The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-07-17

We have heard the old adage the road to hell is paved
with good Intentions Likewise is the road to other things
and regardless how well inentoned movement may be-
has gone asay and twice proved FAILURE at terrc
expense is highly Fashionable if it should be continued
The Dare Beaches Sanitary District launched as
noble with worthy purpose prcncipay to assure
safe and adequate water supply to the fast growing beach
lected from the area taxed thereby and twice the manage
of the District has failed to carry election Elk
pensve surveys legal and engineering fees have been paid
perhaps there debts the general fund meaning
people of Dare County, have been taxed we believe
unawfuy with the expense of serving this account the
collection taxes etc. during the past ten years The
results years. the hopes for the future do not
justify further continuance of the farce the
solely for the joy it's advocates get by being able to levy
and spend money then all the more reason to abolish
the district
In this district located property valued at Sill
1666 and which last year at 10 cents tax rate
last wear the second election was overwhelmingly lost
water the prime object then appears that this system
should give away to other plan for providing water
in the area.
1t is well to bear in mind that of the three men
can considered actual choice of the people The c
zens of the little concerned and were also
confident belief that the days of the District had
ended they manifested insufficient interest to come for
ward in the Primary seek nomination commissioners
acceptable to District AS result handful of people
themselves to write in list of candidates Several
other got single vote apiece Clearly this is insult
fcen mandate from the people to warrant the spending
many thousands of dollars each year, and to levy taxes
than eleven and quarter millions In property
values owned largely by nonresident property who
dsenanchsed carriers of the burden OF the greater
part of all our local government.
And now further ridiculous and burdensome situation
has created Forgetting the implied pledges the DIS
trict demanding the people the lower end at Mays
Head and the upper end at Kitty Hawk this year about
two and half times much taxes before Their taxes
will be than doubled while half the district is left
out Naturally the town of Kill Devil Hills didn't want to be
for the thing and smart enough to
get legislation protect themselves But the deal con-
tinues this extent and douby burdensome
on property of the other half of the district
We owe them better deal than this. We should en-
courage the adjustment of the Sanitary District that
been completely dscreted and twice beaten at the
polls though its worthy and needed 1t took
only political influence of handful of citizens
(scant though it appears time after tme) to swing sent
heavily against the program of the district and throw
it the discard after many thousands of dollars had
been spent.
has been proven that the interest and confidence of
people in the district has not been sufficient to main
tain the leadership needed has been that such
leadership has arsen and the effort that has been made
have been sufficiently effective to the essential
sentiment and number of followers to make the District
Success Clearly them the usefulness of the project has end
ed, and further cost is not justified.
Petitions have been circulated to abolish the district
Not only required 81 per cent but So per cent
of the resident reehoers have signed them The people
ought get their Wishes and when they have got relief
and this burdensome situation changed then they should
get behind we'll planned movement that will enlist
blood and leadership and with commonsense caution
evasion of the kind of bunders that brought failure
the District strike forth boldly with the entire public in
full confidence in behalf of progress the Dare Beaches