Mayor Wu of Boston showed a better way
Check out what Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said in 2022 when she argued against raises for herself and city councilors (https://www.cbsnews.com/.../boston-mayor-michelle-wu.../).
Councilors later overrode her veto but delayed Wu's salary boost til 2026 and made their boosts take effect gradually over three years (https://www.boston.com/.../tweaking-approach-boston-city.../).
Still, what a difference from Quincy, where the mayor proposed a 79% raise for himself and 58% raises for councilors to start in January. The council voted once to approve the mayor's raise and will make a final vote on that, along with discussing and voting on their own raises, on Monday, June 17.
I'll be at City Hall that day to protest the process and the size of the raise starting at 5:30 pm. Join me! And fill out the poll at bit.ly/quincyraise if you also oppose this raise!
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This post was adapted from a Facebook post from Maggie McKee
