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Mike Sweeney

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Unintended Consequences - The Drug War kills a US golf course
« on: September 20, 2017, 12:50:23 PM »
The wall was built in 2009, so it happened in the pre-President Trump era.

Fascinating story, and there is a video of the owner. It is not clear what lead up to the decision to build a wall around his course:

But when the fence came in, it was a deterrent. Patrons had to drive through a gap in the fence to reach the clubhouse, and when they did, in 2011 at least, they could sometimes hear gunfire from a drug cartel turf war raging on the Matamoros side.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2017/09/20/texas-golf-course-had-no-chance-stuck-behind-border-wall/681415001/

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Pete_Pittock

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Re: Unintended Consequences - The Drug War kills a US golf course
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2017, 11:42:29 PM »

And the Tuesday "The Daily Show" had an interview with owner of the River Bend course in the same city, who's track might meet the same fate.   http://www.cc.com/video-clips/v7jod7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-no-regrets--how-a-trump-supporter-may-have-voted-to-destroy-his-own-career


 
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