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explain to them what's going on and give them a better answer than | could or anybody else can. So hopefully he's
packed and ready to fly out to Florida and enjoy some nice warm weather for the holidays. But he's going to be sorely
missed. | don't know what you're going to do without him Mayor for a while but John Griffin | Know we'll be able to pick up
that slack. It's not like we don't have a lot of good employees but David has always been very dedicated to this
community. So thank you.
Alderman Clemons
Thank you, Madam President. | wanted to start by giving my condolences to the Streeter family. Mayor Bernie Streeter
passed away the end of November and Mayor Streeter served as not only as Mayor for eight years but was also an
Executive Council for this city for, | think, over 25 years. He served our city well. | didn't always agree with him politically
but he was always a gentleman. Whenever we'd see each other out, we'd always have a nice passing conversation. It’s
sad to see somebody who was such a dedicated public servant pass away. But | think what we need to do is just
remember him and for what his contributions were to this city, which were significant over his tenure. So, again, | want to
just extend my condolences to the family and his friends.
Also, there was a gentleman who | found out passed away and | regret not having said anything at a meeting. He was a
democratic activist. His name was Kenneth Stephen. Kenneth was somebody that | got to know working through many
different Democratic Presidential campaigns, and different races for Congress, and things like that. Most recently, it was
the Pete Buttigieg campaign. Kenny always had no problem giving you what his opinion was on something but he was a
hard worker, a good Democrat, and | would be remiss if | didn't mention him here and give him his due.
With that, | also want to just wish everybody a Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and we will see you sometime between
Christmas and New Year's
Alderman Lopez
| am reserving my happy holiday wishes for everybody here because next Tuesday, we have the longest night vigil. It’s a
vigil recognizing homeless memorial day. There are people who will spend tonight and future nights unsheltered in the
cold and they will be celebrating those holidays as well in unsheltered. So, | think it's important that we come together at
least to acknowledge them. The vigil includes a reading of names that are submitted by the community and I've already
received several. If anybody listening to this would like to submit a name, you can email them to me and | will make sure
that they are read. That will be 6 p.m. this upcoming Tuesday on City Hall steps. Thank you.
Alderman Tencza
Thank you, Madam President. Just briefly to my colleagues here on the Board and everyone in the community, | just want
to wish you happy holidays, happy, safe holidays coming up. Hope everyone has a nice time with family and friends and
stays healthy for the rest of the year. Thank you.
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you. First, I'd like to thank Carolyn Choate for coming in and giving us a little look at how she sees beautification
for Nashua. | think what she's asking for is for good neighbors and | think that's a really important thing to remember. It
goes with the stop sign that | requested the added because of the speeding that | can't seem to control in Ward 1 and |
understand it’s everywhere. People need to be good neighbors. It really matters. It makes the city roll along just nicely.
| also wanted to say, | just was reading the news today. We've had 20 more deaths today, recorded yesterday on today's
response from COVID. So please mask, please get your vaccine and your booster, please wear your mask, and distance.
This is so important. We need to get through this and the next couple of months we don't know how bad it's gonna get.
So please pay attention. Thank you.
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Just want to say to all of Nashua, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa as well as to my colleagues
here tonight.
President Wilshire
| would like to also send my condolences to the family of Bernie Streeter. Bernie was a public servant who spent many,
many years giving back and my condolences to his family.
