From the column: "The 2011 levy for the new Park Fund only restored the annual budget for the parks division from a 10-year decline. It did not provide for year-over-year inflation since 2011 or into the future."
From the editorial: "15 years of decreasing golf participation (down 44% since the early 2000s in Duluth) following 20 years of booming golf-course construction (including the expansion of both Enger and Lester from 18 holes to 27 holes) makes necessary the right-sizing of public-golf offerings in Duluth as elsewhere."