Special Board of Aldermen 09-16-2021 Page 6
Paul Garant
...for consideration. In fact, the Governor’s Council member represents the city is the appropriate place for
the voice of the Mayor. Mayor Lozeau’s through political influence used this approach to block the
reappointment of a long-serving and dedicated Commissioner who vigorously defended the approach of the
Commissioners and as a result have become a political sour under the Mayor’s saddle. The Mayor and
this Board...
Alderman O’Brien
Time.
Paul Garant
... thank you. | will recognize you Chief and take your orders.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you Commissioner.
President Wilshire
I’m going to call for testimony in opposition once again.
Ken Siegel
Good evening. My name is Ken Siegel, 637 Lake Street, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Former Aldermen. I’m
sorry that I’m not local my affection for this city doesn’t have geographical boundaries and neither does the
truth and facts. So my purpose here is to debunk some of the things that have been said that are just
patently false. The Mayor has claimed that if there was an issue with the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor
that the federal government or federal agents would investigate that not Nashua PD. In particular, that’s
not correct accordingly to Tim Hefferan and the Mayor has not privy to the inner workings of the Nashua PD
and how decisions are made.
The original case against the three aldermen that went to federal prison was started because of an
investigation into Alderman Kuchinski who took tax money from people who didn’t pay their taxes from
Gianni’s Pizza. That was a strictly local investigation. If that was the extent of it, it would have stayed local
and never involved the federal government. | don’t know how the Mayor came to his conclusion about the
FBI being a principle investigator in that case. Again, according to Tim Hefferan those records have been
sealed since 1993. They’re in the State House. | would trust Tim Hefferan who is the lead investigator
when he said that the vast majority of the reporting and investigation is done by the Nashua PD. The
reason the federal government became involved was under the advice of the Attorney General of New
Hampshire at the time and also the reason that federal charges were pursued was because the federal
Statutes had much more teeth than the State statutes. So it was a practical matter. It had nothing to do
with whether the FBI was a principle investigator and who would ultimately lead an investigation into
corruption in the city. This was a very, very real problem in the ‘90s. Mayor you were the Mayor in 1990
when this happened and Rob Wagner was the Mayor in 1993 when the investigation became public and
was reported in the Telegraph. It was a huge deal. To say it was not, it’s been blown out of proportion. It
was making a mountain out of a molehill not big deal is shocking because at the time it was such an
incredibly huge story that even people who are generally apathetic...
Alderman O’Brien
Thirty seconds.
