Dan Brink
QUINCY — The 2025 Illinois consolidated primary is 351 days away. We still have the 2024 primary to get through on March 19 and the general election on November 5. But we now know we have at least two Republicans running to be Quincy’s next mayor. The incumbent, Mike Troup, made it official Monday morning…
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QUINCY — Linda Moore will retire as the city’s treasurer on Dec. 31, and she says her immediate plans are to travel with her 89-year-old mother. “The first place will be Elizabethtown, Pa. I have great nieces who are 7 months old,” Moore said. “We’ve only seen them once, so we’re anxious to go and…
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QUINCY — The race for the election of a mayor in Quincy officially got under way on Friday when Dan Brink filed a Statement of Organization for a political committee with the Illinois State Board of Elections office in Springfield. Citizens to Elect Dan Brink for Mayor, affiliated with the Republican Party, was created with…
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The recent Quincy City Council’s vote of no confidence in Mayor Mike Troup and his response indicate a lack of understanding on the part of the mayor regarding how our city operates. As someone who previously served as a Republican alderman, I support a strong city council that delegates authority to the mayor. A system…
Read Full Article As a former Republican alderman in Quincy, I have a vested interest in the success of the city and the residents. It is therefore with great concern that I write this letter to question the current mayor’s actions that have undermined public safety. First and foremost, the mayor should not publicly criticize department leaders. It…
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QUINCY — A simple 50-50 raffle — with a big twist — has turned Thursday nights at the Knights of Columbus grounds on South 36th Street into the biggest must-attend party of the spring. It’s guaranteed to last at least one more week. No one kept attendance figures, but at least a couple thousand people were…
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QUINCY — Father Steven Arisman, pastor at St. Francis Solanus Church, vividly remembers the first time he realized something needed to be done about traffic on a stretch of College Street that runs from 17th to 18th Street between the church and the grade school. “There was one lady who (turned west off 18th Street),…
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