I appreciate, greatly, that GWN serves us and reports to us regularly. I do, however, wonder about his assertion that
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They [trail fees] are not going up.
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which he writes without any uncertainty... until he later writes
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Bottom line is that there currently is no plan to raise the trail fee.
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Which is an absolutely meaningless statement as it fully allows for an increase tomorrow, which is possibly coming if you understand the language GWN quotes:
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District Staff that they were still "looking into it" and that they realized that it had been 15 years since the trail fee rate had been adjusted and that staff was reviewing the current rate.
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If the District Staff is looking into the current rate that means it could be going up soon. I don't think this is unreasonable if the rate is the same as it was in 2006. I'd support a rate that even paid a living wage and benefits to the hard working people who do the hard work on the courses. But please don't try to argue that the other news site has it wrong in their stories that there is consideration of raising the trail fee as apparently that reporting is accurate
They used these words in their brief June 3rd story:
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Trail fees could be hiked at executive golf courses after heavy use during COVID-19
Director of Technology & Board Support Services Brittany Wilson said the trail fees haven’t been raised in 15 years.
District officials noted it will be important to hear from residents on the possibility of raising the trail fees.
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That is almost exactly what GWN is reporting here. They did not provide any misinformation as alleged here.