Contact City Attorney Aguirre
Investigate and restructure Bill Evans' Lease
If you watched the video you saw George Stevens and the other Evans City Council puppets unabashedly give away Torrey Pines tee times to the Lodge at Torrey Pines. This was done with no notice given to the public or staff and no notice given at the Golf Advisory Committee Meetings or the NRC&C meetings either. This sweetheart deal directly supports the private profiteering of the Torrey Pines Golf Courses to the tune of almost $26 million with the city receiving only a pittance in return from the sale of its own tee times. Please write or send an email to City Attorney Aguirre expressing your concerns.
BELOW IS A SAMPLE LETTER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY: You can copy and paste the letter into your email or you can use it as a guide for your own words but please contact the city attorney. Thank you for your support. Please send us a copy your email to info@sdmga.org.
The San Diego Municipal Golfers Alliance (SDMGA)
Dear City Attorney Aguirre:
I have seen the video of the City Council, apparently in the hip pocket of Bill Evans, give away Torrey Pines Golf Course tee times to the Lodge at Torrey Pines. Click on www.sdmga.org/news.htm to get to the SDMGA web site News Section and then click on the "City Council Meeting Video". I understand that this giveaway was done without going through the Golf Advisory Committee, without going through the NRC&C and without staff even knowing about it. You have asked for a review of City Leases. I strongly request that the city investigate and restructure the entire Evans’ sweetheart lease. When you watch this video, you can clearly see that the City was not aggressively representing the taxpayers’ interests. In fact, the City’s “negotiators” made those who represented the original owners of Manhattan Island look like hard line negotiators when they settled for 24 blankets and a pocket full of beads. Since Evans’ sweetheart lease was negotiated, much has changed. The obtaining of the U.S. Open is a huge windfall for the Lodge at Torrey Pines. They will be getting literally millions of dollars of free publicity for at least a year leading up to the Open and then four days of international television coverage when the Open is actually held. Isn’t the property worth dramatically more? Isn’t the City entitled to an adjustment of the lease to reflect this windfall? Shouldn’t Evans’ exclusive right to provide food and beverage service be reconsidered? Shouldn’t the Golf Enterprise Fund benefit from Mr. Evans’ good fortune instead of soaking local golfers with higher fees?
Respectfully,