What the Q?
Humorous, bizarre and strange stories involving Quincy, Massachusetts and which those in the know refer to as “The Q”.
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Quincy City Hall prepares for today's snow storm
<![CDATA[ – News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News Quincy City Hall prepares for today’s snow storm. Apparently private sector assistance has been arranged to help keep the City Hall VIP parking lot clear as per the photographic findings of a Quincy Quarry photo team crew crawling home last night after hoisting more than just […]
Koch campaign fund whacked twice more over illegal contributions
– News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News Koch campaign fund whacked twice more over illegal contributions. In two separate rulings, the heads of two trucking companies who have long provided contracted services to the City of Quincy have been sanctioned by the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance over their use of straw […]
Quincy Homeowners In Top Property Tax Increase Bracket In 2016
– News impacting Quincy covered by Quincy Quarry News Quincy homeowners in top property tax increase bracket in 2016. Per data cited in the Boston broadsheet, many long financially hard-pressed Quincy homeowners now face among the largest local property tax bill increases in Commonwealth in 2016. As reported by Quincy Quarry previously, Quincy taxpayers been […]
Quincy Old City Hall remodeling review finally hits the fan
– Quincy news and review from Quincy Quarry News Quincy’s Old City Hall remodeling redo review finally hits the fan. After some weeks of haggling, Quincy Quarry was fortunate to have a small fortune available to engage the services of internationally known architect I. M. Wright to review the Koch Maladministration’s redo of Quincy’s old […]
Quincy locals do not expect Koch plans for Quincy Center to succeed
<![CDATA[ – News from elsewhere covered by Quincy Quarry News Quincy locals do not expect Mayor Thomas P. Koch’s plans for Quincy Center to succeed. Per an online poll conducted by the South Shore broadsheet, locals overwhelmingly did not find favor with Mayor Koch’s latest redevelopment plans for Quincy Center at a rate of almost […]
Koch Maladministration errantly acknowledges its massive property tax hikes
– Quincy news from Quincy Quarry News Koch Maladministration errantly acknowledges its massive property tax hikes. The Koch Maladministration’s latest Annual Tax Rate and Financial Report errantly as well as finally noted the maladministration’s massive 13.5% local property tax hike in 2009. This increase far outstripped most other Massachusetts municipalities tax hikes that year as […]
Quincy Councillor exposes from the grave how Koch cooked the books
<![CDATA[ – Quincy news from the other side covered by Quincy Quarry News Quincy Councillor Brian McNamee exposéd how Mayor Koch has cooked the City of Quincy’s books. The recently departed councillor has detailed changes in one of the many ways that the Koch Maladministration abuses local taxpayers: it took the local water and sewer service […]
Quincy alleged detail double dipper under Attorney General investigation
— News from elsewhere covered by Quincy Quarry News As anticipated by Quincy Quarry, the City of Quincy’s Consiglieri conceded that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office has opened an investigation into apparent detail pay abuse by Quincy Police Lieutenant Thomas Corliss. That the matter is under investigation by the Attorney General underscores the potential […]
Quirk gets quirked by state over illegal campaign contributions
– Quincy news from Quincy Quarry News Quirk gets quirked by state over illegal campaign contributions. Both Quincy and Braintree car mogul Dan Quirk was fined $60,000.00 by the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance over his making excessive campaign contributions to politicians via straw third parties. In yet another Quincy Quarry exclusive, the […]
Quincy Number One Ward Heeler facing new ethical problems
<![CDATA[ – Quincy news from Quincy Quarry News Quincy’s Number One Ward Heeler facing new ethical problems. As long promised, Quincy Quarry is finally publishing its latest exposé in addition to previous ones that the Quarry has published on Quincy’s Number One Ward Heeler. Courtesy of Quincy Quarry sources both high but mostly low, the Quarry is aware […]
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