Funding for golf course faces opposition

Published August 1, 2009 12:00am ET



Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett may have a tough time convincing the County Council to shell out big money to keep an inside-the-Beltway golf course open another year.

That’s because the county is facing a $370 million budget shortfall next fiscal year and Leggett has said the county needs to make midyear cuts to the current budget that may include layoffs and furloughs of county employees.

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