{"id":980645,"date":"2026-08-04T18:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/980645\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T18:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:54:19","slug":"vandalism-damages-sun-valley-golf-course-park-in-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/980645\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandalism damages Sun Valley Golf Course, park in Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vandalism damages Sun Valley Golf Course, park; repair costs to fall on taxpayers<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/057347bd-ee22-46aa-90df-94bdc367f28a_1770245193.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jennifer Osting\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Vandals caused extensive damage at Sun Valley Park and golf course over the weekend, leaving taxpayers to cover the cost of repairs, according to a Louisville Metro Councilmember. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Councilwoman Crystal Bast said people riding four-wheelers drove through the park sometime Sunday night, tearing up portions of the Sun Valley Golf Course. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">She said Hole No. 4 sustained some damage, but the fairway on Hole No. 1 was &#8220;completely torn up.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Bast said the damage comes after recent investments into the park, as well as additional upgrades already in the works. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">&#8220;Instead of spending those dollars on new improvements, we\u2019re now forced to spend taxpayer money repairing damage that never should have happened,&#8221; Bast said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The vandalism went beyond the golf course. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Bast said someone also used spray foam to create swastikas in the park&#8217;s parking lot, which will also require extensive cleanup. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">&#8220;There is absolutely no place for that in our community,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Bast said security cameras for the park are already in the works in an effort to better protect the area. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">She asked anyone who witnessed the vandalism, has security footage or has information that could help identify those involved to call Louisville Metro Police. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vandalism damages Sun Valley Golf Course, park; repair costs to fall on taxpayers LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014 Vandals caused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":980646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[47],"tags":[393519,393522,357354,1430,12800,393521,43083,393523,6141,3546,162138,62,393520,49232,67,132,68,1130,370503,8066],"class_list":["post-980645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-bast","tag-councilwoman-crystal-bast","tag-extensive-damage","tag-golf","tag-golf-course","tag-hole-no","tag-louisville","tag-louisville-metro-council-member","tag-park","tag-people","tag-repair-cost","tag-sports","tag-sun-valley-park","tag-taxpayer","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-vandalism","tag-wlky","tag-work"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117038762467068511","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/980646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}