JOHNSON GOLF MANAGEMENT, INC.

P.O. Box 126

Weston, MA.02493

Board of Selectman
Town Hall 878 Tremont St.
Duxbury, Ma. 02332

Dear Board Members:

As you know we have applied to the town so that our liquor license will include the entire
premises. In 2008, Massachusetts Legislature passed under G.L. Chapter 138 §12, an
amendment. Chapter 300 of the Acts of 2008 holds that “a local licensing authority may
grant a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages or a license for the sale of wines and
malt beverages, at any location on the grounds of a golf course as it deems responsible
and proper.” Furthermore, the ABCC has guidelines for this license extension in which
many have been granted in the state.

After hearing negative comments at the meeting last month as well as reading the
comments in the local newspaper, I am troubled that this issue again has turned into a
political struggle based on our litigation with the town. The facts are and remain:

1) In fourteen years of operating a liquor license at North Hill there have been zero
incidents.
2) JGM has been nothing short of professional, responsible and responsive in every
aspect of the operation at North Hill including our liquor license.
3) JGM has held as many as 5 liquor licenses at the same time and again there has
been no trouble.

Now it is an issue. Why? Back in the days when North Hill was a bar room with a golf
course where was the outcry? Before our time in 1994 the capital improvement at North
Hill at the town’s expense was to buy a new beer cooler. The golf course was in disrepair,
but the most important issue was a new beer cooler. The town has never bought any piece
of equipment in our years; anything that was spent went into the golf course.

The fact is that golfers from Duxbury (including members of the NHAC) as well as out of
town golfers have in the past brought alcohol onto the property. This continues to this
day. It is a “cat and mouse” game and becomes a policing action that we (the operator)
can’t win at. If we throw them off the course we are considered jerks and they’re not
coming back. It’s a reality.

Granting us an extended liquor license would improve the policing of drinking on the
golf course. We would have a tip certified person serving and the serving is limited under
the ABCC guidelines. We would know if someone brought their own alcohol onto the
course because the course will be monitored for alcohol as well as playing conditions.

Having an extended license gives us the ability to compete with many of our competitors
for outings and leagues, whose members want to enjoy an alcoholic beverage while their
event is taking place.

As you know, in the last year the Town of Duxbury has done nothing positive to help
promote North Hill. In fact, the town has been negative. Examples:

1) Attorney Troy’s remarks in newspapers in 2009 that the course will be back out
for bid for 2010.
2) The town, for the first time ever in our years would not publish rates and
memberships being available in the fall of 2009.
3) The town made us apply for a new liquor license in 2009. As a result we did not
have a license for March, April and most of May.
4) The town has failed to address any capital improvements at North Hill as shown
by a budget of $2,000.00 – less than 2% of what the town collects in lease
payments annually.

All of the above has affected us tremendously and the liquor license extension will add to
the anti-business agenda at North Hill. There is already enough uncertainty caused by the
town, not by JGM. All we did was bid on a project only to see it awarded to a totally
unqualified company.

In conclusion, I will not subject myself, any member of my staff or my attorney to

another public meeting so someone can bring in all the ridiculous negativity concerning
this issue. You have the necessary information so please act on it.

Respectfully,

Douglas W. Johnson