Letter to the Editor:

Now someone might say that WNMU runs the golf course and can do what it wants with its money. The problem is that the golf course is not run with only WNMU money. The Town and the County DONATE at least $100,000 a year to the operation of the golf course.

If you take a look at the 2017-18 WNMU budget for the golf course, income from operation of the golf course is $500,616, expenses are $814,168. That’s a loss of over $300,000 made up from student funds, donations from the Town and County and having the Town reimburse WNMU for repair expenses.

Those Town tax payers that thought that the Town was rid of the Money Hole (Golf Course) when WNMU took it over should be surprised that they are making up a large part of the losses of the course without having any say in how it is run.

The faculty and administrative staff of WNMU are some of the highest paid people in Grant County, why should they be given a discount funded by donations from the Town and County? The taxpayers funding the discounts don’t get a discount.

Alfred Milligan
Silver City, NM