Revere Beach, 2004

I can't believe this image is almost three years old. Today's Globe has a nice article on the ongoing reconstruction of Revere Beach. Unfortunately, the construction is continuing through the summer because the project bears all the hallmarks of the Massachusetts public works project:

*Management by underfunded, incompetent state agency (DCR)
*No budget secured until local senator became senate president. Revere mayor speaks of needing "friends in high places."
*Inflation of cost from $7m to $11m
*Completion date slipping an entire season, from late summer to spring 08.

Too bad for the local businesses. I wish I were eating Buffalo tenders at Santorini right now.