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While admittedly publication of new Quincy Quarry stories have been light in recent days as the Quarry has been focusing on how to variously exposé the arguable cooking of Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch’s also fluffed FY 2026 budget book, Quincy Quarry News architectural critic, the renowned I. M. Wright, has yet again risen to the occasion.
During a recent drive-by shooting of the impending new City of Quincy public safety building after weeks of wondering where Mayor Koch plans to see proscribed statues of Roman Catholic saints installed on what is a public building and which unknowing local taxpayers have already been stuck with paying the related bills, Wright finally figured out where the statues are planned to be installed.
See the black circles as where else can the statues go?
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Not my money. Not much of my money anyway.
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While admittedly speculative, Wright’s expectation is a solid one as one can readily see that there is no other readily obvious place to install the two also banal statutes on the building.
Seriously banal statues.
In fact, woefully banal statues.
Wicked woeful as well as also trite.
Especially so at the asserted cost of $850,000 to create them plus surely all manner of installation and various other such costs yet again imposed upon already hard-pressed local taxpayers.
Granted, while profligate as well as dubious spending by Quincy Mayor Thomas P, Koch is nothing new, this is the first time that criticism of Mayor Koch’s actions is facing all but certain successful legal challenge by not only The American Civil Liberties Union, but also Americans United for Separation of Church and State and The Freedom from Religion Foundation.
Unknown at this point, however, is if state and/or perhaps federal officials are pondering to sanction Mayor Koch for his easily argued proscribed misuse of public funds on religious iconography or will at least facilitate seeing him reimburse the City of Quincy and the US Treasury for his misuse of public funds.
Banal as well as trite so-called art
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In the meanwhile, what is already known is that likely north of a million all costs duly considered has already largely been footed by local taxpayers who never knew the statues were commissioned until such was only recently dimed out late in the going.
Similarly clear is how locals were not duly asked for their thoughts about the so-called works of art better fitted for display at the world infamous Museum of Bad Art.
Then again, such koched-up banalities and worst are only to be expected during the profligate reign of the Koch Maladministration.
If not also only to be expected …
I have a suggestion about where Koch can install his statues. Shouldn’t take too much imagination to figure it out.
I would like a list of people who voted for this disgrace.
A point of clarification: are you asking for a list of those who voted for the approval of the statues or for Mayor Koch? Asking for a friend.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU), and the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) have raised concerns that this initiative may violate the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights which prohibits government financial endorsement of religion.
Further, the depiction of St. Michael standing over a demon has also drawn criticism for potentially conveying a message of aggression, which some argue is inappropriate for a public safety facility.
Mayor Koch defends the statues as symbolic representations honoring the service of first responders, asserting that they transcend specific religious connotations. However, the lack of transparency in the decision-making process and the substantial cost have led to public outcry and a petition demanding the project’s cancellation garnered over 1,600 signatures.
This situation underscores the importance of maintaining a clear separation between church and state, especially in diverse communities like Quincy. It also highlights the need for transparency and public engagement in decisions involving significant expenditures and potential constitutional implications.
The absolutely deranged response to these two statues says more about their unhinged detractors than about the mayor who approved them.
One would think that the hate groups attacking the statues have bigger fish to fry. Yet their ignorance has no bounds and their hate has no limits. Contrary to their hysterical anti-art rantings and ravings, the sky isn’t falling, the world isn’t ending, but they seriously need professional mental health care.
Respectfully, you may well have earned a doctorate but it was clearly not in legal letters or political science. Further, you at least hint at perhaps being some sort of false Christian Christian nationalist. Finally, do you not know that Quincy mayor is both a joch as well as facing various investigations over financial improprieties?
Comical hyperbolic baloney. Fertilizer, at best.