OGC for unspecified drainage and flooding concerns, the first sign of concrete action on this issue was displayed in the Board’s Executive Meeting Minutes from 12/18/18: “The Board approved the offer to reimburse OGC $20,000 to drain three occluded…
I was not in favor of new pickleball courts behind the Berger Center for the simple reason that our tennis courts were underutilized. I am not in favor a new Berger Center for the simple reason that the Central Project Committee (CPC), after lengthy research, determined that available meeting space in Oakmont was sufficient now…
