Graham, Donna
From: Laurie Ortolano
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2022 4:35 PM
Ta; Graham, Donna
Ce: Board of Aldermen; Cummings, Tim; Sullivan, Matthew; Kathy Cardin; Blaisdell, Marylou;
Richard Lannan
Subject: Omit my email today for the board packet and use this one.
Attachments: RTK 2022-752(Mayor, ED) Response 2022-04-04-2.pdf; Nashua Downtown Barriers PIC
2022-02-11.pdf
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Donna,
I had a math error. Here is the corrected Document
Good Morning,
As you all know, the Mayor's Office sent on March 25, 2022, raw data collected in July and
August for Expanded Outdoor Dining. The raw data came with no explanation whatsoever.
As you all know, I wrote back to the Mayor's office and asked for any records that would offer
an explanation for the data collected. Yesterday, April 4, 2022, I received a response with the
following information contained in the records. The Mayor created a fictitious story with
unverifiable data to maintain expanded outdoor dining and barriers for 2022.
[1] the survey was conducted in 2021
[2] The survey was conducted by an intern named Alexander Chen. He appears to be an intern
who worked for Tim Cummings in Economic Development. His last day of employment was
August 25, 2021.
[3] Mr. Chen created a barrier report on August 13, 2021, but continued to gather data to the
end of August and it appears the numbers are lower than what was tallied in July.
[4] If San Francisco’s claims that almost all customers prefer outdoor dining on nice day, it
mean their business volume is very low and that business faces significant challenges. It is
doubtful that expanded outdoor dining will impact profitability.
[5] The Mayor’s statements in the State of the City address were not credible and the City
continues to misrepresent information which erodes public trust and confidence in leadership.
