Board of Aldermen 08-13-2019 Page 8
this open docket for the BTLA was some sort of mysterious thing. It’s hard to believe that the BTLA, the
DRA and others would be looking into this seriously if they didn’t have some credible evidence. And | think
anyone that is willing to open their eyes knows that there has been a lot of credible evidence. | think most
of you here on the Board have probably received some.
The last thing, the only other thing | wanted to mention, just because | make my living doing statistics and
have for decades, the statistical significance, this unfortunately it is long recognized if something is
statistically significant doesn’t mean it is significant. There’s a famous statistical modeler named George
Boggs and he said that all statistical models are wrong; but some are useful. So the question is “do you
have a useful model here in Nashua”. The model itself is what is called into question. The statistical
significance that keeps getting cited here in the Coefficient of Dispersion. Let me just tell you very simply
without putting everyone to sleep; all it is is the standard of deviation over the mean and it is a measure of
variance. It has nothing to do with accuracy and it is the spread of the data. So when you pull the 33 cards
which | think the number is, all it says is they are within the acceptable variation.
Attorney Bolton
That is not the study that is done on those cards.
Mr. O’Connor Say that again.
Attorney Bolton
That is not the extent of the study that is done on those cards.
Mr. O’Connor I’m not saying that is but the Mayor has cited the Coefficient of Dispersion, it is not the only
statistic, but it is certainly in the manual that gets cited by the State, OK, if you look at that. So there are
statistics, but they really need to be just not bandied about, they need to be understood. Thank you.
Laura Colquhoun 30 Greenwood Drive. | just would like to say | do not believe in the Full & Measure. At
this point | would like the City to invest and get more qualified assessors. Mr. Bolton obviously hasn’t gone
through some of these files to realize that our assessors can’t tell the difference between a plastic pool and
a cement pool. And in assessment valuations that’s $20,000.00 and | think assessors should know the
difference and | am looking at files and | am finding that they don’t. So at this point | don’t want to waste
our money on trying to get into homes which | do not think you are going to get into because | have always
had assessors come in. | will never have an assessor come in my home again. And I’ve looked at a lot of
people that work for the City; they have not had assessors come in to verify building permits and this and
that so why does the City think that the normal resident is going to let them in their house? | would rather
you spend some money and get some qualified people downstairs and start cleaning up the records.
Thank you.
Andy Prolman Madam President, Mr. Mayor and Members of the Board, Good Evening. My name is Andy
Prolman, | am an attorney with Prunier & Prolman here in Nashua. | am here on behalf on Renaissance of
Nashua to answer any questions the Board may have on Resolution 19-148 the Bridge Street Project. We
are hopeful for your support tonight. This agreement that is before you was a long, maybe one year
negotiations with the Business and Industry Development Authority. We have the support of the Planning
Board, the Infrastructure Committee and we are looking for your support tonight. Again | am here to answer
any questions when the matter comes up. Thank you.
Stephanie Wolf-Rosenblum Thank you so much, Stephanie Wolf-Rosenblum from 47 Berkeley Street. | am
here in support of amending NRO 93-6, impoundment of dogs, cats, ferrets and chickens. As a physician
and member of the Board of Health, | would just like to thank Representative Klee for this amendment
because it is a critical factor in keeping our residents safe that this go forward and | would be happy to
answer any questions. Thank you.
