Special Board of Aldermen 12-21-2020 Page 5
President Wilshire
Thank you. Heather Haddad?
Eric Roberts. Eric Roberts?
President Wilshire
OK you'll be next Eric.
Eric Roberts Thank you. Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua, | own Lui Lui. Not yet?
President Wilshire
Not yet, | called on Heather Haddad. You can speak after Heather.
Heather Haddad That is me. My name is Heather Haddad, | have worked at the Boston Billiard Club &
Casino for Kurt for the last 10 years. | am a single mother in Nashua so as many of you know, the
school districts are currently fully remote. | am home home-schooling my daughter, Monday through
Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. If we do implement the curfew in Nashua then most likely Kurt will
have to minimize the shifts to one shift a day, as we will be closing at 9:30 and there really isn’t going to
be a need for more than one bartender on during the day as business already has naturally declined
because of COVID and people taking the precautions and not feeling comfortable going out which | think
is fine.
But with that being said, if | am expected to be home, home-schooling my child and | know | am not the
only one in this position, that means that it is going to drastically limit, if not completely eliminate my
ability to go into work and earn my income to then be able to pay my bills. If | also during the day am
supposed to be home, home-schooling my child, the appeal and the ability of working at night.
Unidentified Speaker Interrupts
Heather Haddad _... has been able to allow me the availability to then work after my child is out of
school or whatever and | am home during the day with her. As | said, business has already steadily
declined because of the COVID currently. The first time of outbreaks with employees, Kurt took the
measures to, out of good conscious, close down, have the Health Board come in, go through the
building, find out where the roots of the issues were. Upon going into work, | have to take a survey
about my health and answer all the questions. | then can be allowed access into the building. Once |
then do so, | get my temperature taken. After | get my temperature taken, masks are required the entire
time throughout my shift. We can’t eat our food and take our breaks within the building, we are asked to
go to our cars just so that we aren’t unmasked while we are in the building.
| mean realistically at this point | really think it comes down, like other people have spoken about, to
personal accountability of the businesses. | think the businesses should be responsible for, you know,
independent responsibility of their employees and ensuring the safety of their patrons. If the curfew is
implemented it is genuinely going to make it nearly impossible for me to earn my own income. | am not
going to be able to pay my bills. And if that happens, | don’t know what | am supposed to be able to do
after that point. It’s going to be absolutely devastating. Where after we shut down this spring, the
savings that | did have, have slowly but surely completely been depleted. The Holiday Season is
normally where we would make a majority of the money that | would then be able to reup my savings.
But if we then, again, have to face another closing or face a curfew, | am not going to be able to make
ends meet, I’m not going to be able to pay my bills. It’s going to be absolutely detrimental. So | just
hope that we can find other options, | hope that we can come up with another conversation to implement
other guidelines and restrictions.
