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Read some of Maggie’s thoughts on local issues; many were written as letters to The Quincy Sun
An appeal for state oversight of golf course deal
State legislators are weighing whether to support the City of Quincy’s request to waive state rules on leases and open bidding processes so that the Granite Links Golf Club can operate on public land for another 80 years. Residents can submit written comments on the question through July 1.
City deals favor developers over residents
Other Massachusetts cities want to charge minor fees for high-end real estate sales to help fund affordable housing. Quincy is going in the opposite direction
New elderly affordable housing units planned for Wollaston
A 94-unit building for low-income elderly residents is planned for an empty lot behind 80 Clay Street
Fact-checking city’s explanation of negative debt rating outlook
Is the S&P lowing the debt outlook rating of "virtually every municipality" in the US "due to the uncertainty of federal aid”?
The Quincy City Council is not following its own rules for hearings and debate
The Quincy City Council should follow its own rules to hold monthly public hearings and to rigorously debate issues on behalf of residents
Is the city council fulfilling its duties?
With inflation high and recession looming, it’s more critical than ever to make sure that every line item in the city’s budget is worth its cost – especially when that cost is about to balloon by 50%, like the councilors’ salaries
Saint statues do not represent taxpayer interests
A letter to city councilors and the mayor about the saint statues commissioned for the new police headquarters
Let’s greet Eastern Nazarene families with hope, not fear
Releasing fear’s hold on us opens up possibilities: for connection, creativity, grace
City should treat residents as partners
If a loved one regularly made decisions that affected you without consulting you at all, and you only found out about those decisions after the fact, perhaps through strangers on social media, how would you feel?
Listen to those with experience
Before I had my son, I thought I knew what good parenting looked like
Historic treasures should be preserved
Imagine a machine first built in John Adams’s time that has chugged along without a hiccup for 200 years. Such machines exist here in Quincy - in the form of mature trees