Quincy Loses in Court Yet Again: Boston Closer To Rebuilding Long Island Bridge

It’s the latest development in a battle between Boston and Quincy over the project.

Disorder brought to order in the court
An old Columbia Pictures image

– Quincy News from Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

The City of Quincy loses in court yet again: The City Boston moves a step closer to rebuilding the Long Island Bridge.

The Koch Maladministraion’s long ongoing record of at best all but invariably losing in court over the maladministration’s efforts to force its will in ways not consistent with applicable law court continues.

In this latest incident, a superior court judge has ruled that the City of Quincy Conservations Committee improperly denied the City of Boston’s application for one of the various permits it needs to rebuild its Long Island Bridge on its dime so that it can more readily as well as practically access its facilities on Long Island. 

In particular, so that the CIty of Boston can develop its long-planned and even longer needed substance abuse treatment facility on the quiet and remote island away from the temptation of the street but still within the City of Boston.

Throwing weight around on the waterfront, “coulda been a contender” — whatever
A Pat Ronan/Patriot Ledger image

Granted, more approvals are needed and the Koch Maladministration will surely continue to play the delay game on behalf of nimbies on Squantum who seek to block Boston from reestablishing its lawful right to access its property on Long Island.

That and so continue to waste local taxpayers’ money fighting the inevitable.

So what, apparently for the fact that Long Island is a mile or more as well as two islands away from backyards in Squantum as well as in the middle of Boston’s outer harbor.

So what also for instead opting to seek mitigation from Boston to — for a couple of examples — beef up the often storm event closed Squantum causeway to mitigate projected rises in sea level care of climate change and/r developing a work schedule for those working on Long Island that would mitigate the impact of renewing a likely to be a lesser level of traffic to and from the island.

After all, relatively recently the Koch Maladministration did all it could to do to accommodate FedEx setting up a busy distribution facility adjacent to nearby Marina Bay in spite of impacted abuttors protests.

Former DPW Commissar Dan “Spanky” Raymondi
A City of Quincy headshot photo

Further note that this is not the first time an official City of Quincy body or a specific city employee has been spanked for surely but coincidently coming down on the side of Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch’s wishes regardless of applicable law. 

In fact, far from it.

For but one example from among many, a Quincy Quarry staffer acting as a private citizen filed a successful Open Meeting Law violation against the then Chair of the Conservation Commission some years ago. 

The reason?  This individual was denied an opportunity to offer comment at a public hearing. 

The reason: the chair made a quick count to end comments that was quicker than even most boxing referrees on the take would dare endeavor so as to close the meeting to public comment while the subsequent complainant was heading to the podium used for offering public comment. 

In turn, the Division of Open Government within the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General endorsed the complaint and the meeting was redone.

In fact, the meeting had to be redone given a twofer: the City of Quincy also failed to undertake the required work to receive the permit it was seeking.

Source: Boston Closer To Rebuilding Long Island Bridge After Court Ruling, Walsh Says

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