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Quincy Quarry News Weekly Fish Wrap: Two big bombs this week
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Striving to grow Adamsian stature
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Quincy Quarry News Weekly Fish Wrap: Two big bombs dropped this week.
Wicked big bombs.
While this week was mostly a quiet summer week, the week started with Mayor Thomas P. Koch announcing his likely to be most grandiose Edifice Complex to date: his plans for an Adams Presidential Center.
Mayor Koch’s long touted Adams Presidential Library proposal has transmogrified into the Adams Presidential Center.
The reason for the change would appear be fueled by the fact that the John Adams’ personal library of roughly three thousand books are likely to not be coming back from the Boston Public Library even if Mayor Koch asked to check them out.
That and how the federal government does not provide any funding for presidential libraries.
What happens to Quincy taxpayers’ tax money ……Image via cheatsheet.com
What the now proposed Adams Presidential Center will be, however, is long on grandiose notions but short on actual particulars, much less funding.
In particular, Mayor Koch did not broach this his grandiose Edifice Complex proposal would likely require a couple hundred million dollars to build the center as well as endow its operations going forward.
Fortunately for local taxpayers, Mayor Koch announced that he is not planning on using any more local taxpayers’ money.
La Kocha Nostra continues to bully school girls
An exclusive Quincy Quarry News Photo
At the same time, however, we all know to expect otherwise.
For example, the City of Quincy is being dragging into court by the Woodward School for Girls next month over the city’s bogus claim that it owns the ground underneath the Adams Academy.
The reason for yet another trip to court for the Koch Machine: last year the city seized the Adams Academy, building, long-rented out to the Quincy Hysterical Society, via an adverse eminent domain taking but did not offer to pay Woodward anything for the ground.
Why nothing for the ground?
“Father and I are not amused.”
An old photogragh
The Koch Machine’s legal mouthpiece claims the city owns the ground even though various judges have clearly stated that the City of Quincy did not own the ground.
“Were he to be with us today, President Adams would, most assuredly, not be pleased with the events of the past fifty-seven years.”
Robert W. Langlois, First Justice Norfolk Probate and Family Court
Including the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Look, what’s twelve large?
A old Facebook photo
But what’s another mere $12 million or thereabouts paid out so that La Kocha Nostra can secure ownership of the land for a likely to be north, if not well north, of $200 million project?
Well, for starters, $12 million.
And next next up in what was otherwise a mostly quiet month, the Federal Transportation Administration issued its report on its review of the accident-laden and worse MBTA.
How bad was the report?
Bad.
Wicked bad.
Seriously wicked bad.
Even as regards the MBTA.
Quincy Quarry News considered reaching out to Quincy Mayor Thomas P, Koch for comment as he is also the decade long Chair of the MBTA Advisory Board as well as the senior member of the MBTA Board of Directors; however, the Quarry’s ever-growing legions of loyal readers know that such an ask would be ignored.
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Mass & Cass is coming to Quincy. Homeless people are congregating at the now closed “Southern Artery Garden Center” Yes, there is shade as well as tables for socializing. I have not seen any barrels for trash. The only good news is that it is my understanding that Fr. Bill’s is allowing its guests to remain indoors during these week’s extreme weather conditions.
Ms McC:
Quelle surprise — the end of Monroe Playground on Pond Street Street Park adjacent to the garden center has been a homeless hangout and camping spot for quite awhile.