Menino, Mayor of Miami?

I'm starting to detect a trend here in the election-year initiatives Menino is latching onto as he trundles toward yet another term: an obsession with sun, sand, and sea. As the Globe reported today,

In a move his election rival described as a bid for the ''poolside vote," Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced yesterday that the city will dramatically speed up the approval process for residents who want to add swimming pools, patio decks, or garden sheds to their properties this summer.

I see this connected to another one of Menino's one-time-only city improvement iniatives, his hiring of 55 sweepers in April to clear out the sand deposited on the city during the snow season. Where did all that sand go?

Methinks Tom is planning to announce the formation of the Seascape Urban Renewal Force (SURF), to which any homeowner can apply for the rapid installation of pool, wave machine, and beach-like landscaping.