Board of Aldermen Page 25
August 9, 2016
constituents being upset with their tax dollars and not being told. The other thing is Mayor, are you ever
going to get the police out there on West Hollis Street, it’s just not working. That lane where we have the
bump out now, | have a letter from somebody, there was already an accident. People are running the red
light all of the time. The police came at 9:00 o’clock at night. The problem is from about 5:30 a.m. to
about 8:00 p.m. at night. Somebody is going to get killed. When you are coming out of Ledgewood you
have to sit there for a minute or so because you know somebody is going to be coming down West Hollis
Street doing 40 or 50 mph and you are going to get broadsided and | don’t feel like dying right now on
West Hollis Street. | also mentioned to the police the other day that on Liberty Street off of West Hollis
Street, there is a sign that says no turn on red. It’s a one-way street so they think that they can make a left
turn on a red light. | Know the police have a lot with the heroin problem but aside from the heroin problem
there are a lot of other people in this community.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Dowd
| would like to apologize to Alderman Cookson. | meant that comment about the right-to-know law as just
sensitivity. As having been Chair of the Airport Authority, the ZBA and the President of the Board of
Education and now a member of the Board of Aldermen the publics’ right-to-know is a sensitive subject
that I’ve dealt with for 33 years. When | originally looked at it, it looked like it might be violating the right-
to-know law and I’ve heard since that it wasn’t so | am sorry that offended you.
Alderman Caron
| want to put out a condolence to the Doug Tremblett family. He passed away last week. Doug was a
viable member of the Review & Comment Commission and has been the Chairman of that committee for
the past two years. He was also the Exalted Ruler for the Nashua Lodge of Elks three times.
Alderman Siegel
| want to thank Alderman Deane for all of the work that he has done over the years on the skateboard
park. | am very unhappy about some of the public remarks that have been made about the integrity of
this Board, the integrity of the process and the integrity of the person that has specifically worked on that.
It is completely inappropriate. | respect people’s right to free speech and | hope when they exercise it
they can respect my right to be pretty disgusted by it.
Alderman Schoneman
| would like to thank some of our local churches who had a community impact weekend which was
organized by Tom Dionne in conjunction with Parks & Rec. They rebuilt trails behind the library. A group
of people packed backpacks for kids in need as they go back to school. Hygiene kits were put together
and distributed to some of the shelters in the city. Covered picnic tables were assembled with a lot of
donated materials and Parks & Rec will put them over at the new Legacy Playground and the Chinese
church cooked a meal for the Rescue Mission. The Board of Aldermen was invited and | saw that some
of you couldn’t make it but | would encourage you to come out next year.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
| would like to echo Alderman Caron’s condolences on the family of Doug Tremblett. He worked very
hard on our Review & Comment Commission. Also, Alderman Deane, thank you for all of your efforts.
Alderman O’Brien
I’d like to welcome one of the newer residents of our city, my grandson, Cornelius George Dionne.
