Golf in the Hole

Then it should find a new way to manage Harding Park and Fleming golf courses that have absolutely nothing to do with Sandy Tatum.

"Who knows if it really requires $3.6 million to operate Harding Park? Who knows? That's just the amount they spend every year," said Hetsler, the accounting consultant. "When they say that's how much it's going to cost, the city just pays it, carte blanche, without any oversight."

San Francisco Recreation and Park Director Yomi Agunbiade, Sean Elsbernd, and other officials connected to the mayor need to quit telling fables about how the city needs to save money on golf by handing over our finest courses to a scheming Palo Alto lawyer. They need to stick to the task they were hired for, which is to find ways to ensure that private contractors don't go crazy with the public till.