Board of Aldermen 02-22-2022 Page 4
Tony Storace
We were writing the book on that. So | can tell you from the Board of Health standpoint, we're happy. If you want to
rescind it, we'll leave it up to the Board of Aldermen to make that decision. | think you should take a bow. | know there
was a lot of pressure, but we achieve the goals that we came out to do. Thank you.
Laurie Ortolano
Laurie Orlando, 41 Berkeley Street. Just a couple things. | want to thank Alderman Moran for bringing forth this motion to
consider lifting it tonight. | Know that citizens appreciate it no matter what happens. It's very representative, | think, of
where the public stands and how they feel about you know moving this on. So | appreciate what you did.
Mayor Donchess | did send you an e-mail and | asked if you would address what you're doing with City Hall if this
mandate is lifted, | think it's important that we know that. | talked to Alderwoman Timmons today and she was going to
address it here at the meeting for me. | didn't know masks would be allowed to be discussed so I'm bringing it up. But |
would like it to be clearly understood by us that you're on board in lifting this in City Hall. | think it's been pretty ridiculous
that all your staff is behind this thick glass not really wearing masks and moving around and the citizens come in pretty
light flow, pretty light group of people coming in and we're all forced to wear masks and no matter what amount of time we
spend in the building. | don't think its representative of what's going on anymore, and | think it needs to be lifted, and I'm
concerned that you stuck in solidarity with what the schools were doing when you flip this mask thing back into City Hall in
September and not out in the public. So please support your community fully and make certain you make it clear tonight
what you're doing with the masks.
| do disagree with Dr. Storace. | don't know that he's correct that the masks worked. Yippee, we know it. | don't think we
really know that with the data. | think masks work too. They do work but | think the amount in what you get from a mask
based on what I've read doesn't benefit or way out with what's really going on. | don't know how Dr. Storace can say that
Nashua having a mask ordinance with a dozen towns surround us that service the hospitals not having an ordinance
really made the difference of keeping the hospital load low. | just don't know how you can say that. | mean | really want
something more definitive than the number went down. What would Dr. Storace say if we didn't have the mask mandate,
and the numbers went down that way? Oh, the masks weren't needed. But we don't know. It's not the experiment we’re
running. | don't like data used this way and | don't think we're being consistent and reasonable with how we review our
data. | was a big advocate last night and | spoke at my first Board of Education meeting to get these masks off the kids. |
think the Nashua School Board...
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
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Laurie Ortolano
... made some really bad mistakes and parents who want choice in education have to leave this district. This is not the
place to educate your kids. Thank you.
Laura Colquhoun
Laura Colquhoun, 30 Greenwood drive. I'm asking the Board of Aldermen to vote against this ordinance 22-002 that
allows an alderman participating in meetings to video teleconferencing to be the presiding officer and conduct the
meeting. To allow the aldermen to use video teleconferencing to be the presiding officer and conduct the meeting is
totally unacceptable. This is no way to conduct business for the City of Nashua. It would be a tremendous disservice to
the Nashua residents if you allow this ordinance to go through. Part of the responsibility to the Nashua residents is to be
physically have the Board of Aldermen attend all meetings.
I'm also asking the Board to lift the mask mandate. Please let the Nashua residents get back to living and stop putting
fear in everybody's lives. | thank you.
Beth Scaer
Beth Scaer, 111 East Hobart Street. | wanted to say thanks to Alderman Moran for proposing this removing the mask
ordinance or rescinding it. I'm glad to hear that you're considering voting on it tonight and | hope you do rescind it. | think
it's been very bad for businesses in Nashua. | hear from so many people who are avoiding shopping in the city because
of it. And in the same topic, | wanted to thank the Board of Ed. members that voted to lift the masks mandate on the kids -
