Over half of Pinellas County beaches are "critically eroded," yet officials lack vital funding for renourishment projects - due to an impasse with the Army Corps of Engineers and private property owners.
Commissioners brainstormed potential solutions at a work session Thursday and broached the idea of using additional bed tax dollars that could potentially fund a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. County Administrator Barry Burton stressed the importance of a federal partnership and said self-funding would liquidate the "entire tourism development tax money just for renourishment."
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