Money-

Money and

More money.
The assertion that River walk is Wilmington's water front and therefore eligible for part of the beach monies is laughable at best.
The best bang for your tourism buck is the beaches
Plains and simple
They bring in the folks that spend the dough
King Saffo and the Jolly Jesters now want the beach communities tourists to pay for the convention center and the River walk.
Now I know they need to merge city with county governments - because THOSE city folks need some adult supervision.

Vog