Posts Tagged ‘OGC’
The July 10 Town Hall on the Golf Courses and OGC
What Should Residents Reasonably Expect of the OVA Board of Directors? The matter of OVA financial support for the Oakmont Golf Club has been brewing for months and has been the subject of OGC-sponsored meetings as well as OGC perspectives presented in its regular column in the Oakmont News. But the July 10 meeting…
Read MoreOVA-OGC: What’s Wrong With The Process & How To Make It Right — Part 1 What’s wrong with OGC’s campaign for OVA funding?
Before I get into the topic, I’d like to make it clear that I am not necessarily opposed to OVA financial support for OGC, if a deliberate and thorough and ethical process is followed, in order to decide how to respond to the OGC request for help. My motivations and timing are explained in Appendix…
Read MoreOVA-OGC: What’s Wrong With The Process & How To Make It Right — Part 2 What’s wrong with the OVA Board’s response to the OGC appeal?
This is the second in my 3-part editorial series addressing issues with the current process being used to decide on whether and how OVA should provide financial support to OGC. The other parts are: Part 1 What’s wrong with OGC’s campaign for OVA funding? plus introduction to the series and some background facts Part 3…
Read MoreOVA-OGC: What’s Wrong With The Process & How To Make It Right — Part 3 What’s wrong with Oakmont News coverage of the OGC question?
This is the final in my 3-part editorial series addressing issues with the current process being used to decide on whether and how OVA should provide financial support to OGC. The other parts are: Part 1 What’s wrong with OGC’s campaign for OVA funding? plus introduction to the series and some background facts Part 2…
Read MoreConflict of Interest and the OVA-OGC Question
Much has been said on social media about the potential conflict of interest of OVA directors, as they decide on whether or not to provide a rather huge amount of support to OGC (OGC asks for at least $1.4M over the next 5 years). The intent of this article is four-fold: first, to review what…
Read MoreOGC Water Drainage Argument Explored
The Oakmont golf courses were built over a period of years between 1963 and 1980, with the first nine holes of the West Course opening in 1964. Representatives of the Oakmont Golf Club (OGC), in Oakmont News articles and repeatedly at their presentations to the community in town halls, have claimed that the drainage,…
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