In a letter to Richfield City Mayor Bryan Burrows, Richfield City Admin/Recorder Michele Jolley, and PGA golf pro at Cove View Golf Course Todd Mullen, an attorney representing me has laid out the eight-year-long struggle I’ve been having with trying to solve the ongoing problem of me, my house, and property being pelted with golf balls on a regular basis.
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My attorney has been given letters written by Michele Jolley related to correspondence regarding my ongoing issues with Cove View Golf Course, its management, the city of Richfield, and its various decision-makers, specifically current Mayor Bryan Burrows. (See one above.)
The “Steve” she is referring to in the letter is not me; it is Steven A. Hansen, CEO of UtahTrust.gov. I suppose Michele, who is the Richfield City Admin/Recorder, must have asked for and gotten some answers from Mr. Hansen regarding how to deal with me and my ongoing complaints about being in a golf course firing zone with inadequate protection for my house, cars and property, which are bombarded daily with amateur golfers’ errant golf balls.
I’ll break down the letter shown above briefly for you:
Uh-oh. I guess that doesn’t look good for me. They, “don’t want to set a precedent for future complaints.”
The letter is replete with typos and misspellings, as you can see by reading it. Ultimately, it appears it doesn’t bode well for me, because Cove View Golf Course PGA Pro Todd Mullen figures I’m going to sue them anyway so just move the tee box back to its original position.
Let me tell you, the complaints will not stop until this matter is successfully resolved, and I no longer am bombarded by flying sliced golf balls hitting my house, my cars, my visitors’ cars, and even me. The only time this barrage stops is at night, when the course is closed and there are no golfers about. This is a beautiful place to have a home; but I shouldn’t be held hostage during daylight hours by all these golf balls flying about, which can cause some significant damage. And money — like putting up netting that is ineffectual, or offering to replace my damaged garage doors (a significant cost) — doesn’t matter. It won’t bring an end to this happening.
Point of Clarification to the letter of July 2, 2025 seen below: This is an open letter to Michele Jolley — Ms. Jolley, you need to get your facts straight. You’re now opening another door in your assumptions and allegations that you threw at me in this letter. You stated that I “threatened to personally sue the mayor and do everything he can to sabotage his re-election campaign.” I can tell you, that at the writing of this post, I am currently seeking legal opinions to find out if I can sue you for libel, and Brian Burrows, Cove View Golf Course PGA Pro Todd Mullen, and Mike Jorgensen, personally, for a multitude of things. That’s not a threat, that’s a promise. As to sabotaging his re-election campaign, you’d better be able to prove that (all I have to do is tell the truth; truth is not sabotaging), because I said nothing of the sort. As for the $1.3 million for my home, the actual offer was for $1.25 million for my home and the lot next door. That number is supposed to be reflective of the costs to reconstruct my house exactly as it already is.
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Several months after that first letter that my attorney and I were able to see, a second letter was generated by Michele Jolley, Richfield City Admin/Recorder (shown above), asking for further help regarding my situation. (See initial letter in separate post.)
The letter again was to Steve Hansen of UtahTrust.gov and also was copied to a UtahTrust.gov consultant, Josh McKell. Mr. McKell is a consultant working on the “Risk Finance” team at UtahTrust.gov. Perhaps this kind of issue has been of some concern to other golf courses around the state. That’s just speculation.
In reading the letter, it’s clear that Michele and all involved are in CYA mode — and all the adults in the room know what that is.
Richfield, Cove View Golf Course, and the course’s PGA pro, Todd Mullen, seem much more interested in the CYA aspect of their conflict with me rather than actually resolving the conflict.
They’re worried about liability and lawsuits, not fixing the problem.
Here’s my note to them: fix the problem. Then you won’t have to worry about liability and lawsuits and “risk finance” issues.
