Well, it's official, I'm on the Carolina Beach Town Council. I have promised to explain my positions regularly, so here goes... Town Council meeting December, 14 2021 ...My opening remarks... I wasn't elected because I'm an insider, a big money guy ...
My First Council Blog (11/23/21)
Hello CB Fam, Welcome to the Hoffer Town Council Blog... or the Hofflog for short. I have said before that I admire Lynn Barbee for regularly posting his whereabouts on Facebook and this will be my way of emulating him. Of course, we all have our o ...
Property Tax Calculator
Are you prepared for your next tax bill? Do you know what it will be? Allow me to help. By now you should have received this letter. It tells you what your home's "tax assessed value" is. It's the value placed on your home for property tax purposes. T ...
How Carolina Beach Got Started
Remembering the Shoo-Fly Train The story of John Harper and the Shoo-Fly Train is the story of the founding of modern Carolina Beach. Everyone should know it, so here it is again. It's been written many times. I'm borrowing a version ...
Wait, Wait… What’s MOTSU again?
If you’re new to the area, you may wonder how all that prime real estate sits empty on the west side of Pleasure Island. The land makes up about 2,100 acres and is owned by the US Army to be used as a protective buffer around the Sunny Point Military Ocea ...