Board of Aldermen 02-22-2022 Page 35
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Thank you.
Alicen Hogan
Thank you.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderwoman Timmons
Thank you President Wilshire. The last speaker spoke about the heckling. | didn't Know who did it because | wasn't
looking over there. That's number one. So | just know that they were being heckled. | don't look over there. | don't care
who have over there.
Secondly, | like to clarify something. When | say my opinion, it wasn't - and I think the person heard it wrong. | didn't say
my opinion was more better than her opinion is that my opinion count. And so to the masses that do not come to the
Board. Their opinions count as well. | get a lot of e-mails from people that refuse to come to the Board meetings because
of certain people that's here at the Board meeting also that will not wear a mask. So that's what | get from the majority of
the people that write me and that's all | have to say.
Alderman Thibeault
Yeah | got a few things to say as always. So | just, you know, as far as Miss Sage goes when she spoke, | hope she's still
on and | hope she heard that because obviously if you can hear the laughing on the phone you don't have the background
any more than we do. So hopefully she heard that. Obviously, you know, I'm sorry for that loss. It's awful. | (inaudible)
with Alderman Moran too. | Know mental health has been a serious problem. It was a serious problem before and it's
even probably more so now. So | get that.
To Miss Johnson, | guess we got a little thing going back two nights in a row here. But last night she said we were
definitely rescinding the order tonight. When a high school student corrected her just to say it wasn't definite. She said
get your facts straight. So when | spoke, | said you know, you don't have a crystal ball but | guess | was wrong. She does
have a crystal ball. We did rescind it. She's got one on me so there you go.
I’m glad masks are gone honestly. Like | said, | was still gonna vote my principle and I'm still gonna vote the way that | felt
for the children of the schools, and my constituents in Ward 8, and with the Board of Health. But at the end of the day, I'm
hoping that the masks going way, obviously it doesn't sound like it with whole barrier issue, but I'm hoping with the mask
issue that we do get some of the nastiness in general on both sides of the coin to go away because it's just, you know, it's
not pleasant for anybody. It's not so much me. | don't care what people say about me or to me, it's more about people
who can't defend themselves. My vote is never going to be or should never be to try to do a good faith effort. It's going to
be what | think is right for my constituents or what | hear. If | don't agree with Alderman Cathey or | don't agree with
Alderman Moran or Alderman Klee, that's okay. It doesn't make me stop getting along with all three of them at the end of
the day. I'm gonna go with what I think is right for my constituents based on the information | have.
And one last thing, | just want to end on a good note. Nashua High School student Anthony Fernandez won the wrestling
title within the last couple of weeks, | think. He was mentioned at the Board of Education last night. | met his father at the
Great Gobbler during Thanksgiving Day and a lot of good ideas about schools. | just want to congratulate Anthony for a
great job. | know he's going on to school to wrestle in college, so congratulations to Anthony.
Alderman Cathey
I'd first like to congratulate Chief Rhodes on his retirement and thank him for his many years of service to the city. | didn't
get to Know them very well but | did meet him before | became an Alderman. According to his service record, he
obviously served the city very well and sacrificed for the city and we appreciate what he's done. Congratulations to, |
guess, Chief Buxton, who will be sworn in in the coming weeks.
I'd also like to thank the Nashua Police Department. | did a ride along | believe it was last week and that was awesome.
I'd like to thank Chief Rourke, Captain Faye, Captain Bolton, and then Sergeants Goodridge and Jones who | got to ride
with. Very happy with the job that they do. They are really professional, really, really good at what they do and I'm happy
