'I have to do this.' Mahoney announces bid for Quincy at-large councilor
"I really didn't think I was going to be running," she told The Patriot Ledger. "I feel as though I have to do this. I still think I have something I can offer our city, to help guide and direct our leaders, and most importantly, to speak for taxpayers and renters, so we can all feel as though we’re getting a fair shot."
'We can push back': Quincy councilors bristle at state mandate for more housing
The state is saying that we have a mandate for this, that we have to say yes to these things. We can push back and say, ‘Wait. Until the T fixes the problems that it has, and the commuter rail and the MBTA starts working, we shouldn’t be pushed to actually say yes to any of these things.
Quincy golf course clubhouse could be razed as soon as September
“So it's doubled in price," she said. "The price you had estimated was between $5 (million) and $6 million; now it's almost $14 (million). The size is the same. The same square footage. People who don't golf don't want to spend this kind of money.”
Quincy City Council votes on city's LARGEST budget on record, including pay hikes
Mahoney harshly criticized the administration for what she called unfair and opaque salary adjustments.
"The disparity through gender bias in pay is blatantly obvious," she said, pointing to the lack of women making $170,000 or more.
See which Quincy employees are slated for raises; some as big as $30,000
City Councilor-at-Large Anne Mahoney said the raises were worthy of more discussion than being lumped into the budget process, and that she doubts they're fair to every employee.
Quincy mayor spends another $1.8 million on building downtown: Where the money came from
She asked for a report regarding the purchase and a comprehensive explanation of how much DIF money has been spent since the last allocation and on what. The motion was moved into the finance and oversight committees.
"This was not identified as what we thought we were going to be using this money for," Mahoney said.
Quincy considers another long-term lease with Granite Links golf course
Quincy City Councilor Anne Mahoney wants more information about the deal, and how future development would affect a nearby dangerous intersection at Ricciuti Drive.
Quincy council approves $23 million more for public safety building
The vote at the Nov. 21 Council meeting was 7 to 1, with Councilor Anne Mahoney voting against the spending. She said she supported the police but objected to the administration’s failure to use federal COVID relief money to avoid passing the entire cost to taxpayers. Mahoney also questioned whether the design had been revised to save money.
City Councilor Anne Mahoney's 'City Limits' podcast to focus on Quincy issues
"It's all about getting back to local," Anne Mahoney said. "With the pandemic, we were all so focused on the federal level and everything that was going on nationwide with the presidential election. ... As we got back to focusing on the local level, we realized it was hard for publications and even QATV to get the news out. We thought this would be an alternative."