Replenish our beaches?

I knew from his campaign finance reports that Pat McCrory had one hand in the pocket of Big Banking and one in the pocket of Big Oil, but in today's pandering to the press, the candidate showed he has more hands than Shiva when it comes to money grubbing. After jumping on the "let's drill our way to prosperity" bandwagon, the Queen City mayor had this to say:

"I believe this additional revenue received (by) the state will help our education, will help pay our teachers, will help pave our roads, will help implement mass transportation programs ... will help replenish our beaches ... will help our criminal justice system and will help our overall budget during the next decade and beyond," he said.

It should be said that McCrory is already angling to spend billions of dollars that don't exist, which is bad enough all by itself. But to spend money on beach replenishment? What could the Mayor be thinking?

Oh I see what he's thinking. He's thinking it's good to suck up to the Realtors and their lobbyists who support spending hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars pumping sand and building seawalls to stave off the steadily rising seas so rich homeowners won't have to watch their McMansions tumble into the ocean.

Big Oil. Check.
Big Banks. Check.
Realtor Ticks. Check.

It's the Pat McCrory Triple Play! I'll give you one guess who loses.