As a terrible storm slowly works its way up the coast, I hereby call on Mike Castle and Sussex County Republicans to demand that the federal government save our tax dollars by not spending on beach replenishment. Sussex County is sick and tired of the inefficient and dangerous expansion of government into what should be local issues. Sussex County is perfectly capable of taxing their citizens to pay for beach replenishment. Rehoboth, Dewey, Bethany and Fenwick can reach into their pockets to fund the cash-for-sand program.
In fact, I am sure that the businesses that operate in the Coastal Sussex area will happily contribute some of their wealth to the program. Or perhaps Sussex residents will just pull themselves up by their bootstraps and pump the sand back on the beach themselves in a volunteer effort, not unlike the much celebrated Polihale bridge repair in Hawai’i.
Suck it up Sussex County and demand that Mike Castle reject any earmarks for Delaware beach replenishment.