Board of Aldermen 03-09-2021 Page 46
have the pandemic so please be careful. Follow the guidelines that are out there and it’s a great day to be Irish,
it's a great day to be an American. So enjoy it properly, please be careful. If you need an Uber or something like
that much more better and enjoy the corn beef and cabbage which | would like to dispel the rumor, it is not really
lrish it just happened to be cheapest piece of meat the Irish could afford back then. You go to Ireland they'll look
at you like you have 8 heads if you ask for corn beef. | think now they would give it to you but it is more
American-lrish than anything else. To my Irish friends, Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Alderman Harriott-Gathright?
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
| just want to say thank you to our lawyers and that staff, | think they are wonderful. | kind of taken offense
sometimes when people throw stabs at them because | know that they work very hard for the City. | also want to
mention and agree with my colleague O’Brien in terms of people that are worried about when the mask
ordinance and things of that nature will end in New Hampshire, but | really do depend on our Health Department
as well as our Governor. But he is the one that has the State issues going on. And there are a lot of Bills there
to retract his statements otherwise to make it appear as though he doesn’t have the power to do anything in this
State. So | am going to just say that people need to pay attention to that because after the insurgence in DC, |
feel as though sometimes that there’s a group rising here in NH for the same type of situation. So | just want to
say that we really need to keep our ears open and our eyes clear so that we can see what is truly happening in
New Hampshire. Because sometimes | feel as though people are really missing the real factors in New
Hampshire.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Anyone else? Second bite at the apple Alderman O’Brien?
Alderman O’Brien
Yes | just received a text just for the general information. Unfortunately Alderman Lu’s lap top battery has died so
she won't be on the next vote, but just to explain her absence. And Madam President, are you looking for a
motion?
President Wilshire
In a minute | will be.
Alderman O’Brien
OK then I'll give you that minute, thank you Madam President.
President Wilshire
Thank you. | don’t see anyone else that was looking to speak so | just wanted to throw in a few words here. |
know Cathy Belknap; I’ve known Sandy Belknap for well over 25 years | believe. They are great people, really
the salt of the earth, would do anything for anyone, worked hard at the polls, worked hard at everything, had the
most beautiful garden | think I’ve seen in the City, just a fantasy land of flowers and beauty. It is really amazing,
really stunning. But Cathy was a very hard worker, she enjoyed working at the polls, being out with people, very,
very nice person and she will be truly missed. The other thing | wanted to chime in on too is our legal office and
the quality and the great staff we have up there. So to you Attorney Bolton and your staff, thank you.
