You can't even get residents of an Outer Banks county to support higher taxes for beach nourishment (Dare sales tax ...):
Nearly four out of five voters who showed up at the polls Tuesday in Dare County chose to overturn the penny increase in the local sales tax in a historic referendum. ... The fight in Dare County was not just about the sales tax. It was also what it would pay for. County officials planned to use the estimated $12 million it would have raised each year to pump sand onto the coastal beaches to counter erosion and protect oceanfront properties. Some residents argued that would harm the aquatic environment, waste taxpayer money and benefit only a sliver of the county's population.
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