'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."
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"It feels like the city is for sale," Mahoney said.
People were promised benefits from development, she said, but the only "benefits" have been congested streets and nowhere to shop.
"It seems like the only one who has really truly benefited from this development and from these relationships is you," she said.
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"This is a grassroots campaign," Mahoney said in a phone interview. "Since our announcement, 99% of those contributions are from the residents of Quincy. I'm very proud of that."
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In her interview with the CRC, Mahoney spoke about the need for financial transparency as the city continues experiencing new development and the population growth that has accompanied these developments. Mahoney added the city’s schools will need to grow with the city. The changing demographics of the city should be reflected in the school’s hiring, and Mahoney indicated that making sure our schools are appropriately staffed includes educators who specialize in helping students with mental health issues as well as those who work with our most vulnerable populations.
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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.
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“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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
