Quincy Quarry News Weekly Fish Wrap: Sníomh Go Brách!

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As we head into a perhaps three day holiday to fete all things Irish, what would St. Patrick’s Day be without a little blarney and most especially spinning political spin?

Not politics.

This past week Quincy Quarry published two cutting to the bone exposés.

In order of publication, Quincy Quarry addressed how Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch and Quincy City Council President Ian Cain are trying to dig out of holes of their own digging.

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These latest holes are tied to Mayor Koch spending close to a million worth of tax dollars on two statues of Roman Catholic patron saints for placement at the formal entrance of the impending new $174 million public safety headquarters.

So what, apparently, for the fact that placing religious idolatry on public building is prohibited by both the US and Massachusetts Constitutions as well as also prohibited to be paid for with taxpayers’ money per the Massachusetts Constitution.

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Fortunately for Quincy Quarry News’ ever growing legions of loyal readers, both Koch and Cain failed to abide by  by The First Rule of Holes and so only managed to dig themselves in deeper.

Even better, one can only assume that both of them will likely soon enough go on to violate the other three Rules of Holes.
and so end up even deeper. 

Likely way deeper.

Speaking of holes, the second exposé of the week was an addressing of  Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s announcement that he plans to challenge the Massachusetts Inspector General’s view that he looks to have grifted himself with an extra $180,000 of pay in recent years.

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The Quarry also posed the parallel still ongoing review by the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission as regards how it would appear that Mayor Koch may have finessed himself upwards of a quarter of million dollars in excess pay over the past decade in addition to a currently “paused” 89% $135,000 annual salary raise annual raise approved last spring by the City Council and who also approved a 45% for themselves.

In addition to the potential for a painful clawback if — is not when — found to be improper excess pay, Koch could find himself facing as much as a further $50,000 in fines over his clearly looking to have probably violated Massachusetts General Law given the way he endeavored to provide himself and Quincy city councillors with raises.

Needless to say, with facing potentially almost twice as large a financial spanking as Everett Mayor DeMaria is already facing, it is only reasonable to assume Quincy Mayor Koch will follow DeMaria down the rabbit hole of denial and so endeavor to fight a likely to be losing battle.

Follow the money. ALWAYS follow the money
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