Quincy Election News 2007

Source: Patriot Ledger (http://www.patriotledger.com)

Quincy debate focuses on who's greener - Oct. 10, 2007

Official quits over senior center plan: Elder services director says he was 'kept in dark' - Oct. 10, 2007

Senior center plan questioned: Pair of city officials hit proposal's timing - Oct 4, 2007

Everywhere signs: Placards proliferate as politicians make their pitches - Oct 3, 2007

Candidate auditions to begin: Mayoral, city council, school board hopefuls in Quincy gear for debates - Oct. 1, 2007

DIRT, RUMORS & RELATIVES: This mayoral race has it all; It’s a fact that Phelan and Koch have wide family ties in Quincy - Sept 29, 2007


Official quits over senior center plan: Elder services director says he was 'kept in dark' - Oct. 10, 2007

Senior center plan questioned: Pair of city officials hit proposal's timing - Oct 4, 2007

Everywhere signs: Placards proliferate as politicians make their pitches - Oct 3, 2007

Candidate auditions to begin: Mayoral, city council, school board hopefuls in Quincy gear for debates - Oct. 1, 2007

DIRT, RUMORS & RELATIVES: This mayoral race has it all; It’s a fact that Phelan and Koch have wide family ties in Quincy - Sept 29, 2007


Official quits over senior center plan: Elder services director says he was 'kept in dark' - Oct. 10, 2007

Senior center plan questioned: Pair of city officials hit proposal's timing - Oct 4, 2007

Everywhere signs: Placards proliferate as politicians make their pitches - Oct 3, 2007

Candidate auditions to begin: Mayoral, city council, school board hopefuls in Quincy gear for debates - Oct. 1, 2007

DIRT, RUMORS & RELATIVES: This mayoral race has it all; It’s a fact that Phelan and Koch have wide family ties in Quincy - Sept 29, 2007


Strike wounds still healing - Classes resume in Quincy on Wednesday after a bitter teacher contract battle
QUINCY - Angry teachers outside the mayor’s office chanted Phelan is a failure’’ and Tell the truth.’’ Parents scrambled to make child care arrangements and make up for canceled end-of-year activities. There were ...
- Sep. 4, 2007

Quincy mayoral debate becomes slugfest: Phelan, Koch use forum to lambaste each other’s record
QUINCY - Mayor William Phelan linked his challenger, Tom Koch, to problems in the administration of former Mayor James Sheets while Koch charged Phelan with mismanaging the Quincy High School construction project. Those were two of the issues on whi...
- Aug. 22, 2007

Phelan, Koch to meet in first debate tonight
QUINCY - Mayor William Phelan and challenger Tom Koch square off tonight in their first debate. The debate begins at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Hall on Darrow Street in Houghs Neck. The Houghs Neck Community Council organized the event. It is expec...
- Aug. 21, 2007

Candidates at odds over teacher pact: Five hopefuls for school committee in Quincy face off at forum
QUINCY - School committee members up for re-election defended the contract signed with teachers in June as fair to them and taxpayers, while one candidate for the board said the four-day strike at the end of the school year reflected a lack of leade...
- Aug. 15, 2007

OUR VIEW: Time is a campaign issue
One of the positive consequences of contested local elections is that pocketbook and backyard issues of importance to the average citizen become candidates’ focal points. Some campaign proposals are made and forgotten, some are pie-in-the-sky ...
- Aug. 11, 2007

Mayor hopefuls agree on drug problem, but not on policy
QUINCY - Quincy Mayor William Phelan refers to it as the issue of drug use’’ in the city. Tom Koch, who is campaigning against Phelan, prefers stronger language: spiraling drug problem.’’ Differences between the mayoral oppo...
- Aug. 9, 2007

Blazing a political trail: 2 Chinese-Americans bid to be 1st on council
QUINCY - If either Victor Ng or Jimmy Liang is sitting at the city council table come January, he will have achieved a first in Quincy: an Asian-American getting elected to public office. Despite having one of the highest percentages of Asian resi...
- Jul. 21, 2007