Board of Aldermen October 25, 2016
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Carroll, 91 % Chandler Street
| have been hospitalized three times in the last six months in the mental health ward because doctors
don’t see anything on me. This airborne chemical is microscopic like dust. You do see it on the streets,
sidewalks, parks, yards, schools and libraries. You also see it on the dashboard of your car but you don’t
see it on you. | went to a new internist in May as my internist that | had for two years thinks | am
hallucinating. | went doctor shopping and found another doctor and I’ve had two skin scrapings over the
summer and they found nothing. | saw a dermatologist yesterday in Boston and she would not biopsy
me because all she found was lumps and dry skin. | guess a lump isn’t going to tell you that you have
something under the skin. | did take a sample from my car and | told her what is in the car is inside me
but with no cuts and rashes then no biopsies. I’ve been seeing the glass on me three times a week since
March, outside, most of the time in the sun. Heidi does not believe me, she tells me to my face that it is
a perception of mine. It’s a common sense, what is on the dashboard is inside of me. | know what | did
and | know what she did. | played with fire and burned myself. Heidi Peek played with fire and burnt the
whole world. Every person in all seven continents has some type of mineral or chemical that feels like
and looks like glass in the pores of their skin, in their cars and their clothes. Heidi did nothing, she did
not call the police department or poison control, she called a psychiatrist and still three years later she is
calling a psychiatrist every time | go see her. We all different, it's an allergy. Our allergies are different
just like our favorite color. | guess if the whole world ends in ten years that’s on Heidi and not on me.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Lopez
| wanted to express my condolences to the family of Amber Carroll.
| also wanted to invite anyone who would like to participate to the Nashua Crop Walk. It’s a good way to
walk in solidarity with people who are less fortunate around the world and to raise money for local
charities such as the Nashua Soup Kitchen.
Alderman Siegel
| would like to thank Fred Teeboom for all of the work that he has done. There is no doubt that the
memorial is a very good thing and | would like to thank him. I’m sure my colleagues would echo that as
well.
| would also like to thank the Mayor and the city staff. We are a city but we actually have a small town
heart and that was very clear in the wake of this tragedy. Everyone worked very hard and | appreciate
that and all of the sentiment. | think the Mayor and his staff did the best job possible under pretty horrible
circumstances.
Finally, congratulation on becoming a dad to Alderman Schoneman, welcome to the club.
Alderman Deane
| would like to echo with what Ken had to say. Jim, you and your staff did a great job handling what was
a terrible accident. Things are being addressed but it’s terrible to see such a young life taken.
I’d like to send my condolences out to the family and friends of Mark McAffee who passed away last
week at the age of 23 years old; another young life taken. As a city everybody came together and
provided due diligence on what had happened. There was a lot going on at the time in the city behind
