Board of Aldermen 10-12-2021 Page 19
intent and stop his questionable legal stratagems that result in the admonishment of a city by a Superior Court.
Thank you - for the minutes.
President Wilshire
Laurie Ortolano. You can hand it to Alderman Tencza. We'll make sure it gets into the minutes.
Michael O’Connor
Thank you.
Laurie Ortolano
Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkeley Street. The September 28 meeting was very disappointing for me because this
Board does not follow Mason's Rules. Over and over again, | have watched Alderpeople — Aldermen and
Alderwomen get interrupted and cut off by Attorney Bolton when he becomes inflamed by something that
doesn't agree with him. In the 2016 letter that my neighbor just referenced, it said Bolton's tenure on the Board
was marked by criticism for what some described as his autocratic leadership style. Further in the article, it
says Donchess described declined to address the criticisms of Bolton's temperament while Aldermen but noted
that the City Attorney would not be involved in any as an elected board member. It's a totally different role for
him as City Attorney. He is not a legislator or an advocate for anything, but simply represents the city's
interest.
All too often, | think Attorney Bolton takes the floor away from the body that's here. | went out and I've done
plenty of door knocking and not long ago, President Wilshire, you stated that the citizens deserve better. | can
tell you this week door knocking | had people comment about that meeting on the 28th and said we deserve
better, and this chamber needs to change. It's just not right what's going on here. Citizens are knocked down.
Elected officials are knocked down by this unruly belligerence that's allowed to exist in this chamber. It needs
to stop and | hope this election brings some of that about.
I'm very concerned about the misrepresentations Attorney Bolton stated about my legal case. He gets the floor
for an extended period of time. | have a timer that runs for three minutes and cuts me off. | don't know why
you don't ask him to submit on the record something in writing so we're all able to see it. | think he missed
there's been 110 filings on my Right-to-Know case. Utterly absurd for him to characterize that every motion for
summary judgment was | lost was actually wrong.
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Thirty seconds.
Laurie Ortolano
There were a number of summary judgments submitted that Judge Temple simply said take them into the trial
to be decided. They weren't judged against or for. They were just requested to be brought into the court. So
it's just very disappointing to see how the city operates against its citizens and this elected body is just not
doing the job it should do for us. Thank you.
Beth Scaer
Yes, yeah, Beth Scaer, 111 East Hobart Street. Yesterday was the one year anniversary since Mayor
Donchess and Alderman Jan Schmidt had my save women's sports flag removed from the citizen’s flagpole on
the Nashua City Hall Plaza. Yesterday was also the running of the Boston Marathon. The lead man, the lead
male winner finished in two minutes and almost 10 seconds. The lead female winner finished in almost two
minutes and 25 seconds. | mean, 25 minutes and so that was a 15 minute difference. Since the difference
between the first and fifth male runner was about one minute and 10 seconds, there were likely hundreds of
