"Gene Kearns" wrote
"A divided New Hanover County Board of Commissioners Monday declined
to join the state and spend nearly $781,000 to help maintain the
Intracoastal Waterway near Carolina Beach."


They should have kicked in something, even a token amount.
Maybe held a bake sale.

"The move means that the Carolina Beach Inlet crossing of the
waterway, which now has just 4 1/2 feet of draft at low tide, much
less than its authorized depth of 12 feet, could become an impediment
to boaters in the near future."

Especially those with more than 4 1/2 feet of draft, and who
can't read a tide table.


James wrote:
The rest of the population is getting tired of footing the bill to subsidize
a few. Wy don't you take up a collection from the local boaters and see if
you can put together 3/4 million dollars? Start things off with 5 or 10k of
your own money.

I'll be glad to, when the gov't quits taking my money &
using it to subsidize other things that are NOT in the
Constitution (interstate commerce, which is what the ICW's
purpose, is) and which I disagreew with, like subsidies to
int'l oil & pharmaceutical conglomerates.

DSK