Mayor Thomas Koch is pursuing a $285,000 salary, which would be a 79 jump from his current salary of about $159,000.
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Quincy residents are galvanizing to slash the proposed nearly-80 percent raise for Mayor Thomas Koch and force all future raises for elected officials to be approved through a citywide vote.
“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,” said Salvatore Balsamo, one of the residents organizing the petition. “It’s not a way to run a government.”…