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NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH — A coastal town straddling the border of Onslow and Pender counties has four projects simultaneously under way, adding sand to its beaches…
“Municipal service districts sound great because they’re affecting other people, but in fact they open up a can of worms on all of us,” said property owner Stuart Gillman. “They’ve been used for very, very pernicious purposes. I think that municipal service districts will have us all hang separately. We all need to pay our fair share of taxes.” Local city and county governments may establish MSDs to charge property owners assessments on top of property taxes as a way to provide more services to those who reside within those districts. In the case of North Topsail Beach, assessment...