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Article: Our views: Sandy Brae; Kanawha County taxpayers cannot afford these losses

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July 22, 2006
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AFTER seeing the monthly subsidy for Sandy Brae Golf Course hit $18,747, Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper renewed his call to sell off the property, 80 percent of which is in Roane County. Why should Kanawha County taxpayers, most of whom dont play golf, pay the costs of keeping the course open? Golfers are unwilling to pay the full price to play there. And perhaps with the cutbacks in the chemical industry and the subsequent drop in population for the ...

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