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Yet another scalping of Mayor Koch …
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Boston Mayor Michelle announced on Sunday public policy television news show On the Record that the City of Boston would shortly be taking next steps to effect its plans to finally rebuild its Long Island Bridge and renovate its facilities on Long Island for primarily substance abuse treatment and related services.
In particular, Mayor Wu expects to see various final permittings needed to be secured shortly to then pursue what she concurrently acknowledged would be a multi-year and high ticket project.
Further, while outweighed considerably by Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch, Mayor Wu has him on reach, including that her plans for Long Island are for it to become a regional substance abuse treatment center.
Plus, Wu’s making the first check into the boards on a Sunday political policy television show sets the stage for then scoring as much subsequent prime media coverage this week, if not also going forward thereafter.
Accordingly, the touts on the Quincy Quarry News Sports and Gaming desk has upped the already prohibitive odds favoring Mayor Wu in this long ongoing dispute.
So what also that Mayor Koch surely thought in recent days that the forced resignation of now former US Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins would be the end of the feds’ investigation into whether Koch’s long-ongoing koch-blocking of the City of Boston’s plans to rebuild its bridge entailed civil rights violations, the reality of it all is that Mayor Koch and by extension the City of Quincy have consistently to date struck out in court on its so found to be illegal attempts to stop the City of Boston from rebuilding its rebuild its bridge on its dime to its wholly-owned Long Island.
Even so, “(a) spokesperson for Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said the city’s opposition has not changed.”
Not that this stated opposition is likely to accomplish anything as at this point Quincy Mayor Koch does not have a legal leg to stand on to stop Boston at this point nor is he likely see all that many votes from Squantum residents come November’s mayoral election.
Granted, Mayor Wu did state that Boston would be exploring the possibility of using ferry service instead of a bridge; however, such was surely a sop, if not also a feign, as Boston’s fire chief has previously announced that relying on ferry service would pose grave safety problems and thus by extension approving the use of ferry service permanently would not be happening. Additionally, various others with varying levels of say about such things are of a similar mind that ferry services would not be approved for reasons ranging from safety to liability.
Further, operationally as well as probably also environmentally, ferry service would likely be more to far more costly as well as variously otherwise a way more difficult way to go than rebuilding the bridge and which – again – various courts have ruled the City of Boston has every legal right to do the legal right to do no matter what Mayor Koch and NIMBY’s in Squantum might mistakenly believe.
Unknown, however, is if Quincy Mayor Koch plans to continues to foolishly push back and so only further increase the likelihood that the City of Quincy could be hit with an Americans with Disability Act Civil Rights violation lawsuit for illegally koch-blocking the bridge.
In turn, depending on what Mayor Koch might now foolishly try, Quincy taxpayers could well end up finding themselves on the hooks for paying for ten of millions to perhaps even more in court ordered damages care of Mayor Koch’s pursuing nonsense on behalf of Squanum NIMBY’s.
“Let’s make a deal (I’ve gotta fake a deal …)”
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More likely, however,,Koch will probably end up settling if> For example, the City of Boston pays for the renovation of the state’s makeshift Squatnum Point ferry terminal so that the City of Boston can use ferries to commence needed renovation of Long Island infrastructure until such time as a new bridge is completed.
So what if far better mitigation provided the City of Boston would be see it help out on the cost of upgrading the Squantum causeway so as to better able to weather high water events as climate change likely continues.
At the same time, no way should one expect the City of Boston to permanently subsidize the currently massively subsidized by the City of Quincy ferry service between Squantum Point and Boston’s Long Wharf.
After all, daily ridership runs in but the dozens and thus well less than the ferryboat’s capacity. Reasons include that ferry service has long been even slower from home to work and back then suffering traffic on the Central Artery, working from home has surely further reduced ferry ridership.
Additionally, ferry service is both seasonal as well as subject to weather-caused cancellation.
That and how to the best of Quincy Quarry News’ understanding this ferry service does not offer adult beverage service and thus one more reason to not rely opt for going on a slow harbor cruise however otherwise scenic.
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