New Dare County Logo
EOD often reads Dare County's financial statements off the county website. Having been in the "audit business" for so many years, we guess its a habit we can't break. This morning, while gathering data for an upcoming report on the county's $24.5 million "beach nourishment slush fund" (reader request) we noticed this.
At first glance, one would think this huge document is the annual audit report for the non-profit organization called "PreserveBeachAccess.org"
Well, think again. This is the cover sheet for Dare County's
for the last fiscal year.
Historically, these kind of very important offical documents have contained the county's seal/logo or only wording which describes the document's contents. While this presentation may seem somewhat benign to a lot of our readers; we think it also shows where our county leaders are in their mindset right now. No matter where one stands on this issue, it is clear to EOD that our elected leaders are devoting too much time and money to this issue, during one of the most difficult economic times in our county's history.
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5 comments:
it is hard to fathom that in these trying times the county of dare(in 6 years) has amassed a 24 million dollar fund for the sole purpose of beach nourishment. it does appear that nags head will get a bulk of those funds as no other town has even started talking about a project and nags head is very close to getting the permits. maybe the early bird does catch the worm.
The Dare commissioners have already pledged up to $8 million of this fund towards the Nags Head project if the town is able to get it underway. Of course the town wants more, all if they can get it. We encourage you and everyone to contact your town officials and ask them not to go along with this absurdity. Each town will need all the money it can get if a hurricane really does destroy their beach accesses, infrastructure, etc. If Nags Head throws it all in the ocean, there will be none left for residents of other towns. This should not be allowed to happen.
this money was not collected to repair beach accesses. it was collected for beach nourishment. please read the legislation carefully. nags head occupancy tax is responsible for at least 12 of the 24 million in reserve. give them another six million of the 24 and let them finance 18 million because by next june 30 there will be a total of 28 million in reserve. spend it on what it was intended for. nothing else. or repeal the tax. good luck.
this money was not collected to repair beach accesses. it was collected for beach nourishment. please read the legislation carefully. nags head occupancy tax is responsible for at least 12 of the 24 million in reserve. give them another six million of the 24 and let them finance 18 million because by next june 30 there will be a total of 28 million in reserve. spend it on what it was intended for. nothing else. or repeal the tax. good luck.
And I thought putting these "Preserve Access" politically-loaded bumper stickers on all county vehicles was horribly inappropriate.
There's just no end to their silliness, is there? Maybe at election time...
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