Board of Aldermen 11-23-2021 Page 33
where Greeley is. You can see how close those homes are to it. It would be a shame. It would be a shame because those
trees, the outer trees, also protect the inner trees. The inner trees are not as strong as the outer trees are. Once we remove
that, we have wind shear issues. We have other things. We will destroy that portion of Greeley Park I'm convinced of it. No,
I'm not an arborist. No, | don't have that information but | have enough intelligence know what will happen and | do not want
to see that happen.
| agree with what Alderman Lopez said. Our key is to be looking at, you know, the people that are sleeping in doorways and
people are sleeping on the streets, the people that have been sleeping at Greeley Park at times. We've seen encampments
in there and so on. Those are the people we need to look for as far as homes and so on are concermed.
The comment, which | thought was a little curt that we had cancelled the Finance meeting because two people - well, | think
she said, the majority of the people went to that meeting. There were two and the bottom line is if the others had shown up,
it would not have had to been changed. But we have people that don't come to the meetings. So if you want to get a little
curt by it, talk about that. | apologize for being a little rude here, but | thought that was an unnecessary comment. There
were two people from the Finance Committee meeting - myself and the Mayor that went to their meeting. Both of us are
Ward 3 residents. | represent the people of Ward 3 and | should have been there. Whether you like it or not, that's where
my place was with the constituents of Ward 3. | was proud to be there. | was happy to hear this presentation. | had heard it
just days before because they were kind enough to show it to me ahead of time. We found out about this. It was not on the
market. It was within the right of the seller. The family has a right to sell to whoever they want and we as a city and the
citizens have the right to say we don't like it. It's not animby. It's not a thing of not in my backyard. It is don't hurt my park
that affects the entire city.
As was mentioned, we have well over 1,500 people that have signed the petition and they are not from Ward 3. They are
from all over Nashua. All over the State. They're all over the place because Greeley Park means a lot to a lot of people. If
you look on any Sunday when | go walking through there, there are people that are picnicking there on that side of Greeley
Park. A lot of the license plates are from Massachusetts. We get a lot of people that come here. So to just dismiss this -
and | do appreciate all of those members who said no to the suspension and | can understand that - | think you're right to
deal with what you feel is right and no one should be criticizing you. I'm glad it's moving forward. | think it is deserves its day
in court and we'll see what happens. No decision was made here today and no decision will be made at any single meeting
but we do need to talk about it. So thank you very much Madam President.
President Wilshire
You're welcome.
Alderman O'Brien
Thank you, Madam President. | would really would like to congratulate John Griffin to his new accepted duties. | wish him
the best of luck. | have known since serving this Board for six years work with him. My prior life being on the Fire
Department with the Fire Department budget. | know the work that he does and fully confident that he will continue in his
new position and service professionally.
And the final thing probably similar to what some of the other Aldermen said, oh, by gosh, by golly, it's time for mistletoe and
holly. Here we go right into Thanksgiving. So | want to first wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving. Don't eat too much.
Remember the Pepto Bismol. Have fun, be careful driving, and everything. But also, too, keep in mind, this is the season of
giving as much as it receiving. There’s a lot of charities out there. We go to the markets, we'll see the guy with the kettle.
Maybe it's time to partake, open the wallet, and contribute.
Yes, Alderman Lopez is correct. At any given night, you can drive to by the portico of St. Patrick's Church and see people
sleeping right down on Main Street. That is very sad and that needs to be addressed. But unfortunately, not at this
particular time. So the best way that we all can compensate for that is to accept the season that was coming upon us and to
remember people who are less fortunate. If you are fortunate to make the proper contributions to the charities that will go
back to the ones in need. | thank you, Madam President. Thank you.
Alderman Clemons
Thank you, Madam President. In regards to previous speakers comments about what | said. If | referred to somebody as
crazy or | called people crazy, like that's because I'm crazy. So sometimes | can, you know, | Know one | see one. But what
| meant to say was the person not living in reality. And there's reality and then there a person's perception. If you think that
the city government is not a republic and you think that the city government is a dictatorship and you go around telling people
