"Clubby atmosphere vanishes as costs escalate in Belmont; Accusations fly among members at Belmont Country Club" by Callum Borchers | Globe Staff, May 21, 2013
What began two years ago as an elaborate $18 million clubhouse reconstruction at Belmont Country Club has grown into a nearly $30 million fiasco, and now the club’s affluent, well-mannered membership has lost its collective cool.
Wealthy weekend golfers are standing up in meetings and demanding resignations. Millionaires are trading nasty e-mails — delineating their grievances and accusations with Roman numerals.
Backslapping has been replaced by back stabbing, and successful business people are doing “things that we would never do in our professional lives,” according to one message from the clubhouse building committee....
Members are charged as much as $65,000 to join the club — and pay about $22,000 per year in fees....
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