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GET YOUR HAND OUTTA THERE!!!!
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As the short time shot clock winds down today to effect a herculean effort to gather 8,000 local voters’ signatures on a recall petition of a sort to void both the recently approved 89% raise on a pension calculation basis for Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch and 49% raises for the mayor’s rubber stamp tools on stools on the city council, regional media have picked up on A Just Quincy’s efforts to void these raises.
All sorts of regional news media and thus surely to the chagrin of the Koch Machine.
For example, WBZ Channel 4 has been frequently running a video report in recent days about the efforts of the grassroots organization that only recently came into being to challenge Mayor Koch’s greasing the pay proposals for local elected officials to pig out at the public trough via the always obliging as well as also benefiting city council.
Taking it on the chin
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Quincy Quarry News’ media brethren at Boston 25 have also variously dropped shade on the outsized pay pops grifted into approval.
Further, even Boston-centric WGBH deemed to cover a story from somewhere south of the Neponset River.
In any event, today is the short twenty day deadline to gather a daunting 8,000 signatures to void the impending outsized pay pops.
The signature drive is also facing understandable concerns from locals about the potential for retribution by La Kocha Nostra.
Fed up locals
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At the same time, WGBH reports that the petition drive has seen considerable interest and support from the large local Asian community, a local demographic which has traditionally steered clear of local politics.
As such, one can only wonder what awakening this long-sleeping tiger bodes for local politics as Quincy segues from its good old boys days to a majority minority community.
Additionally, problematic for the Koch Machine, local females generically are ever-increasing fed up with good old boys telling them what to do.
Seriously fed up with Quincy’s good old boys.
In any event, no matter how the petition drive plays out, Quincy Quarry News’ ever-growing legions of loyal readers should expect more to follow as regards this particular grift as well as probably others hit the fan in the coming days, weeks, and perhaps even months.
And it’s a certainty that if Anne Mahoney had been elected as mayor this situation would never have arisen.
And it’s long overdue to vote the rubber-stampers on the city council out. OUT.
A petition drive to stop raises for the mayor and city council scoring major media coverage? Truly, this is the hard-hitting news we all crave. Forget global issues or groundbreaking discoveries; what really matters is whether or not local politicians get a pay bump. It’s almost like reality TV but with fewer glamorous outfits and more paperwork. Kudos to the petitioners for turning bureaucratic squabbles into prime-time drama. Can’t wait to see how this riveting saga unfolds. Maybe next, we’ll get a miniseries on pothole repair controversies? Stay tuned!