Quincy residents are rallying against a proposed salary increase for Mayor Thomas Koch, aiming to reduce it from $285,000 to $183,000. The increase represents a 79% jump from his current pay of approximately $159,000. Citizens argue that all future raises for elected officials should require citywide approval. A petition seeks to collect 6,000 signatures by September to support this initiative, emphasizing that the proposed raise far exceeds local salary averages for workers, including teachers.
"I can't see how any mayor or city council would have the power to give themselves raises and not have any kind of feedback. It's not a way to run a government."
"We're not against the mayor having a raise... so that's why we proposed a 2 percent raise for every year he didn't receive a raise. That's how we arrived at the $183,000."
"It was so much greater than what the average person in Quincy makes, and so much higher than the average annual pay increases that our teachers and other city workers get."
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