Gwinnett County is repossessing Collins Hill Golf Course which is currently 1.8 million dollars in debt. Charles Bannister states that the $1.8 million will be paid from existing tax reserve funds.

The course was originally purchased by the county in 1988 for $3.4 million because local golfers whined that it was too inconvenient to drive elsewhere to play. It was a controversial decision even way back then, but the board of commissioners said it was a great deal.

The story then becomes somewhat convoluted and mired in minutia,… the AJC does a great job of detailing the timeline of events, just suffice it to say that the property has never made money and continues to hemorrhage cash, but now the county taxpayers are on the hook for its medical and rehab bill.

• Gwinnett to repossess golf course, pay its $1.8 million debt - AJC