I think golf courses in San Diego are already hurting. On the daily fee courses in town, there are weekday specials galore (free lunch, play twice, etc.).

For non-equity private clubs, initiation fees have come down. Golf Club of California in Fallbrook has dropped its refundable deposit requirement from $40k to $20k. You can get into Escondido Country Club with no money down.

Among equity clubs, Vista Valley is hurting for members while Santaluz was offering a special on dues and guest fees.

I don’t know if it’s been discussed here previously but if RE goes into the tank, how badly will the golf industry in town get hammered?

Coronado and Imperial Beach both are going to have increasing problems with businesses adversly affected by water pollution. See this article:

http://www.coronadonewsca.com/articles/2006/06/08/news/news02.txt

One business owner in IB is saying he wants to seek disaster relief. I know I’ve written this before, but the stench from the water has become unbearable in Coronado. So much so, that we have decided not to spend our summer there this year. Others we met were saying the same last year. Top it off with a real estate downturn & decreased spending … and seriously bad times are ahead.

That ‘Real Estate Investor Seeks Apprentice’ business seems to be slowing.. LOL, haven’t seen many of those signs lately…

I’m in manufacturing. Our phones have been very light for the last 2-3 weeks. We are unsure if it’s because summer is starting, or if it’s the beginnning of something bigger.

My plant is in Chula Vista. On days that it rains, you would not believe the stench coming from TJ. As a business owner, and environmentalist, I support Bajagua, which is the facility planned to treat TJ sewage. It will not treat all of it, but it will make a big dent. TJ has grown at such a rapid pace; unfortunately they just don’t have the infrastructure to deal with so many millions of people.

I spent last summer in the water on Coronado… developed the most disgusting skin infection after a day of surfing. I know it was that day, because the water was particularly stinky, and i was wearing a wetsuit and alot of crud got trapped inside my bkini top and wetsuit. I woke with the infection the very next morning…. on the underside of my boob! It was so painful I could hardly lift my arm – even though it was nowhere near my armpit. I ended up on antibiotics. I am just thankful it wasnt the flesh-eating bacteria, but whatever it was – it was WRONG… I made my mind up that day that Coronado’s pollution had become too much for me or for my kids to be swimming in. Nasty. If they dont fix the problem somehow, tourism will certainly take a hit. If I didnt have family there – I’d probably never go back at all.