Behind the Qurtain
Quincy Quarry pulls back the qurtain on Quincy politics and events by digging deeper into what is really going on behind the scenes.
That and so exposé what deserved to be exposéd.
Needless to say, the targets of opportunity are numerous.
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Quincy Quarry Weekly Fish Wrap: Yo ho woe …
To put it mildly, 2020 sucks. Sucks big time. Even so, as bad as it has been, do remember that it can always be worse. For example, one could be Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch.
Massachusetts Senator Ed Malarkey warns state and local coronavirus aid may not come until Joe Biden takes office
Locally, the implications are considerable, if not grave. Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch drew down roughly 45% of the City of Quincy’s meager reserves given the expectation that federal aid would be coming and so allow Quincy to replenish its now even more meager reserves.
Quincy Quarry Exposé Moves Mountains of Snow?
Did published exposure of City Hall’s Snow Team Six dumping mountains of snow which blocked off the Church of the President give rise to the removal of the snow?
Quincy Continues to head further into the COVID-19 Red Zone without a paddle
Per all germane metrics, Quincy’s COVID-19 risk statistics are worse to significantly worse than statewide averages.
City Hall Dumps on the Church of the Presidents
The diss was done in a way that many local homeowners are familiar with suffering given the way that city operated or contracted snowplows wall off their driveways and especially so all but invariably after local homeowners have shoveled out their driveways.
Quincy Streets So-So After Snowstorm
As such, count on Quincy Quarry to continue to hit the snow covered streets of Quincy and then report the bad news.
Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch Inexplicably Proclaims Quincy’s New Red Zone COVID-19 Risk Rating Is Not So Bad
In Mayor Koch’s apparently first public statement about Quincy flipping into COVID-19 Code Red risk last Thursday, the mayor downplayed things. In fact, he failed to specifically note the fact that Quincy just crossed over into COVID-19 Red Zone status.
Quincy 2021 Property Tax Bills Yet Again Fraught With City Hall Games
At least locally, December 7 is yet again a day that will live in infamy.
Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch finally admits Quincy is heading towards Red Zone COVID-19 risk rating
After weeks of Quincy Quarry repeatedly pointing out that Quincy was experiencing a second COVID-19 surge and so again ending up on the COVID-19 Yellow Zone risk list as well as is now on track to likely soon be moved into the Red Zone, Mayor Koch finally acknowledged that the Q is Q’ed.
Quincy Quarry Weekly Fish Wrap: Football Happens …
For those Quarry readers who pay attention, the Weekly Fish Wrap for November 19 was errantly repeated on November 26. Why offering no excuse, the reason for this Q-up was that the football bacchanal that is also Thanksgiving Day distracted the writer tasked with writing the Fish Wrap for last week.
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