Board of Aldermen 5-26-2020 Page 8
Attorney Bolton
The way | recall what occurred, the Clerk read all of the communications and before the President did
anything, Alderman Klee raised some concerns about one of those communications. The President
indicated that she would exclude that from the ones she would accept and place on file. She has indicated
that all of the others, unless there’s an objection, would be accepted and placed on file. | think the
appropriate thing at this point in time, is that if anyone has objections to any of the other communications
they be raised. If not, there is one communication that is still unaddressed. So people could, any member
of the Board could move that be accepted, could move that anything else be done with it, it could be
referred to a Committee. It could be responded to in an appropriate way. But before you now is the
President’s indication that she will accept and place on file all of the other communications. So the most
immediate thing facing you is whether anyone objects to any of those communications.
Alderman Jette
| have no objection to any of the others. | thought you had said if there was no objection, they would all be
accepted, except the one referenced to by Alderman Klee. So | guess | would like to make a motion that
that communication also be accepted and placed on file and the reading waived.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE TO ACCEPT MRS. ORTOLANO’S COMMUNICATION BE ACCEPTED
AND PLACED ON FILE WITH THE READING WAIVED
ON THE QUESTION
President Wilshire
Further discussion on that Motion? Alderman Klee.
Alderman Klee
Thank you, Madam President. My objection to this particular is that it very specifically states, please
include this Blog, and goes on to print the Blog that was there. | believe that the Blog was, in fact, written
by Mrs. Ortolano, | asked her, the comment to the effect that it was. However, this is going into the public
record. If the public were to pick this up, they could it was nothing more than a Nashua Telegraph article,
rather than someone’s personal opinion, the person that in fact is asking for it to be there. | just want to
make sure that this communication when it goes in, anybody reading it now or in the future, understands
that this was, in fact, written by Mrs. Ortolano. It is not signed on the bottom as if it is hers. It is nowhere
said “this is my Blog” and this is why | object to it. | have no problem, once she indicates that this is her
Blog for the Public Record to have it put into the file.
President Wilshire
Do you have anything further Alderman Jette?
Alderman Jette
So if she admitted that it was hers, can’t we just note that it was from her? | mean this is just a
communication from a person in the public it doesn’t mean that anything in it is accurate or inaccurate or
true or untrue. The public has a right to communicate. | just don’t understand why we would exclude that.
But | would, | see you have your hand up so I'll wait and hear what you’ve got to say.
