As a financial member of the Byron Bay Golf Club (BBGC), I can’t understand what is happening. We have an incredible golf course in one of the most beautiful and desirable places in Australia.
The question is really this: ‘what is driving people to poison such a treasured asset by peddling absolute rubbish?’ There has never been a proposal put to the membership to sell our club.
At board level there is a legal obligation to dissect and assess every idea put forward and to be part of any discussions involving the club’s future.
People who want to be quoted, but don’t have the courage to put their name to the quote should not be trusted. Our club has been led by highly successful business people who just love golf. To quote an unknown source complaining about ten per cent annual increases in fees defies belief, can you name any business in the country that has not had to increase charges annually in the current climate? Please members, listen carefully, he who speaks loudest is not always speaking the truth. Play long, play straight.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
