Board of Aldermen 02-08-2022 Page 10
Alderman Derek Thibeault
Alderwoman-at-Large Gloria Timmons
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
UPDATING THE FINANCIAL STANDARDS FOR THE CITY’S WELFARE GUIDELINES
Given its first reading; Assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President Wilshire
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Laurie Ortolano
Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkeley Street. Madam President I’d like to ask for an extension of time given what happened here
tonight.
President Wilshire
No. We have a three minute time period. That’s the end.
Laurie Ortolano
| did not know Ms. Kleiner was going to be granted an exception to speak to an item that | could have spoken to as an
item being acted on.
President Wilshire
You're wasting your time so just get on with it.
Laurie Ortolano
Please don't interrupt me. It’s very concerning to me that she could come to the microphone and defame my reputation,
and make the statement she made about requiring a police investigation, and me impostering a city official which is
completely inaccurate, and not go into nonpublic session to allow my reputation to stay intact. | had to go into nonpublic
session when | discussed an abatement regarding an assessor whose name was never used because the city wanted to
protect the assessor. It was just about an abatement value. | come here and | hear the entire public just got a report that
I’m under criminal investigation for impostering a city employee and it never happened. | wrote an e-mail. | absolutely did
make those calls. | want you to all know as well that Tim Cummings has sent me responses to Right to Knows where he
has told me to contact vendors myself. Call them. That’s how the city is directing me to handle my comments, my
concerns.
| called Inception Technology two months ago. | never hid it. | called them again last week because of information from a
Board of Assessor’s meeting. | wrote an e-mail to the city to tell them | did it. Do you think | would be that forthcoming if |
wanted to imposter somebody? If! was being sneaky? The guy’s phone number is in my phone. | sent him an e-mail
today and | didn’t make four phone calls to speak to people. | couldn’t reach anyone. They must have tagged it. | did
send an e-mail which he didn't tell you to Ray the President to ask him to look for the property record file for the arts
center that I’m trying to track. Here you’ve got Tim Cummings telling me to contact the company in Boston doing the
parking surveys and get the data down there yourself. You're trying to figure out what regulations you’re going to put in
against citizens contacting vendors. Are you kidding me? | can’t tell you how upset | am because | can’t even defend
myself.
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
30 seconds.
Laurie Ortolano
There are two sides to a story and | had no idea. I’ve been nothing but forthright with this city and Ms. Kleiner to share
these communications and once again, | come in and | am ambushed in this meeting. Completely ambushed. | didn’t
even have the courtesy of getting the documents you all have. | have no rights in this city. Where are the First
Amendment rights for your citizens? Where’s my side? Where’s the nonpublic session to protect my reputation.
