A Court House opponent of beach replenishment at the expense of all taxpayers remarked that no one forced the residents of barrier islands to live there. True! No one forced him or his ancestors to live offshore, but I bet that if the barrier islands ceased to be our major source of revenue, his job would soon disappear. When will people learn that we cannot turn back time? We can't take the county back to the 1800s. The economy relies on people vacationing on those islands, whether he likes it or not, or if it costs him tax money.