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The City of Quincy’s law firm: Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe in court.
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The City of Quincy has yet again been hit with a major lawsuit.
This one is over the voiding of a lifetime membership of a long time member of the now both City of Quincy-owned and operated Furnace Brook Golf Course as well as banning the plaintiff from stepping foot on the golf course.
While the South Coast broadsheet both broke the story and did a solid job of detailing particulars, a short recap of events along with Quincy Quarry News’ signature as well as trenchant cutting to the heart of the matter analysis follows.
The banned golfer is a local who has regularly played the course for over fifty-three of his sixty-three years.
One man’s opinion
A meme
The course has thus long been the center of both this individual’s sporting activities and his social life.
Further, he served multiple terms as the course’s president before the City of Quincy took over control of the course in recent years per a long in the works agreement.
In more recent years, this individual has been battling cancer. Among other impacts, it has been said that cancer has detrimentally impacted his control over his bowel movements with the only to be expected happening..
For example, earlier this spring and a roughly a year earlier, the plaintiff apparently suffered loses of control of his bowels while in the golf course’s clubhouse and so soiled its bathroom facilities.
In turn, the City of Quincy cancelled his lifetime club membership as well as banned him from setting foot on the course.
Needless to say, he was embarrassed over how things apparently ending up outside of bathroom commodes as well as emotionally crushed over the considerable disruption to his life caused by the banning of him from the happy place for him that is the Furnace Brook Golf Course.
The three specifically named defendants
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Three city employees were specifically named in the lawsuit.
Further note that the City Solicitor, whose home overlooks the green for the ninth and final hole of the golf course, is the designated point person for the City of Quincy.
As could only be expected, city solicitor yet again stepped in it during his response to inquiry by the South Coast broadsheet.
Especially telling was how the solicitor yet again posed his usual back pedaling schtick that are things are complicated even though things in this latest koching up are simple: the put upon senior battling cancer is a disabled person given a medical condition and thus ill-treatment by the City of Quincy clearly looks to be a violation of his civil rights per the rules and regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“You did what to this poor man?”
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Accordingly, Mayor Thomas Koch should see the appropriate financial damages are paid out as well as truly contrite apologies are tendered as soon as possible>
Reasons why he should do so include that if he does not do so this dispute is going to be expensive for local taxpayers if this lawsuit go to trial and so likely suffer the usual loss for litigation handled by the City Solicitor.
That and so stinks up not only a courtroom but also public opinion of the Koch Maladministration.
Needless to say, the handicappers in the Quincy Quarry newsroom are betting on at least a triple bogey carded by city officials
## Fighting Back:
The Furnace Brook Golf Course ADA Scandal
A shocking display of discrimination is unfolding right here in Quincy.
A local member —- disabled by a severe illness—experienced a couple of medical accidents in a restroom. Instead of receiving compassion and basic human empathy, he was met with a swift and punitive response. The City of Quincy officially served him with suspension papers AND banning him from setting foot on the course due to his medical condition.
He is now fighting back with a formal lawsuit, and it is time to call this situation exactly what it is: a blatant violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under federal law, punishing an individual for the symptom or result of their disability is illegal. We must demand full accountability, name the individuals responsible, and call for a federal investigation.
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The Blatant ADA Violations
This case features several clear-cut violations of federal civil rights laws:
* Denial of Equal Access: Title II and Title III of the ADA strictly prohibit public entities and places of public accommodation from denying individuals with disabilities the equal enjoyment of their goods, services, and facilities.
* Discriminatory Retaliation: Suspending a member because of a medical accident directly penalizes them for having a disability. A medical event is not a disciplinary infraction.
* Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodation: Rather than accommodating the member’s medical needs or handling the situation with administrative discretion, the city used law enforcement or formal process servers to punish a medical vulnerability.
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## Who Must Be Named in the Civil Rights Action?
For a Civil Rights Action to have teeth, accountability must go beyond a faceless municipality. The lawsuit should explicitly target the decision-makers who signed off on this cruelty:
* The City of Quincy: As the primary public entity overseeing public spaces and municipal operations, the city bears ultimate systemic liability.
* The Mayor of Quincy: As the chief executive officer of the city, the mayor’s office is ultimately responsible for the discriminatory enforcement actions taken by city employees.
* The Furnace Brook Golf Course Management & Board Members: The specific managers and board individuals who initiated the complaint, voted for the suspension, and pushed to oust the member must be personally named for their direct role in the discrimination.
* The Involving City Solicitor / Legal Officials: The specific individuals who drafted and authorized the serving of the formal suspension papers against a disabled citizen.
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A Call for Federal Intervention
Because the City of Quincy has weaponized its own local authority to discriminate against a disabled resident, local channels cannot be trusted to self-police. Federal authorities, including the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), must immediately step in and investigate.
I call upon federal investigators to audit the City of Quincy’s compliance with the ADA and review the discriminatory patterns of the Furnace Brook Golf Course management. A medical emergency is a crisis requiring dignity—not a legal offense warranting a suspension.
Stay tuned as this lawsuit progresses. I stand with this member and will continue to demand justice until every individual responsible is held fully accountable under federal law.
The individual should also consider filing a complaint to the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.
Kocha,
FYI, the City of Quincy City Solicitor committed an undeniable breach of attorney/privilege in another matter.
That and he also looks to have offered up an utterly mistaken legal opinion if he blessed the sanctions imposed in this matter.
Not to make light of this serious situation in any way — stock up on popcorn.
Timmons is a challenged individual. Who could possibly be this evil? Tommy likely told him to write the letter and he did, applicable ADA Code be damned. And as for the others involved, may we hope they end up with the same illnesses and results.
Quin,
Rest assured, worse has already been scheduled — FAFO.
The good news for this guy is that Timmins never wins a case. That wasn’t the point of the public disclosure btw. it was to embarrass this guy to leave, however, city peeps apparently did not expect a federal civil rights lawsuit hitting the fan.
I think Furnace Brook Golf Course would make a great residential subdivision or another 1,000+ condo’s. Direct access to Furnace Brook and Adams Street are great attributes. Plus, the Koch Klub is looking for more targets even if Timmins would have another mad cow as his home overlooks the ninth hole’s green. After all, the mayor helped kill off a hospital so why not a golf course?
I’m sure Squalker will tell us this is restricted too (his sources are questionable). It’s a defense that has to be pierced. Were ARPA funds used properly to buy the 3A Marina and Munroe Building? Can someone ask the Council to address it? Also, the land next to the Historical Society surely could work out as the site for 200 +/- apartments. Asking for a friend.