#QuincyQuarryNews #WeeklyFishWrap: A Two-fer!

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Quincy’s two City Halls are famous for problems and this past week they featured a pair of Q-ups.

An all but matching bookends as a matter of arguable fact.

First up, Monday, on Quincy Quarry News personnel monitored the opening of the boating season the inaugural day of upgraded ferry service for the warm time of this year connecting Marine Bay with the Aquarium ferry dock in Boston, Logan Airport in East Boston, and the Seaport in South Boston.

How updated? 

Hauling a passenger …
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An upgrade to ten round direct trips a day on weekdays care of Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch’s hard fought fight for enhanced ferry service where there is a minimal population base to draw upon for possible passengers.

Even so, Quincy Quarry News reported that opening day ridership only ran 49 passengers boarding or offloading during the five morning cruises in spite of perfectly balmy weather and calm water.

Ahoy matey!!!
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That and a crew of four on the ferry and two workers working the dock.

In short, koched-up as usual in Quincy.

And foe other half of the pair of Q-ups?

Word was officially posted late on Thursday that Koch would be presenting his Fiscal Year 2026 budget to the City Council on Monday.

With bond debt service heading north by as much as 50% from FY 2025 outlays, figure on ugly for the FY 2026 budget overall. 

Likely koched-up ugly.

A state of the city headshot
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Ugly as in probably resulting in upwards of a 7% or so increase on average on local homeowners’ property tax bills come the start of 2026.

In other words, wicked ugly.

Seriously wicked ugly.

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