Posts Tagged ‘OGC Subsidy’
A Retirement Wealth Gap Adds a New Indignity to Old Age
Pictured, Iris Harrell and Gary O’Shaughnessy of Oakmont Village October 4, 2018 | The Wall Street Journal Jennifer Levitz | Photographs by Rachel Bujalski for The Wall Street Journal SANTA ROSA, Calif.—On a Saturday morning in retirement paradise, Ken Heyman stepped out to his front porch and found a brown paper bag. Inside was the chopped-off head of…
Read MoreSome Concerns With OGC/OVA Affiliation
While it now appears that an OVA dues increase to send money directly to the Oakmont Golf Club (OGC) has been taken off the table, there are still several options under discussion for an OVA cash infusion to the OGC. We have been informed that yet another OGC/OVA Joint Committee has been formed, comprised of…
Read MoreVoluntary Contributions to OGC Now Favored
A spirited two hour discussion between the OVA Board and OVA members on the subject of the Oakmont golf courses was held in the Berger Center on Tuesday, October 2nd at the first Board Workshop since July of 2017. In introducing the topic, Board VP Tom Kendrick said that the board has ruled out any…
Read MoreAdobe Creek: Does the Reality Match the Rhetoric?
These photos were recently taken at Adobe Creek, a Petaluma golf course and residential community that is frequently cited in the discussion regarding OVA and OGC. Some proponents of OVA financial support for OGC have used words like “ruined”, “mess” and “blight.” In transition from golf course to open space, parts of the terrain…
Read MoreOVA Should be the Driver in OGC Negotiations
Greg Gewalt listed three actions (Click HERE) the OVA Board should have taken “in the Interest of due diligence” to avoid divisiveness in the community in its response to the OGC’s request for funds, among them: “3 … The request for non-disclosure of all pertinent information by the OGC would have been rejected to advance…
Read More17 Cents a Day to keep green fairways and 36 holes of golf in Oakmont? Hell Yes!
I am very much opposed to the way the OVA board has handled the OGC situation. We were promised complete transparency by Mr. Spanier when he was running for President, and we’ve gotten pretty much the opposite. That being said, with Tiger playing strongly again, and with pro golf tournament contenders mostly in their mid-20s,…
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