Re: July 21 editorial.
I strongly disagree with The Denver Post’s editorial promoting a music festival for five years on the Overland Park Golf Course just to add music venue fame to the city and dollars to city coffers. A golf course is not made to handle the foot traffic of 80,000 people stomping on the turf for three days and set-up vehicles for five weeks every year for five years.
Mitigation money is not an acceptable alternative. Many neighborhood seniors regularly play golf at Overland. It appears that now they will be offered information on how to take a bus elsewhere and receive a little discount. There is money for the city, but no bonus for the injured golf course or displaced golfers — only some mitigation dollars for spoiled turf (and City Park Golf Course will be closed for some of this time).
Shame on any City Council members who support this proposal.
龱ܰ, Lakewood
Seriously, Denver Post? You really think allowing 80,000 people to trample the grasses on Overland Park Golf Course is a good idea? For $200,000, the people of Ruby Hill get to have their lives upended for five weeks every September for five years?
The Overland golf course is a special place with waterfowl habitat and sensitive natural grass areas. How short is your memory? The 4/20 festival did quite a number on Civic Center, remember?
ٳܻ, Parker
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