Three County Commissioners Now Opposed to Sales Tax for Beach Management, Putting County Plan in Doubt

Three County Commissioners Now Opposed to Sales Tax for Beach Management, Putting County Plan in Doubt

Just as Palm Coast and Bunnell had been increasingly coaxed to support the county, a majority of county commissioners--Leann Pennington, Kim Carney and Pam Richardson--spoke in opposition to a sales tax increase to support a comprehensive beach-management plan. Without that increase, the plan Petito devised to rebuild and manage all 18 miles of the county’s beaches would collapse, and with it any hope of continuing the beach renourishment the U.…