Board of Aldermen 01-25-2022 Page 28
I’m thankful to members of the public that spoke tonight. | am also thankful that it was in general a lot more orderly and
respectful that some previous occasions. | think that we can get a lot more work done that way than the alternative.
Alderman Clemons
1, too, want to give my condolences to Ms. Graham and her family. | also wanted to mention a constituent who passed
away. Her name was Lucille Soucy. She lived in Nashua for a very long time. She was from Manchester but her
grandson is my best friend. | always knew her as Memere. She was a wonderful, kind, caring person. She lived to be 97
years old. | just wanted to send my condolences out to the Soucy and Pawlowski family. | hope that these troubled times
will pass soon. Thank you.
Alderman Jette
| just wanted to acknowledge all of the e-mails that |, too, received about the mask issue. | did read them. | did consider
them. | hope the people understand that | feel that part of my responsibility as an Alderman is to protect the public health.
Since this started, | know that we have received very conflicting information from all kinds of sources. As I’ve said before,
| understand the legal issues but I’m incapable of analyzing these medical issues. | think it’s my responsibility to turn to
the people who | feel have the best expertise available to guide us in this very important issue and those people are our
Board of Health who is charged by our Charter and State law to protect the public health. When our Board of Health says
that wearing masks is an important tool among others. Wash your hands, keep your distance, get vaccinated, get
boosted, and wearing a mask is another tool that they feel that they recommend is important in trying to deal with this
virus. It’s no news. It’s killed millions of people. | hope people understand that | made the decision based upon what was
recommended to us by the Board of Health who have my greatest respect and appreciation. | just can’t imagine how they
feel when they’ve analyzed this issue and looked at all of the studies and examined it to the extent that they have to be
dismissed by people who have seen something on the internet or on some TV show. You have my appreciation. Thank
you for advising us and thank you for coming. Thank you Madam President.
Alderman Lopez
| just wanted to pass on to the public that the United Way is looking for volunteers to support some of the needs in
hospitals and of healthcare workers. You can contact Sara Ceaser at the United Way if you’re interested in learning
more.
| wanted to express my condolences to Donna Graham and to her family for their recent loss. There have been a lot of
Aldermen and people in the community that have been experiencing tremendous loss this holiday season particularly. So
| just wanted to remind people to quote a great American poet Tupac Shakur — “If you can make it through the night,
there’s a brighter day.”
Alderman Moran
Thank you Madam President. | would just like to thank everyone who spoke tonight whether we agree or not. | think,
again, reiterating my comments from earlier is very healthy to have a dialog. As you can see here versus the last vote
from the Board of Aldermen, a much different vote of representative of government.
| will say | did think | heard one speaker say something about the Public Health Department. | think | read something
similar to that and | don’t know if Bobbie Bagley can correct but | think the Public Health doesn’t test. So you can’t
actually break out that SARS information. | think that’s the response. | just don’t want that to be misconstrued as
misinformation. We don't actually do the testing. That’s hospital’s labs.
For wrap up, | did hear a lot of people talk about shopping elsewhere. | own and operate a small business. | have many
people from Hudson, Merrimack, Mason that come to me. They see the sign on the door. The respect the people in
Nashua and they put the mask on. | just wanted to reiterate that our neighborhood communities respect us and we can
respect ourselves. Thank you.
Alderman Klee
Thank you Madam President. |, too, would like to send my condolences to Donna Graham and her family. | Know a loss
of any kind but a parent is very difficult. | remember when | lost both my parents. | turned around and at 50 years old said
to my husband | feel like an orphan now. It still takes its toll.
