Commentary: Why are local governments competing with private business?

Golf courses, theaters, pools, recreation centers — the list of government enterprises that are built for the sake of recreation and entertainment goes on and on. The problem is that each of these are examples of government unfairly competing against the private market, using taxpayer dollars, in order to provide non-essential services to the public.At a time when we have multiple tax increases on November’s ballot and constant discussions about the perceived lack of funding for educ