The question of whether large groups of rich white people possess ontological permanence has bedevilled some of the best minds in the world for two thousand years. The city's lawyers take the second view: So long as a country club replaces its rich white guys gradually, and so long as each new rich white guy preserves the form and shape of the rich white guy he is replacing, then they must be entitled to same existential status that private golf clubs have. But does anyone know what elley country club's land worth? A couple of years ago it was worth about six billion dollars; now i heard from another person who said  they think it's worth nine billion under normal circumstances.