Board of Aldermen 05-25-2021 Page 52
President Wilshire
Beth?
Beth Scaer | wanted to address....
President Wilshire
Name and address for the record please.
Ms. Scaer_ Mayor Donchess’ testimony.
President Wilshire
Name and address for the record.
Beth Scaer East Hobart Street.
President Wilshire
OK.
Ms. Scaer | just wanted to address Mayor Donchess’ testimony in opposition to SB52 this week which is to
protect our - the City’s spending cap. He suggested that no one in the City was outraged about the spending
of the Mayor and the Aldermen and he also said that because the people pushing to get this passed to protect
our spending cap have their races for Aldermen, then the spending cap is not something people want. He also
pointed out that all you guys are voting in lock step and the spending cap wouldn’t do any good against the lot
of you and your spending, spendthrift ways. | want to tell the Mayor if he is listening that there are a lot of
people who are furious with the spending. We want our spending capped and God willing, someday we will
get some conservative people on the Board and the spending cap will be put to good use. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Is there anyone else wishing to give public comment.
Laurie Ortolano 41 Berkeley Street. | listened to the discussion about the mask ordinance started off ok the
third motion was really disappointing. You know, it is like | am listening to people discuss everything you need
to do micro manage and milk a mouse here. You are supposed to simplify this process and make it easy for
people to come to City Hall and do their business. You are going to draft up a whole bunch of rules and
regulations that people are going to have to follow again when they come in, even knowing what the hours are
that are going to be for certain people. Whether they mask or don’t mask and it puts people in this quandary of
violating rules that they are not even familiar with exist anymore and they’ve got to be conscientious of it and it
just sets up a lot of issues and problems. | don’t think it was necessary. | think it is a control issue. | don’t think
you need to have that level of control. | don’t think you have to put that on the Mayor or anyone else. You
know, open the building. If you open the building and you see issues arise, or there is some outbreak, then you
can readdress it, but that’s the whole purpose of trusting what has gone on with the health program, where we
have taken this and moving forward. | think those City Hall and these Government Buildings are paid for by
the people are really owned by the people and | understand compromised people, let them wear their masks,
hopefully they have vaccinated, they have done what they need to do. If they need to have a mask on they do
it. There’s a lot of email and mail options to get information into City Hall and | don’t think you need special
hours and a special routine for a certain group. | think you just make it as easy as possible to open up your
spaces and let people come use them.
